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Mike Brey calls them KILLS.
Tony Bennett calls them GAPS.
Bruce Weber calls them SHUTOUTS.
Buzz Williams calls them TURKEYS.
If you're looking for a defensive stat that is arguably the most PREDICTIVE stat in basketball, it's 3 STOPS IN A ROW.
This isn't a stat you'll find
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Matchup zone into M2M if ball is entered high.
Really cool defense to teach at any level. Tough for the offense to dissect.
***Can also add M2M if ball is overloaded to the corner. Taking away a really common action teams run against a 2-3.
Mark Few giving instruction to Steph Curry, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Devin Booker and Joel Embiid while guiding the Olympic team through a defensive drill on day four of Team USA camp.
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Joe Mazulla to Tatum :
'It's ok to smile during war.'
A concept that is overlooked by most, myself included, is that JOY IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
When we view joy this way, instead of assuming that joy = soft/lack of caring, it's a huge paradigm shift in culture,
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The 2024 Celtics are an algorithm, built by Brad Stevens.
His code?
5 out> mismatch> paint touch > 3PA
The result?
When they shoot > 32% they are 69-8
Historically, teams are unbeatable at ~ 40% from 3 with volume.
Why is Boston unbeatable at 33%?
1. Boston is not
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A coach's most IMPORTANT JOBS:
1. Culture creation
2. Culture Maintenance
Your culture is only as strong as what you tolerate.
Before you can build VALUE you have to have TRUST. Players don't care about your resume as much as they care about how much you care about them,
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Joe Mazulla has used Jrue Holiday in the dunkers spot very effectively this series.
Inverting the offense is EXTREMELY effective at all levels.
The goal is to force the defensive PG to have to protect the rim. It also creates a huge advantage on the offensive glass.
Here
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Average fan : the defense in 2024 is terrible
Reality :
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Half time adjustments should always be simple and actionable. Buzz words/phrases are energy vampires.
'Not enough intensity'
'We are playing soft'
'They just want it more'
🛑
- do we need to adjust the pace?
- are we rotating on time?
- are we guarding the ball screen
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@CoachKarl22
Jokic is historically great, and with another chip will be a top 10 player in history. But even hall of fame coaches aren't immune to recency bias.
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In 3 games against the Mavericks, the Wolves have tried to play:
-drop coverage
-switch
-triple switch the back end
-play at the level
-hard blitz
-soft trap and rotate
-hard hedge
-shrink and turtle the help
-matchup zone
It's not the scheme, and it's not the coach.
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One REALLY POWERFUL way for HS coaches to maximize offense that is built around ball screens:
SCREEN AND HUNT
This verbiage change alone will help create a shift in bigs from REDUNDANT to ATTACKING.
The language is great, but what does this mean?
Big men need to be
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🚨 DROP COVERAGE ALTERNATIVE
The casuals in the media are talking about how teams shouldn't be using a drop coverage, and in some cases they are correct.
@SlappinGlass
did a great video breakdown of the 'NEXT' PnR defense that is popular in Spain.
As the clip shows, the
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Pick and roll is evolving.
Historically, we've seen a lot of pre screen motion such as the 'ram' into ball screen or 'stack' templates, typically to hunt matchups or to get the ball handler down hill quickly.
But in 2024 the aim of most ball screens at higher levels is to the
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*****Bigs that's lack range*******
You can still play in a 5 out system or be effective on the perimeter, EVEN IF your man drops into paint coverage whether you have the ball or not.
An important skill for players without extended gravity, is to IMMEDIATELY DHO/GRENADE ON THE
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SPACING 101
Move the on-ball defender VERTICALLY and the helpside defenders HORIZONTALLY.
If your system accomplishes this, then you have proper spacing.
Conversely, great defenses have an inverse effect on spacing. The on-ball defender pushes the ball horizontally and the
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🚨 ADVANTAGE BASKETBALL 🚨
On a micro level, every play yields 3 scenarios for the offense:
Neutral advantage, small advantage, big advantage.
