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This coming Thursday, June 25, the NBA will hold its annual Draft Day. Most of us know that the current...
You’ve heard the saying, “Practice Makes Perfect” and you might not have thought it through but you’re certainly smart enough...
One of the most challenging aspects of coaching at any level is trying to work within the often very parochial...
Really good four player passing and cutting drill that focuses on conditioning, communication, and playing through chaos. Great way to...
Quick zone play with a couple scoring options. The play has kind of a unique setup as you can see from...
Whether or not we as coaches consciously think of basketball in terms of space and time, we would be hard-pressed...
I was fortunate in the early part of my coaching career to land a very good high school coaching job. Among the assets I inherited (talent, tradition, sensible parents and a very supportive administration) was a stat sheet provided by my predecessor who was an excellent coach. His season summary Read More
Full court 1-2-2 zone press that waits for the offense to make a mistake in the front court before trapping in the back court. Download the PDF Diagrams of 1-2-2 Soft Full Court Zone Press View the Animation of the 1-2-2 Press
Zone Press Breaker that focuses on finding gaps in the zone and always having one man behind the ball as a pressure relief from traps. View the animation of the Press Breaker.
Simple, back door quick hitter out of a 1-4 high set. Good call out of a timeout. Might want to switch the players initial positions. Take a look at the animation of this Back Door Quick Hitter
Man Patterned offense that uses back screen to get post players position on the block. Download the PDF for Back Screening Post Focused Offense and view the animation here
Screen the Screener Man Baseline Out of Bounds Play with a stagger option after inbound if the original screens do not result in a layup. View the animation for the Screen the Screener Man Baseline Play and Download the PDF