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Here are two photos...
- One is our bench after we got a win to finish the day
- The other is of our opponent
How you do anything is how you do everything 🤷🏻♂️
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250 Shot Workout - get in, get out in under an hour
50 finishes around the rim
50 dribble move pull-ups
50 3 pointers
50 free throws
50 free choice/extra work/something you want to add to your game
This takes about 45 minutes to complete and will change your game.
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250 Shot Workout - get in, get out in less than an hour
50 finishes
50 dribble pull-ups
50 3 pointers
50 FTs
50 free choice/extra work/something you want to add to your game
This takes about 45 minutes to complete and will change your game.
Can even be done in season.
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I haven’t seen a lot of 5 dribble combo move, side step dribble, pull up fade away jumpers the last 3 days
But I have seen a lot of reverse pivoting, ripping opposite, getting on the floor, reversing the ball, handling the ball with extreme pressure, and playing through contact.
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50 Pass Game
5v5, no dribble, each pass counts as a point. Possession changes on a deflection or turnover.
+10 for a backdoor layup
First to 50 wins
Toughness and softness will be revealed
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Kansas Flare Elevator - one of my favorite sets
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Filthy stuff from Montana State
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TEXAS has always been my go-to set against a 1-2-2 or 3-2 zone
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SATURDAY HOOPS THREAD: 8 Ball Screen Sets To Attack A 2-3 Zone
Utilizing ballscreens against a 2-3 zone helps create overload, coverage issues, and unusual defensive situations for zone defenders.
Here are 8 sets you could add to your offense:
1/ ZONE LOOP
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When coaches say "be on time"
what they mean is...
"be dressed, stretched, shoes tied, mentally prepared, and ready to go 10 min early"
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This is an absolute badass defensive possession from South Dakota State
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A cool 2-3 zone wrinkle I liked:
Play your 2-3 zone like you normally would, but...
When the ball gets into the high post, your center takes the ball and everyone else matches up for the rest of the possession
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Maybe the two best compliments to receive as a coach are:
1.) Damn, your kids play hard
2.) I wish our kids shared the ball the way you guys do
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Slice has a lot of screening action that forces the defense to make a lot of decisions
#HCDailyDiagram
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This could be run as your base offense in high school basketball
Four actions used after (or during) zoom action
1. Rip
2. Elevator
3. Baseline runner
4. Flare
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It's hard to properly defend everything in TEXAS BLOB
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TEXAS has always been my go-to set against a 1-2-2 or 3-2 zone
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Scouting made simple:
- who can shoot it from 3?
- who do we need to keep off the glass?
- who are the two players we need to take away?
- what do they run defensively?
- what 2-3 things do they run most offensively?
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Dribble 100s
- 100 right hand pounds
- 100 left hand pounds
- 100 crossovers (50 between knees; 50 as wide as you can control ball)
- 100 between the legs
- 100 behind the back (50 standing; 50 low)
2-3 minutes a day, simple as can be, guaranteed better handle in a month
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Ghost into a Ghost by Longwood - love this action
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Convo I overheard on beach today:
Mom - You better start doing those workouts your coach sent you
Son - Why? We can’t even practice now
Mom - And?!?
Son - I’ll do them closer to when the season starts
Mom - Well, don’t cry to me to save you when you aren’t playing next year
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ZONE POWER is a good set to have in your zone offense attack
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Horns Backdoor is a simple set that just might steal you a layup
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IVERSON SPAIN combines two popular actions into one
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Illinois Wesleyan - Iverson action into a high-low post look
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WAKE FOREST ZONE ATTACK SET
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A cool 2-3 zone wrinkle I liked:
Play your 2-3 zone like you normally would, but...
When the ball gets into the high post, your center takes the ball and everyone else matches up for the rest of the possession
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Just watch the rim runner on this play - it's that simple
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50 Pass Game
5v5, no dribble, each pass counts as a point. Possession changes on a deflection or turnover.
+10 for a backdoor layup
First to 50 wins
Toughness and softness will be revealed
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HORNS TWIST
It's tough to guard all of this - also like the off ball action during the ball screen to eliminate help.