We use spacing templates and systems to turn neutral advantages to small advantages, and eventually into the 'dominoes falling' or
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Dictionary definition of an IMPOSSIBLE action to guard:
Steph setting a 1-5 slice screen for Embiid, while both the weak side and strong side 'spacers' all shoot 40% + from 3.
Do you gap/bump Embiid and give the greatest shooter to ever live space from a shortened 3 point
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🚨 If you INITIATE your OFFENSE through:
Floppy, try a RIP screen.
DHO, try a 'Get'.
Back cut, try a wide pin.
Wide pin, try a zoom.
Low entry, try a guard on the low block.
Spread PNR, try the guard setting the screen/big handling (inverted PNR).
'Away action',
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3 of the most overrated stats to assess an individual player and 3 simple metrics to replace them with:
1. FG%- replace with TS% because not all shots are created equally. Hopefully this becomes universally adapted soon; traditional splits don't cut it.
2. Assist to turnover
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This an example of an advanced analytic that is GUARANTEED to increase overall success when it's tracked and transferred to the game properly. REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL. 👇
🚨 PAINT TOUCHES 🚨
@BrentETipton
shared an article in which Nate Oats tracked Alabama’s total paint
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Most high octane offenses have a 'Pistol or 21' series. This is because:
A) It flows as a secondary transition beautifully, especially if the wings or bigs sprint to the rim/dunkers spot/corner during fast break.
B) 3 man action can be slightly tougher to guard than 2 man on
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The skill gap shrinks in FIBA.
Obviously not having defensive 3 seconds changes defensive schemes.
Hand checking is technically NOT allowed, but is typically only called when there is a hand check applied with FORCE. There is much more contact allowed in FIBA. This is what
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For TACTICAL JUNKIES:
Take your favorite action, set or continuity and run it out of a Diamond spacing template (1-1-2-1).
We consistently do this with a euro ball screen continuity.
It accomplishes a couple things:
- Immediately takes the low man away from the hoop
-
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At the youth level, dribble drive offense is one of the best ways to teach kids the game.
It emphasizes spacing, push/pull relationship off of penetration and creating double and triple gaps. Naturally, this teaches read and react vs a script.
I think it’s easy to fall in
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🚨 2 Tactical Defensive HACKS 🚨
Force bad decision makers to make a ton of decisions. This means instead of sagging off of the oppositions 'worst player', do the opposite and apply heavy pressure or send 2, whether on the perimeter or the block. This is a MASSIVE advantage
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🚨 OFFENSE LARGELY COMES DOWN TO CREATING A NUMBERS, SPEED OR SIZE ADVANTAGE. 🚨
In the NBA this season, 4 teams had a PPP > 1.00 in ISOLATION.
13 teams had a PPP > 1.00 in TRANSITION.
@cleantheglass
had HALFCOURT offense ~ 0.95 PPP and 15% of total possessions coming in
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'Gut' actions are becoming much more frequent at the college and professional level. This is because most teams play a passive PNR coverage like drop or switch, plus deny/hip lock off ball.
Take 2 and 3 man actions and run them in the middle third of the floor ('Gut') going
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Decision making is arguably the most important aspect of sport.
In basketball, decision making is broken down into ANALYZING your ADVANTAGE.
Small advantage
Big advantage
Neutral advantage
Negative advantage
The best decision makers quickly synthesize their current
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The 2 actions that shaped the way modern offense is played today:
MOTION STRONG
MOTION WEAK
Popovich, Brett Brown and Mike Budenholzer were the masterminds. In the 90s, this part of Pop's legendary coaching tree simply tweaked how motion offense was played by heavily
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Ref- ‘You’re right I may have missed that one, I’ll keep an eye out’
Coach- ‘Guys, coaches aren’t perfect, I’ve got to be better.’
Player- ‘I’ve got to bring more energy fellas, that’s on me.’
