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It’s no secret that cuts, curls, replacements and flares have been lost arts in basketball. Dribble-drive and screen/roll oriented offenses came into vogue and players were forced to comply with coaches’ systems and drive gaps, spot up for triple attempts, set ball screens or use ball screens (even when the individual players might not be…
Whenever I watch a basketball game, one of the first things I try to note is how well a team’s defense gets set. This applies to all situations, but is most difficult after misses and turnovers and against certain teams even after makes. This is not to minimize the importance of setting one’s defense in…
I just finished reading John Feinstein’s WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME, which deals with baseball’s AAA minor league life. A quote by a Durham Bulls’ player about his then manager, Charlie Montoyo, (now a coach on the Tampa Bay Rays staff) really had an impact on me as it applies to coaching at many levels….
If you have ever checked out an NBA box score on ESPN.com, for example, you’ve likely noticed at the far right just before PTS, a column that reads “+/-“. If you did notice it and bothered to mull it over, it didn’t take you long to deduce that the number attributed to each player in…
Mention Bo Ryan and you automatically think swing offense and solid half-court man defense; then mention Dean Smith and you think full court pressure and primary/secondary fast breaks. These two examples were purposely chosen because, for the most part, they would be regarded as system opposites. While the X and O components of these two…
I took these notes about practice blocks from a video with two time NBA coach of the year and a current television analyst Hubie Brown. Sidenote: The NBA Coach of the Year awards came 26 years a part. Practice Lengths – to save legs for end of the year tournaments practices are shortened at pre-determined dates. November and…