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In today’s cluttered basketball analytics landscape, it just might be wise for many of us to simplify how coaches and players look at team stats and team goals. One suggestion is to approach key areas of play looking at the ten “differentials” between your team and your opponent(s) listed below: Read More
While re-reading one of my past articles, Playing Without the Ball: The Comeback of Cuts, Replacements, Curls and Flairs it occurred me that by listing the numbers of ways a player can score with the basketball in their hands and then listing the number of ways they can score (or Read More
Watch any NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA or High School tournament or playoff game and go back and watch just about any regular season game for that same team and there is likely to be a marked difference in the intensity level in the two types of competition. It’s also Read More
In the five prior articles in our basketball defending series we’ve covered a lot of ground including some thoughts on defending the screen/roll-pop. In an earlier article, we essentially shared thoughts on defending the dribble drive. While those two trends seem to dominate current offensive thinking, there are other actions Read More
If you’re like me, you have great intentions to organize all your thoughts in one place with an ongoing process and then let it slip away at various times. Everyone likely keeps various files and/or master lists of offensive sets and plays, defenses, practice drills, inbound plays, philosophical concepts, scouting Read More
To expound on the past Hoop Coach article , “Thoughts on Playing Rotations”, we’d like to share some thoughts on a related subject. Whether or not we’ve ever labeled the type of substitution we’re about to discuss as “reactionary substitution”, we all clearly know the practice. At one time or Read More