Why are these phrases so universally powerful in sport? Why do they immediately take
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@CoachKarl22
Coach is spot on here. Such a casual take to assume defense in the nba is 'hat on hat' like an offensive line in football
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'Sticky words' Sunday:
ELO
Early
Loud
Often
Rick Pitino, one of the greatest defensive coaches of all time, popularized this acronym for his teams' COMMUNICATION on the floor.
Great teams communicate DESPITE the fear of 'looking cool', being introverted, or being the
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3 really easy ways to shift the 'TOUGHNESS' of a defense:
1. Over all screens- take away reject/hip lock/over/recover or peel. Regardless of matchup or personnel.
2. Ball pressure- fighters stance away/force weak hand/beat them to spot and wall up
3. Communicate-
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TJ was on both
@SlappinGlass
and
@BBallImmersion
this past month. Both were probably the best podcasts I've ever listened to (and I've heard thousands). I have half a notebook full of notes.
@TJSaint4
will 100% be an elite NBA head coach.
-foundation
-fingerprint
-sticky
{ TJ Saint - Dribble Point & Up Coverages } In Today's 🗞 & 📺 we are joined in the "Film Room" by
@GleagueSquadron
HC
@TJSaint4
to explore his unique spacing concepts within the Dribble Point Offense, layering actions & simplifying PNR reads.
🗞
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🚨 Analytics 🚨
LIVE BALL TURNOVERS will typically be associated with the largest variance in outcome (at higher levels 3 PT % is
#1
).
There is so many residual effects from from live ball turnovers such as points off of turnovers, fouls, and less total possessions.
The
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Basketball is a game of physical qualifications. As the level of play increases, a higher % of players become physically disqualified from that level of play until they can find a creative solution.
Ex. Finishing creatively, winning off of the dribble through angles, change of
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Basketball IQ actually has little to no correlation with traditional IQ tests such as the Wonderlic.
IQ in the sports world largely to refers processing speed or speeded cognition.
According to S2 Cognition, there are 3 parts to what we refer to as ‘basketball IQ’
1.
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Jay Wright's emphasis on 'playing off of 2 feet in the paint' is something that has transcended his tenure at Villanova.
Obviously guys like Jalen Brunson have helped this a ton, but few coaches have that kind of impact across the board. Virtually every program uses Nova
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Clearly one of the teams this zone was in preparation for was Australia, who actually had a ton of success with it against Team USA in today's exhibition.
I've always had an affinity for the Australian offensive scheme. It's a REALLY creative, ever evolving, euro ball-screen
Matchup zone into M2M if ball is entered high.
Really cool defense to teach at any level. Tough for the offense to dissect.
***Can also add M2M if ball is overloaded to the corner. Taking away a really common action teams run against a 2-3.
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'Sticky words' Sunday (TJ Saint inspired)
GREEN ZONES and RED ZONES
Actions and continuity should be designed with the end in mind. When we reverse engineer our offense, it's critical to teach players where we want our shot attempts coming from. These are the GREEN ZONES.
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When we INVERT actions (ex.big handling and small screening) it manipulates the help defenders by stretching the bigs or having a smaller rim protector.
STACKING actions has a similar effect. The more we can engage the help and take them out of their shell, the more
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Innovation in basketball trickles down from the professional level down through college, HS and beyond. It can be technical or tactical.
The great separators in basketball are:
1. Size- 6'9 +
2. Athleticism- playing above the square on the backboard.
3. Elite shooting- 45%
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@osuzack
It's actually always been this way. Big 3s RARELY succeed. GS big 3 was overkill, they had a championship team already, spurs,bucks, nuggets, raptors etc. were all home grown outside of a couple additions.
The 'big 3' just garnishes the most attention, and 9/10 x's it's a
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Lateral run v choppy steps. Closeouts are another fundamental that have experienced a makeover in recent years.
How to Improve your Defensive Closeout according to renowned athletic movement specialist
@leetaft
Learn more from Lee Taft on
#thebasketballpodcast
#basketballimmersion
EP301
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DEAD CORNER ACTION
Against a 5 out template, most teams will have a passive coverage for 'middle'/'spread' PNR such as a drop or switch. And then against 'angle' PNR from the 45/break/dead corner, a more aggressive coverage such as an ice or blitz while the tag loads to the
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One of Alex’ best points is that elite players get to the top in spite of, not because of, some traditional methods of coaching . Sports is such a dogma that it’s very tough to accept new practice.
