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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, in a 70 possession game,…
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 the pressure on the ball….
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 one spot so coaches can…
I recently had the opportunity to involve myself once again in what used to be termed “AAU” basketball and what would now be more appropriately called “travel” basketball, because for various reasons we don’t need to get into-many tournaments are no longer run under AAU auspices. While I am helping out with a former player’s…
I’ve had a lot of thoughts rattling around during this whole Tom Thibodeau mini-series and most of them don’t have anything to do with the particulars of the story. For instance, I really don’t “have a horse in this race”. Normally, I would support a coach in these types of disputes but I really don’t…
Basketball is a dynamic sport played at high speeds that require the ability to accelerate and decelerate, land, cut and jump effectively. With these conditions comes the risk for injury if our athletes are not prepared. It is no surprise that high school athletes account for approximately 2 million injuries each year. Part of this…