Being a coach is time consuming enough. Between practices, workouts, weight lifting, parent meetings, more parent meetings and dealing with your school’s administration there really isn’t a whole lot of time left. Rather than waste the few spare minutes you have worrying about the things you probably like least about Read More
Man set with a back screen, lob action for the point guard and screen & roll for a wing and the 4 man. If timed properly, all of the help defense should be moving away from the screen and roll to give the ball handler optimum spacing. Play can be Read More
Finding the balance between the amount of time we allocate to individual player development versus the time we allocate to actually getting our teams ready to play is no simple task. As usual, there is a spectrum and at one end you have the coach who just works on team Read More
Every single player at every level has at least one go-to move. It might not be good and it might not even be legal but it’s going to be used over and over by that player. Witness the beginner doing the only thing he can do- head down, dribbling with Read More
I watched John Beilein’s Michigan team practice the other day and besides all the really good basketball and coaching that I witnessed, my over-riding takeaway from that practice, as well as all Michigan viewings, is the uniqueness of the Beilein system. It’s been well documented over the years that Coach Read More
Zone lob play that uses two screens for a wing to set up an over the top of the zone lob pass. Great play if you have some size on your team and could still work with any bit of athleticism. Here is a link to the animation for Zone Lob Read More