🗣 THE MIKAN IS A HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE DRILL.
In this video, an alternative is showed in the form of Smile 1-on-1.
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In traditional spacing templates, the 'golden rule' is don't let 1 guard 2. This will always remain true.
Spacing is universal and rarely altered. It's a matter of semantics but teams run 3, 4, or 5 out (the latter 2 most frequently) and usually use corner, dunker/short
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HUNT THE NUMBERS/ADVANTAGE BASKETBALL
Possible advantages:
1. Numbers
2. Size
3. Speed
4. Time
Great teams hunt a numbers advantage in BOTH half court and transition offense BEFORE hunting a matchup through size and speed.
How?
Attack double gaps vs single gaps.
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SELF AWARENESS
Doncic scores using CHANGE OF PACE
Giannis scores using POWER
Shai scores using ANGLES
Jokic scores using FOOTWORK
Embiid scores using LENGTH
Curry scores using RANGE
The best players on the planet are all very unique in how they get buckets. 95% of players,
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@Hero_OfThe_Day
Celtics offense : hunt Luka > paint touch > attack close-out. Repeat.
Luka's time will come, but he was historically bad on the defensive side of the ball.
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Rick Carlisle is incredible.
Not only has he had the 2 greatest offenses in NBA history over the last 5 years, but look at his work with Luka and Haliburton. This isn’t talked about nearly enough.
Before this game, Tyrese Haliburton had an 11.1 offensive box plus/minus, which is 0.8 clear of Stephen Curry's all-time record of 10.3.
Haliburton's averaging 27.5 points, 12.0 assists and 4.0 threes per 75 possessions, while posting a +9.6 rTS%.
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🚨 Stop listening to basketball content from Stephen A. Smith, Colin Cowherd, Skip Bayless and Nick Wright.
Replace them with these 6 accounts :
@BBallImmersion
@transformbball
@brianmccormick
@ElGee35
@HalfCourtHoops
@bballbreakdown
‘Your are the sum of the 5 people
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@bballbreakdown
Why in the hell the Celtics were sending at this matchup is beyond me. Tatum can play him straight up all night.
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Positionless basketball has led to a deterioration of the PG position, which has also made the position one of EXTREMELY high demand, starting in high school. Playing 1-5 CAN'T mean that you have 5 point guards.
The point guard should be an extension of the HC. If the head
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Maybe it’s just because I have a very specific community on twitter that I read, but it seems like virtually all great coaches use small sided games/ecogical dynamic systems.
I don’t remember playing college or HS with constraints at all. It’s such an advantage to teach using
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Across all sport there is a direct correlation with EXPERIENCE being the
#1
variable associated with winning. 'Diaper dandies'/' one and dones' rarely leave with a ring.
Why?
The perceived talent gap is often far less than we think.
1. DECISION MAKING > SKILL- composed
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Excited for this this book!
Wondering if anyone has any other basketball related books they've gotten value from they would recommend?
@brianmccormick
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Ive seen this clip circulating. While this is a new concept to Lebron, this is a staple BLOB defense Brad Stevens has used since his days at Butler. It has since caught fire with coaches at every level, like most of Brad's concepts.
1-3-1 Matchup zone. This Celtics variant
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@coachMinor3
I think you never stop working with the transfer of energy (set to dip to release), but the actual mechanics of the shot can be unique from player to player, in a bio mechanical sense.
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Coaches are creators, not dictators.
Here’s 3 good examples:
Switching the paradigm from ‘I’m the leader’ to ‘I’m creating leaders’. Creates accountability.
