Screen-the-Screener is a multiple screening action set that can put the defense at a disadvantage as you hold-in to help on the 1st cutter. Use the “shark” concept to take the defensive player guarding the least threatening player (opposite wing) to defend the down-screen. This allows you to “hold-in” on the 1st screen to take away threat #1 while the “shark” defender can tag the shooters hip coming off the down-screen.
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Practice after practice, day after day, season after season, the Spurs pound the rock. They get 1% better every day. They know that the first one hundred blows may not yield the outcome they hope for, but only through one hundred unsuccessful blows will come the one that cracks the rock, the one breakthrough victory, the next world title.
We live in a world where some people believe that high-level athletic performance is easy and that people are born with talent and greatness. They want immediate mastery. They want all the accolades without most of the sweat. They want to hit the rock on the first blow and have it break. The world is full of people looking for a shortcut to the top. There are none. Are you willing to pound the rock?
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Tom Izzo
Rebounding – Send 4 to the boards
DRILL: 2 v 2 Rebounding—Block out drill
Tony Bennett
“Pack Line” Defense
Ball Pressure
Bruce Pearl
“Raise the level of expectations they have for themselves. As sons, as brothers, as son’s of God. No one should have higher expectations for you than yourself. Focus on the positives, everyone is good at something, find that in all your players.”
Under out of bounds defense “15”
Coach Pearl uses a number system to call all of his defense. First digit indicates where the defense picks up (50’s were full court, 40’s were 3/4, 30’s half court, 20’s in the scoring area, and 10’s were under out).
The second number indicates the type of defense (0 = no switching, 1= 1-3-1, 2 = 2-3, 3 = 3-2, 5= switching everything).
55 would then be full court man, switch everything etc.
15 builds from the inside out. The ball can’t ever go inside. If they get anything it has to be a lob or a pass way outside. If you have good ball pressure you can steal these passes.
Rules:
1)Don’t let the man on the ball side block duck in.
2)Don’t allow any clean screens.
3)All defenders must stay inside their man.
4)On ball defender must have hands up. Any low pass is a steal for someone else.
5)Come together on all screens. If you are switching onto a screener win the foot fight and get below him so he can’t slip.
Chris Beard
“In basketball, there is no right decision. After you make a decision, you make it the right decision.”
300 Club – Making 300 made 3’s every day in practice from the start of the season to the end
Kill Drill – 3 Consecutive Stops (7 kills in a game is an automatic win) – 21 stops in a game
We believe in daily film. Daily film is crucial-Day to Day work in the film room-minimum of 10 minutes a day.
No cell phones at team functions (team meals and bus rides)
Would implementing a shot clock at the high school level improve the game of basketball? With every game that is slowed down by long possessions & the final score kept in the 30’s, regardless of outcome, the debate rages on among the basketball community.
Would adding a shot clock improve player development? Provide a better viewing experience? Allow the better team that night the best chance to win? Better prepare players for the college level? How much will it cost?
Below are two insightful articles that cover both sides of the argument:
For – https://www.basketballforcoaches.com/high-school-shot-clock/
Earlier this season, our Twitter poll question overwhelmingly was in favor of adding a shot clock in the state of Ohio. Comment below and let us know where you stand.
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Hedging ball-screens is a staple of successful half-court defensive teams. The goal of hedging is to the funnel the ball-handler’s momentum to half-court. To help make quick decisions study the feet of the screeners defender to find out the ball-screen coverage. Trae Young showcases examples of how to counter hedging by attacking the defenders top hip & splitting the ball-screen when the defender was unattached.
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