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Last One Holding The Chalk...Usually Wins!(February 2008)Assortment of plays, drills and ideas to help your program improve.
SET PLAYS vs. ZONE DEFENSE From Coach Jay Monahan at HoopChamps.com MORE COACHING INFORMATIONfrom the 2006 NIKE COACHES LEARNING ACADEMY BOOKLET compiled by Jim Burson of Muskingum College, who directed the Academy. The Academy has been sponsored by Nike for two years and more than 80 coaches have attended the 3-day session. * The first objective in playing at the wing position is to be able to catch the ball and then assume the triple threat position. This can be done by planting the inside foot down upon catching the ball and then the outside foot (foot nearest sideline) as you momentum ends. This is termed a 1, 2 stop. A front pivot will then square you to the basket. One of the possible triple thret positions is to put the ball into the shooting pocket. * Accepting a screen: The majority of screens which are not successful in terms of getting the man being screened open are the result of poor execution by the man accepting the screen. Often times this player will accept the screen too early and not give the screener time to set a good screen. One prerequisite of accepting any screen is to walk your man away from the approaching screen. In addition, a quick bounce step will give you the explosion necessary to beat your defensive player to a spot on the floor. * The way that your man plays you should determine the option that you use in accepting the screen. If he begins to cheat over the screen, buttonhook to the basket or go backdoor; if he goes behind the screen, use 1, 2 stop square up to triple threat position; if he goes wide behind the screen, fade to the corner. PRE-PRACTICE PASSING - On the Wall Precede passing with shooting techniques on the wall. DAILY DOZEN PASSING: 1.
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FIND SMALL SUCCESSES THAT WILL LEAD TO LARGE SUCCESSES
WHAT IS A GOOD SHOT? 1. PLAYER MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOOT THE SHOT. A shot that is a low percentage shot (for the particular player) is a bad shot. 2. PLAYER MUST NOT BE CLOSELY GUARDED. A closely guarded player should pass to a teammate who is not. An exception is when the player is close o the basket and can make a power move. 3. REBOUNDER MUST BE IN POSITION TO REBOUND ANY MISSED SHOT. Few things are more irritating in basketball than the player "gunning the ball up" when there is no one near the rebounding area. 4. TIME and SCORE are big factors. An open shot early in the game may be a good shot while the SAME shot taken with a two-point lead and 30 seconds left to play may be a bad shot.
WISDOM FROM PETE CARRIL: * If a guy cannot pass, the ball stops moving. If he cannot shoot, he will always be open. If he cannot dribble, he cuts his value to the team by one third. Furthermore, if he cannot dribble, the defense will attack him. * Whatever you emphasize and to the degree that you do, you get better at it. * Try to put a player in a situation where those things he does well can occur. For example, he might not dribble very well, so you have him cut or set screens, and so on. (Ed. Note: Another example, when a poor passing big man is told to come outside to relieve pressure and then throws the ball away, it is the coach's fault. He has put the player into a situation he does not do well. Putting players in situations that they can succeed is a fundamental technique of coaching.) * Two words to avoid in teaching are "always" and "never". * Without talent, developing precision and trying to do things 100 percent correctly will reduce the number of mistakes and, therefore, the number of failures. * When you explain a point to player X, the other players should listen so that they know about the point as well.
BILLY DONOVAN'S ATTITUDE PLAN Always
making today my best day
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STRATEGY & COACHING TIPS: * "When doubling the baseline drive, defenders must get to the ball before it gets to the lane." ....Roy Williams * Bruce Weber of Illinois plays a 100-point game in practice. Two teams play five-on-five using this scoring system: one point for each pass, two points for a score, and five points for a lay-up or post move. * "Emphasize ball reversal. It will create driving opportunities when the defense executes a closeout poorly.".... Paul Hewitt * "On a full court press, deny the return pass to the inbounder against teams who always reverse the ball back or if the inbounder is a good ball handler."....Rick Pitino * "Emphasize two-hand passes, two-hand catches, and two-hand rebounds."....Dave Davis * "The ball is the responsibility of every defender."....George Karl
GREAT QUOTES: * "Great leaders are always out in front with a banner, rather than behind with a whip.".... John Wooden * "Working hard does not guarantee success, but not working hard guarantees failure!" * "There are certain things in this world we all have in common, such as time. The difference is what we do with that time and how we use it. If you're killing time, it's not murder, but pure suicide."....Lou Holtz * "Whether you think you can or think you cannot....Your are right!" * "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."....Confucius * " Consistency is more important than greatness. It's not how great a player can be but what can be expected day to day."....Lou Holtz * "The great thing is this world is not so much where we are, butin what direction we are moving." |