Switching the paradigm from ‘I’m the decision maker’ on the floor to ‘my players are the decision makers’ on the
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Steph Curry's value and the timeline every ELITE shooter should look to create :
1. Establish the ability to consistently SHOOT the basketball with range. Layer in a quicker release time, through dip to lift ratio, fighting for feet, 10 toes same direction, etc. Range- Release
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We added Ultimate Dodgeball to our club practice to warm-up versus a traditional dynamic start. 10/10 recommend this:
Instantly engaged ✅
Competing ✅
Constrained to simulate game rules/space ✅
FUN ✅
Commentary via
@DavidHa1344
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Coaches who create culture well, build non-transactional relationships, create a growth mindset, and empower leaders always get credit for....
....being good at X and Os, in-game adjustments, game management etc.
Why do you think Spo, Brad Stevens, Pop, Bill self, WHOEVER,
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Nate Oats and
@RyanPannone
were incredible to follow this year. But they've been incredible to follow for YEARS.
The offensive spacing, execution, shot making and most importantly INNOVATION this year made them a must study for the rest of us.
BUT the crazy part is HUMILITY
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No idea how this kid flew under the radar.
@WeberStateMBB
got a great one
CTA West 6’9 forward David Hansen has just committed to play for Weber State University (
@WeberStateMBB
) under coach Duft (
@ericduft
)
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One of the best accounts on this platform to follow for tactical breakdown 👇
I love watching Merrimack's 2-3 zone and how they close out to the gap--not the player--on ball reversals. It is extremely disruptive to teams who think they can easily swing the ball against a zone and results in a ton of forced turnovers.
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What I love about this clip is the concept of 'try to miss' on the DHO.
Far too often bigs treat a DHO as a stagnant ball screen. Castleton does a great job of missing the ball handlers defender, getting downhill quickly.
* especially important if the big is a lob threat.
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Brandon Payne, Steph Curry’s long time trainer, uses a process called ‘overloading’ to hack Steph’s neurological system.
PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING IN SPORTS.
Babe Ruth, for example, after being studied by Columbia University in 1921, was determined to be able to visually
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ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
REED SHEPPARD
-6'3 combo guard who will transition to PG in the NBA
-relatively underwhelming athletically
-absurd shooting stats in college (70% TS%)
-quick release/unlimited range
-excels in PNR/can punish in the mid range (99th percentile in college)
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The GREATEST PASS I've ever seen; also one of my favorites highlights to rewatch. If you've seen a better one. I need to see it in the comments.
This is just silly 👇
🎥
@NBA
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Wasn't a big fan of the way Ham did things. But this blowing up on Twitter is missing the mark.
Casuals thinking that every timeout is used for a side PNR veer into a shuffle cut flare hammer screen for 3 😂.
TOs need to clear, actionable and simple. No Buzz words or
Instead of drawing up a play Darvin Ham wrote “contest without fouling” and wasted a whole timeout.
I just know this was the moment AD had enough of him 😂💀
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Skilled players are high IQ players.
This is because most of what a skill is, is making the proper DECISION when to use that skill.
Decision> skill
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Incredibly healthy discourse for the game.
Do great programs and great players win BECAUSE their ways are an all encompassing greatness or are they great programs and great players IN SPITE OF some of the things they do?
Such an ego infused, tense, and fascinating topic to
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Speed kills in football. CHANGE OF PACE kills in basketball.
Combine change of pace with understanding angles and it’s game over.
SGA with a behind the right to left behind the back - hesi left-right tween into the step back shot fake step through
Reading that sentence is what people mean when we say his bag is deep
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MASTER A SKILL AND TEACH THAT SKILL
- Freshman want to make the team
- Sophomores want minutes
- Juniors want to score
- Seniors want to win
This is a tough dynamic to navigate and the first problem to solve when building your pillars/foundation of your culture.
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Players viewing actions conceptually, versus what is 'my role' is difficult to teach.
My process is to explain the spacing template, and then what we are trying to do to the offense or defense, as whole.
After this, it's right into SSGs or constraints led approach going
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I think on a larger level, players knowing the ‘why’ behind everything you do as a coach is the ultimate goal.
Why are these our pillars?
Why is accountability important?
Why do we blitz the ball screen?
