When I was a very young coach and trying to establish my identity, philosophy and system, I was basically clueless defensively. So, one summer I looked at the previous season’s NCAA team PPG allowed stats and hand wrote each head coach in the Top 20 asking for any direction each might be able to offer….
Quality man set with an elevator screen and a back screen for the center.  Interesting use of the elevator screen which seems to be mostly used for perimeter shots.  Pin Down Reverse Elevator Play Animation
Simple, quick hitter out of a box set with a big to little hand off in the hi-post. View the animation of ====>Â Box Set Quick Hitter
Kentucky Layups is a competitive full court layup drill that works on long passes, full court dribbling and of course, making layups. Split your team in half and line them up at opposite elbows on opposite ends of the floor facing the far basket like image. The first player dribbles the length of the floor…
Man out of bounds play that starts in a Triangle set, hence the name, and has a screen the screener action for a big. My team runs this play as well and we find that the player who sets the screen on the screener is almost always open if they roll back toward the ball and not…
Some time ago we shared a list of tips for basketball players.  It concentrated more on mental side of the game.  While the first list might be Players Tips 101, today’s pair is a bit more advanced. One of the worst attributes a player can have is acting “entitled”.  If you search the word, the…
