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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…
A coaching colleague told me the other day that his current team is easily the worst that has ever had and that coaching them is not an enjoyable experience. I responded with only one thought that day and told him to hang in there and that in such seasons like the one he is about…
For the last month or so, I’ve been helping a former player of mine coach a fairly talented 16U travel team. After several practices and games, I approached one of the players and asked him what his thought process was when his man had the ball on the perimeter. His answer came quickly and confidently,…
Zone Offense with a strong focus on getting the ball into the short corner. The offense sometimes even utilizes wing players flashing into the short corner. Diagrams and Animation of a Bones a Short Corner Zone Offense.
Last night I watched Creighton defeat Mississippi 86-77 in a very good pre-season college basketball game. Not only was it extremely entertaining but Creighton’s offense was also a reminder of a simple concept that many of us forget from time to time-how compressing the defense in any form is really the key to creating good…
At or near the top of frustrating situations for players and coaches alike is not being able to run one’s offense against man pressure-especially upon entry. This problem is usually no more complicated than personnel oriented-your players’ abilities aren’t sufficient enough against the defenders pressuring the ball or the entry target players. While there are…