Why do we 45 cut?
Why do we play a drop coverage?
It’s human
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@LeShendyJames
@LBJsBest
Losing is more impressive than winning, awards are a conspiracy, rings don't matter. LONGEVITY STATS ARE KING.
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KPIs can be a Coach's LIFE BLOOD:
Shot quality and shot selection are critical to both sides of the basketball.
Disregard the year in the following graph because in 2018 we ~ leveled off with 3 point production.
Most teams at the varsity level of HS and > follow a similar
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Most timeouts are soundboards for coaches to express their current state of emotion.
As a general rule, timeouts should be used to counter the current state of emotion to create equilibrium. Love Alex’ point on generalities : 👇
How can you deliver more effective timeouts?
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 > 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦
It's crucial to use highly intentional language and provide players with a clear & concise framework for improvement.
Coaches, what are YOUR keys to a great timeout?
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@WITNESSKJ
So there is actually people that think it's an opposing owners job to help Lebron win rings? And if he doesn't, this is interpreted as protecting MJ? How is this even a talking point, regardless of which side you want to be on. 🧢
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Magrath’s very own. 34 ppg while pushing 90/50/50 in HS 👀
Recent
@WeberStateMBB
commit 6’9 David Hansen of
@cta_west
on his
#OfficialVisit
to Weber State University. A long agile shot maker who can stretch the floor & move the ball well within the offence. Great stamina & keeps his head on a swivel on D. Could be an impact guy early.
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A lot of people see Dan Hurley's half court offense and are in awe of all of the actions and play design. And they should be.
But...
Before we all hit copy paste on every Twirl/DHO/Crackback we see UConn run, it's important to realize the IMMENSE precision and development
Danny Hurley & UCONN Huskies: Outstanding Backdoor Isolation
The complexity and depth of Dan Hurley's playbook are very apparent.
Check out the UCONN Huskies Video Basketball Playbook 👇👇👇
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We don't want players to be the 'same guy' at the start of the next season. They need to bring something more. We expect this; it makes our teams better. 'Go to camps, play club, lift weights, shoot 300 shots, etc.'
It's MORE important for coaches not to be the 'same guy'.
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Nate Oates went to the step up, 51 PnR 3 or 4x in a row with Nelson. Completely changed the game. Incredible adjustment.
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@BenStinar
Adding Mikal Bridges to an eastern conference semi final squad is nice, but it doesn't move the needle against a team like Boston, a healthy bucks, or Sixers. They will be positioned very similarly to where they were last season.
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GET YOUR HIGH FIVES IN.
There is nothing more rewarding than helping a player improve their shot, in whatever capacity that looks like for the coaching staff.
But....
The only universal, empirical evidence that WE KNOW INCREASES SHOOTING % is PHYSICAL TOUCH. 🤯
According
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Is there a more slept on topic in athletics?
Athletes with good sleeping habits gain a huge advantage over athletes who have poor sleep hygiene. Sleep = 🔑
On average, in-season student-athletes are getting 6.27 hours of sleep nightly while 8 hours of sleep is recommended.
*Athletic performance: Poor sleep is associated
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It's actually crazy how innovative both Quin Snyder and Will Hardy are. The Jazz have hired coaches as well anyone for the last decade.
Seeing UConn dominate the NCAA Tournament with their non-shooting big in the corner of a horns alignment I’m reminded of the Utah Jazz who had a lot of success using a non-shooter on the perimeter as a dribble handoff threat as his defender sags off, unable to help on the play.
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As a COACH (and as a person), you have a BRAND whether you want one or not.
Be cognizant of it at ALL times.
Think of how you view these 5 coaches:
Dan Hurley
Thibs
Spoelstra
Darvin Ham
Doc Rivers
We ALL thought of the EXACT same
characteristics for each of them,
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AS A COACH:
Take off the ex-player/parent hat and put on the scientist/CEO/support dog hat.
- We assume that playing the game well directly correlates with teaching the game well.
- We also assume that coaching our own children directly correlates with their best interest.
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