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May 25, 2021
Integrating Small-On-Big Screens into your Offensive Schemes
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="671"] Photo: Wesley Sykes / Great American Media Services[/caption] This article discusses various types of off-the ball-screens that are set in various locations of the floor with a smaller offensive player...
January 7, 2021
Integrating Ball Screen & Rim-Runs into Man Offenses
Ball screen-and-rolls have become increasingly more popular in the last several years. Defensive-minded coaches have tried to counter this fundamentally sound offensive way of attack with various methods, such as switching the ball screen, hedging, h...
December 9, 2020
Integrating Ball Screen-&-Rolls into Man Offenses
Ball screen-and-rolls have been a staple of offensive basketball for many years. When motion offenses became the craze in the 1970s, this fundamentally sound form of attack faded away for years. But it has come back and has become very popular agai...
November 20, 2020
Integrating the ‘Screen & Re-screen’ Action
Previous articles have discussed the various types of screens and their degrees of difficulty that opposing defenses have in defending them. When offenses include in their overall offensive package different types of screens, their offensive arsena...
July 31, 2020
Integrating Stagger & Re-Stagger Screens Into Man Offenses
The “stagger-screen” has been around for a few years now and the new modification of the “stagger-screen” could be called the “stagger and re-stagger screen.” When two offensive players set a stagger-screen for a teammate, this action i...
July 16, 2020
Adding Multiple Phases/Waves in your Offensive Attack
A successful offensive scheme is a plan of action that never relinquishes its aggressive attack on the opposition’s defense. There is never a lull in the action from one phase to the next phase of attack; giving the opposition’s defense absolutel...
June 2, 2010
Tough 32 1-2-2 Zone Defense Hard To Handle
THIS STIFLING 1-2-2 zone defense which we call the "32 can give even good zone offensive teams a hard time. The zone takes advantage of offensive teams that are stronger in the paint than on the perimeter and really helps an undersized defensive team...
June 2, 2010
Effective 1-2-2 Offense Spreads The Floor With Constant Motion
IN RUNNING THIS high-powered 1-2-2 man-to-man offense every player gets a chance to play every position on the floor. This is especially effective for our team because we have more players who are better suited to facing the basket than with their ba...
June 2, 2010
‘Spread baseline inbounds series’ sizzles
The "spread baseline inbounds series" is a set of plays designed for each player on the floor to have an opportunity to score. Each of the following inbounds plays is designed to score a layup or get a good open jump shot. Each play easily flows into...
June 2, 2010
‘Gold’ continuity offense hits the jackpot
The "Gold" continuity offense has been extremely effective for our teams because of the offensive options it combines within our normal structured continuity (a backscreen followed by a staggered screen for a jump-shot opportunity).Aside from basic o...
Teach kids to pay attention to their bodies and their own thirst, and to “drink to thirst”—that is, drink enough water so that the thirst recedes. Rehydrate between sports events/practices.
The telltale signs of heat-related illness in student-athletes
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Each year, an estimated 240 people die from heat-related illnesses, an...