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Mention the word pivoting to many players and some coaches and they’re apt to give you a blank stare or look like they have a stick in their eye. When was the last time you saw a player practicing pivoting on his own or heard a coach lecture on pivoting at a clinic? Yet it…
In 1996, the NBA released the top 50 players in the league’s history in honor of the NBA’s 50th anniversary. 47 of the players gathered in Cleveland for the All-Star game and ceremony. Among those that were not there was Jerry West because of an ear surgery and Shaquille O’Neal because of a knee injury….
In a past article BLOCKS and STEALS: TRACK the UNSUCCESSFUL ONES TOO, it was pointed out that blocks and steals as raw stats can be very misleading when you don’t take into account missed blocks and steals and the damage they create. Blocks and steals are only two of what I generally call “empty stats”….
For those readers who play with a shot clock, perhaps the most important usage of points per possession at both ends of the floor is how effective your team is at the end of the shot clock. For purposes of this article, let’s define the “end” as the last 10 seconds. (For those who play…
When I was a kid we just hooped. We didn’t have trainers. We didn’t dribble around with garden gloves or put basketballs in grocery bags. We just hung out in the driveway or at a park and came up with different ways to compete whether it was 1 on 1, shooting contests or 21. Here…
Man to Man Baseline Out of Bounds Play with what amounts to a triple screen for a lay-up option and a screen the screener, elevator screen option for a three pointer. Pretty solid baseline out of bounds play to add to your playbook. The author of the play named it “Edgewood”. Take a look at…