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October 2, 2009
Basketball: Principles for attacking zone defenses
The zone defense remains the scourge of our basketball coaches. Many of them simply rely on superior talent to break all the zone defenses they face. Other coaches use (1) complicated offenses with "rocket-science" theories, (2) the zone def...
October 2, 2009
‘5-on-4 Scramble:’ Taking the shell drill to another level
Several years ago, our varsity basketball team was struggling through the first half of its season, and it was beginning to affect the way it was practicing. By compromising our work ethic in practice, we had reached the point where one negative was ...
October 2, 2009
The Bear Necessities
Kim Mulkey-Robertson is waking up WacoCOACH: You grew up in Tickfaw, La. What was your childhood like?MULKEY-ROBERTSON: We grew up in the country and lived around my relatives: grandparents and aunts and uncles. My mother was self-employed. She owned...
October 2, 2009
Basketball: The benefits of a ‘2280 control defense’
While the 3-point concept has changed the way we think offensively in basketball, it's another story defensively. At every level of play, the offensive goal seems to be get the ball out of bounds as quickly as possible, dribble penetrate to the of...
October 2, 2009
Something’s Bruin
Ben Howland is bent on restoring UCLA’s championship legacyCOACH: You were born in Lebanon, OR, in 1957 and grew up in Southern California. What was your childhood like? How did you pass the time as a youth?HOWLAND: I had a great childhood. I s...
October 2, 2009
Intense Situation Coaching In Basketball Part 3
Winning basketball evolves from the same general pattern of all the other sports. It has a sound philosophy, a specific plan, and the right players in the right positions, and fully capitalizes on the energies and resources involved in the plan.The g...
October 2, 2009
Intense-Situation Coaching in Basketball Part 1
How many basketball games every year are decided by a final winning play or a final clutch shot? And how many of those losses are sustained by the superior team?A team that had out-prepared, out-hustled, and out-played, its opponents, but couldn&rsqu...
October 2, 2009
Intense Situation Coaching In Basketball
Part 2, DefenseQuestion: How many different defensive schemes, methods, and philosophies can a basketball team absorb during a season? Since there isn’t a really right or wrong approach to the philosophy of a sport, the approach must be careful...
October 2, 2009
Dressed For Success
With his Armani suits and slicked back hair, Pat Riley has brought style and panache to the hardwood. He is perhaps the most recognizable coach in sports. Sartorial splendor aside, the man who presided over "Show Time" in Los Angeles and not only coi...
October 2, 2009
Defending Various Delay Offenses
Last month we discussed a specific plan on how to defend the “Four-Corners” delay game. There are many other forms of delay games that offenses utilize for last second shots at the end of time periods and to preserve leads late in games. ...
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