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Yesterday we did a drill called 95-95 (stolen from
@franfraschilla
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Score is 95-95. Once one team gets to 100, 2:00 on clock.
We did it 3 times, the kids loved it, and different situations where they had to THINK the game came up each time.
TONS of opportunities to teach.
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Transition Offense
- win first 3 steps
- outlet deep as possible or dribble blast w/ rebounder
- 3 to baseline ASAP (corners + rim)
- THROW IT AHEAD
- if no throw, cross w/ bounce or pass
- if nothing, play through trail (PNR, screen away, rugby toss, etc)
SPRINT SPREAD SHARE
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What's your transition offense philosophy in 3 words?
Mine is SPRINT, SPREAD, SHARE
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IVERSON SPAIN combines two popular actions into one
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4v4 Box Rebounding is a simple way to work on finding a body on a shot
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Ohio State Rebounding is one of my all-time favorite rebounding drills
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Arizona Backscreen - tough to guard if the screener is a shooter!
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I’m going to chart/post “CUT ASSISTS” and “SPACE ASSISTS” this season.
CUT ASSIST = your hard cut led to someone else scoring
SPACE ASSIST = your corner discipline/creating space for someone else/creating a double gap/etc. led to someone else scoring
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Vermont 5 Out stuff - hard to guard
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ZOOM ELEVATOR for a shooter
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Workout of the Day - 100 Shooting
Great conditioner, mental toughness challenge, and shooting/handling drill for the summer.
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RUB is a unique type of ballscreen set that, when timed correctly, puts the defense in tough spots
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SPURS GAME WINNER SLOB - a lot of tough actions to guard in this situation for the defense
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ELBOW - one of my favorite ballscreen sets
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BOSTON SLOB is a great way to get the ball coming downhill
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Vermont 5 Out Action
Love the rescreen after the tight curl AND the backdoor that opens up some space...Vermont gets the pop after the handoff, but there are a lot of good actions here
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On offense we:
- share the ball at a ridiculous level
- get the right shot at the right time from the right people
- force closeouts and rotations
- space the ball higher and wider
- attack, attack, attack
People should leave gym saying, “Now that’s what a TEAM looks like!”
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Coaches, since we won’t be watching hoops all day this month, let’s get better (or just enjoy the process) through reading.
List 1-3 books that you highly recommend and WHY you recommend them.
They don’t need to be basketball or sports-related.
What’s on your list?!?
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FLEX FLARE is a good wrinkle if you run Flex...or just want to add some flex concepts to your offense
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IONA LINE BALL SCREEN is a different/non-traditional ball screen look that's tough to guard
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Kansas Flare Elevator - one of my favorite sets
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Scouting made simple:
- who can shoot it from 3?
- who do we need to keep off the glass?
- who are the two players we need to take away?
- what do they run defensively?
- what 2-3 things do they run most offensively?
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SD HORNS uses a lot of off-ball action to open things up for a post touch
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Flare Slip from Hood College - such a good action
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DRILL: 95-95
- Put 2:00 on the clock...but don't start it yet
- Play to 100
- When one team gets to 100, start the clock
- Work on situations as they arise
Add any variations you want (1+1 FT, PG fouled out, no timeouts left, 1 timeout left, etc.)
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Shot doesn't go down, but a nice little Horns set to end the half from Idaho State
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Horns Backdoor is a simple set that just might steal you a layup
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Iona 1v1 - great drill for working on transition finishing (and defense)
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When teaching rip-throughs, consider the following:
- rip low (typically best practice)
- rip high (if their hand is already down there)
- rip violently (break their forearm if they are in the way)
- rip with purpose (GO somewhere)
- fake rip and go the other way
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Big 3 on Offense: Maintain elite spacing and ball movement, take care of the ball, right people/right shots/right time
Big 3 on Defense: No middle, do not foul, finish the stop with a rebound
Big 3 on Culture: Details matter, be the first on the floor, do YOUR job
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PISTOL CURL DOWN uses forced curl action to set up a staggered screen for a shooter
#HCDailyDiagram
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