Comments on: Getting More Possessions Than the Opponent http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/getting-more-possessions-than-the-opponent/ Visit www.coachingtoolbox.net for hundreds of free basketball tools! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Sartini http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/getting-more-possessions-than-the-opponent/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Ken Sartini Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:50 +0000 http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/?p=79#comment-511 Brian, You and I think a lot alike.. I am a firm believer that the team that controls the tempo has a great chance of getting the W. We ran the Open Post Offense and were looking for takes, back door lay ups and threes vs teams that got lazy on Defense. Of course we mixed in some sets here and there just to keep them off balance. There were times when we did what we called "Cut 1"... this meant taking the clock down to the next minute... (EXAMPLE: if there was 6:40 on the clock we took it down into the 5s) We did this at any time during the game IF I thought that tempo was not in our favor. Of course, like you, we would take the lay up if that presented itself. We also wanted the last shot of a quarter any time it was under 1 minute left. There are many reasons for this... keeps YOUR players from picking up a unnecessary foul, keeps your opponent from getting another shot, scoring and getting the momemtum in their favor. I never thought about it as getting more possessions, I just wanted to control the tempo... teams don't like it when YOU dictate the way the game is going to be played... especially on THEIR floor. I definately like that as an added bonus. This was definately part of our "situations" at the end of practice and at times when we were running offense as part of our practice. I always told my players " Any team can play good defense for 3 MAYBE 4 passes, how good are they at defending after 6-8 or more? " Break them down and get the shot YOU want, NOT the shot they want you to take. Ken Brian,
You and I think a lot alike.. I am a firm believer that the team that controls the tempo has a great chance of getting the W. We ran the Open Post Offense and were looking for takes, back door lay ups and threes vs teams that got lazy on Defense. Of course we mixed in some sets here and there just to keep them off balance.

There were times when we did what we called “Cut 1″… this meant taking the clock down to the next minute… (EXAMPLE: if there was 6:40 on the clock we took it down into the 5s) We did this at any time during the game IF I thought that tempo was not in our favor. Of course, like you, we would take the lay up if that presented itself.

We also wanted the last shot of a quarter any time it was under 1 minute left. There are many reasons for this… keeps YOUR players from picking up a unnecessary foul, keeps your opponent from getting another shot, scoring and getting the momemtum in their favor.

I never thought about it as getting more possessions, I just wanted to control the tempo… teams don’t like it when YOU dictate the way the game is going to be played… especially on THEIR floor. I definately like that as an added bonus.

This was definately part of our “situations” at the end of practice and at times when we were running offense as part of our practice. I always told my players ” Any team can play good defense for 3 MAYBE 4 passes, how good are they at defending after 6-8 or more? ”
Break them down and get the shot YOU want, NOT the shot they want you to take.

Ken

]]> By: James http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/getting-more-possessions-than-the-opponent/comment-page-1/#comment-39 James Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:26:49 +0000 http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/?p=79#comment-39 Is it any wonder the US has struggled under FIBA rules? Not having a shot clock in high school ball, and the long clock in college, prepares US players for a different style of game. FIBA juniors learn to play with a 24-second clock from a relatively early age - it varies country to country when they introduce the shot clock, but international games in Europe began at Under 16. Yes the US won both gold medals this year, but so they should. In fact, they should never have lost in the men. No-one puts as much money into basketball as the USA. Granted there is no national system, but the massive amount of basketball being played and the tremendous amount of talent means you should be winning.....if you played by something closer to FIBA rules from an early age, forget it, the rest of the world would never have a chance. It's just a pity that FIBA has changed their rules to get closer to the USA, because the best quality of team basketball has come from outside the USA over the last 10 years IMO. Do appreciate the info on your website (even if it is USA centric!!), keep up the good work. JB Is it any wonder the US has struggled under FIBA rules? Not having a shot clock in high school ball, and the long clock in college, prepares US players for a different style of game. FIBA juniors learn to play with a 24-second clock from a relatively early age – it varies country to country when they introduce the shot clock, but international games in Europe began at Under 16.
Yes the US won both gold medals this year, but so they should. In fact, they should never have lost in the men. No-one puts as much money into basketball as the USA. Granted there is no national system, but the massive amount of basketball being played and the tremendous amount of talent means you should be winning…..if you played by something closer to FIBA rules from an early age, forget it, the rest of the world would never have a chance.
It’s just a pity that FIBA has changed their rules to get closer to the USA, because the best quality of team basketball has come from outside the USA over the last 10 years IMO.
Do appreciate the info on your website (even if it is USA centric!!), keep up the good work.
JB

]]> By: admin http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/getting-more-possessions-than-the-opponent/comment-page-1/#comment-38 admin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:04:34 +0000 http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/?p=79#comment-38 Harry--thanks for taking the time to read the post and for your response! Harry–thanks for taking the time to read the post and for your response!

]]> By: Harry http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/getting-more-possessions-than-the-opponent/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Harry Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:41:42 +0000 http://coachingtoolbox.net/blog/?p=79#comment-37 Excellent point! I appreciate this insight! I had often debated with myself what is best. Thanks!!! Excellent point! I appreciate this insight! I had often debated with myself what is best. Thanks!!!

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