Category: Offense »
February 26, 2019
Proven methods for attacking full-court pressure
[caption id="attachment_11723" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Photo: Brad Ward, Flickr[/caption] Today’s game of basketball is often played with a wide-open, pressure style of defense. An effective pressure offense must contain the following cha...
January 29, 2019
Offensive fundamentals to guide teams to a title
Simple tips to free shooters and create more scoring opportunities [caption id="attachment_11659" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Photo: K.M. Klemencic, Flickr[/caption] It seems like not that long ago when our team won the Massachusetts Division I ...
November 13, 2018
Manage turnovers to increase scoring chances
Many coaches talk about picking three or four things that their teams will commit to. Attempting to do everything is an unrealistic goal. While these choices are often based on talent or size, turnover management is something that nearly any pr...
November 6, 2018
A fast-break offense that produced 95.2 points per game
Our team’s philosophy on offense and defense is to keep constant pressure on the opponent. We want our players to run as fast as they can on offense and even faster on defense. Our fast-break system has evolved into 90 percent of our offense. We n...
October 23, 2018
Planning for late-game situations
Factors like timeouts, defensive matchups and personnel must be considered How many basketball games have you watched or been involved in where the outcome of a close game is determined by just a couple of plays? Both teams may be equal in talent ...
October 16, 2018
Teaching proper shooting fundamentals
Footwork, finishing develop a player’s scoring abilities In order to teach young players the proper fundamentals of shooting the basketball, we must create a foundation that we can build upon. It will be on this foundation that we begin to creat...
September 24, 2018
‘Ram screens’ can confuse opposing defenses
The evolution of man offenses has not only come with different types of ball screens, but it also modified the traditional locations that ball screens are set along with the action that follows. When some of these offenses combine pre- and post-scre...
September 20, 2018
‘Cloak and Dagger’ Diagonal Offensive Series
[caption id="attachment_11379" align="alignright" width="320"] Photo: Chip Griffin[/caption] A good offense is based on several basic principles. The first is being able to start the play with a pass or a dribble entry. Good offenses also use ball r...
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