A few articles ago, one of the discussions centered around the dearth of modern day big men who are skilled and/or interested in acquiring skills in the low post. Even many young bigs (or their parents or handlers) bristle if you even think of playing them anywhere below the free Read More
Coaches have been charting OER (Offensive Efficiency Rating) and DER (Defensive Efficiency Rating) since at least the early 1970’s. And really, it’s not a big deal, in and of itself because it’s only dividing the number of points scored-OER (or given up -for DER) by the number of possessions. So, Read More
In watching a lot basketball at the high school, collegiate and NBA levels, I’m always reminded that the best coached teams and players at all three levels are fundamentally grounded in the same basic way: Each player who catches and “faces up”-“fights” to square to the basket-no matter how great Read More
Over the years there have been lots of discussion about the use and implementation of the Pack Line Defense. Coaches have posted videos, documents and diagrams all designed to help coaches understand the nuances of this man to man defense. Below we aggregated all the pack line defense information into Read More
Short video of former Xavier and current Louisville Coach Chris Mack talking philosophy and principles of his pack line pressure defense.
Man to Man Set that uses a weave action to setup a ball screen or skip pass to a wing player coming off a flare screen. All of the movement sets up the a ball handler with an option to score off the ball screen or skip the ball back Read More
