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January 13, 2014
Power rebounding: Drills and strategies for improvement
Many coaches agree that rebounding is the most important phase of basketball when it's weighed in comparison to offense or defense. For instance, we may not be a good shooting team, but we would not have to be if we rebounded well enough to get the s...
January 13, 2014
Keys to developing young post players
Even though post play has been somewhat diminished with the dribble-drive offense and the high screen and roll offensive sets, it's still a skill that must be concentrated on and emphasized. There will never be a lack of importance for a player who i...
December 18, 2012
1-1-3 match-up zone offers viable alternative to man defense
I never had our team play zone defense. Zone defense, to me, was utilized by teams that were weak, lazy or both. I even scheduled my coaching-clinic decisions around avoiding zone-defense chatter. I never listened to a clinic speaker who was discussi...
March 2, 2012
High screens, aggressive defense help Gonzaga push games out of reach
Eight games into the 2012 West Coast Conference season, the Gonzaga Bulldogs had struggled in the first half of games before putting away opponents in the second half. Gonzaga held a 274-231 scoring advantage in the first half of conference games b...
June 3, 2010
Keys for winning the battle at the boards
Our team considers rebounding one of the most important elements to winning games. We don't consider the total number of rebounds to be the key, rather it's the rebounding differential that matters most. We know that if our team shoots well, there wo...
June 2, 2010
Teaching, implementing a swarming match-up zone defense
The premise of a match-up zone defense is to manipulate the opponent into executing its zone offense versus — for all intents and purposes — a man-to-man defense. Zone offenses are predictable. Teams, for example, almost always attack a 2-3 zone...
June 2, 2010
‘Triangle-and-Two’ defense keeps opponents at bay
Our program has had a lot of success using a Triangle-and-Two defense. A good Triangle-and-Two defense: Matches up your defense to focus on the opposing offense's best or most dangerous two players. Confuses the offense and causes it to hesitat...
December 22, 2009
Time-tested rules for defending screens
Most motion offenses today include a variety of picks (screens) to free the ball or players to the basket. These screens include on-the-ball screens, backscreens, cross-screens and downscreens. The following are effective rules that you can instruct...
November 10, 2009
Running the 1-2-1-1 zone press
It's very important for coaches to allow their players the opportunity to have fun while trying to accomplish team objectives. I've never met a player who didn't want to play a fast-paced, full-court game, whether it be the fast break or full-court p...
Many school emergency plans in operation today are put in place with the understanding that the school day is in session and that all school-certificated and classified staff are on site.
Installing a preseason emergency response plan
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All public and private schools have an emergency response plan that al...