Offense

This video of Kelly Wells, Head Coach University of Pikeville (Kentucky)

The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault at this link: Press Offense Sets: 2 U, 3 Up, & Replace

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This post was contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Randy Sherman of Radius Athletics.

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Zone concepts demonstrated by the Oregon Ducks (NCAAW) from 3-Out/2-In hi-lo alignment.

There is also a short YouTube video at the bottom of this post to further illustrate the concepts.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wing enters to High Post.

If no shot is available look Hi-Lo to the player behind the zone.

 

 
 

 

Wing enters to High Post.

If no shot is available look Hi-Lo to the player behind the zone.

If no hi-lo is available, look to fan it to the weak side.

 

 

Attacking a gap in the zone draws in two players and creates a 3 point shot for wing.

 

 

 
 

 

The pass from wing to point moves the defense. The zone anticipates the offense will fully reverse.

Throw a misdirection pass against the grain.

 

 
 

 

4 pins X2 and 3 skips to 1. This creates an advantage for shot/drive.

 

 

 

Six tips for moving the “NAIL” defender to aid in top penetration contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Randy Sherman of Radius Athletics.

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Some thoughts on ways to employ false motion and spacing to move the help defender and create driving opportunities from the top.

You might not be able to use all of these, but you can employ one or two to improve your spacing.

 

 

 

 

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

4 diagonal down screens for 3

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

4 flare screens for 3

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

3 and 4 exchange

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

4 makes a 45º Cut to open gap space

 

1 dribbles at 2 for the DHO

X4 moves to help on the nail

3 & 4 must find a way to engage and move the nail defender!

4 cuts at 3 who fans along the baseline

 

Submitted by Rick Torbett of Better Basketball

Are you ready for the shift that’s happening in coaching? Do you know the one key that is developing many of the top offenses in the country? Hint: It’s not more creative set plays.

The NBA community is in a fight. It’s a struggle against an enemy that almost everyone has fought at one time or the other: TRADITION. And there’s no better place to read about this battle than right here on the Celtics Blog.

TRADITION says the coach should call the plays from the sideline – just like good ol’ American Football! The players should execute the play and the contest should go to the coach with the best plays and the players who can best execute.

Yeah, right – if you’re playing basketball in 1918 instead of 2018!

This enemy (TRADITION) carries a lot of pressure with it: peer pressure, media pressure, fan pressure, etc. “This is how we’ve always done things; this is the lens through which we understand basketball, so don’t rock the boat, Coach!”

But the skills and athleticism of the players have evolved in my lifetime. Defenses have evolved so much that rules like “3 seconds on defense” had to be created. These changes have created a dilemma in the hearts and minds of the new generation of coaches. These Neo-Coaches (for lack of a better term) can sense that TRADITION is not getting the most out of the BEST BASKETBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD!

The Neo-Coach might be thinking:

“Why would I take the highest skilled players with the highest basketball I.Q. and force them to be little robots who carry out my micro-managed possessions in the form of Set Plays? The game is fast and quick; decisions must be made and changed in a split-second based on multiple defensive factors. Shouldn’t I be able to get MORE if I allow the players to make the moment-by-moment decisions while I (the coach) GUIDE them based on our strengths and weaknesses?”

The short answer is “Yes!” (This is why I developed the Read & React Offense)

But, Enemy #2 will raise its ugly head in the NBA: Player Buy-In. Players have to provide the effort and must acquire a “Next Action” attitude when playing Read & React.

In the article, Coach Stevens elaborates:

“We have to play harder on offense. You have to run to your spots in transition, you have to screen, you have to cut. You can’t just watch, you can’t just pound the ball. You have to move with a purpose.”

This new flow that players need to learn can completely transform your offense and it’s amazing to see how much more effort your players will put forth when they are able to play with the flow of the game.

Quote from the article:

“Stevens’ read-and-react offense is predicated on players taking advantage of every decision that a defense makes. With or without Kyrie, those little moments where a player sets a screen or decides to zig instead of zag make a cumulative difference.”

That’s an understatement! The cumulative difference the Read & React makes for our Tribe of coaches at Better Basketball is an extra 20 points per game above what they’ve been scoring! That makes it WELL worth the battle!

If you’re that new breed of coach, hang in there! I have even more guidance via the The Read & React Offense headed your way!

And guess what? They aren’t the only team running a Read & React system. Teams like the Denver Nuggets have transformed their offense with it.

Army Men’s Assistant Zak Boisvert has assembled some of the ways that the Golden State attacks defensive switches.

Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel

He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert

He has an outstanding resource site for coaches. You can access it here: PickandPop.net

The voice-over that you hear is Coach Boisvert

 

 

 

Concepts to Attack Switching Defenses

Army Men’s Assistant Zak Boisvert has assembled some of the ways that the Golden State attacks defensive switches.

Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His You Tube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel

He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert

He has an outstanding resource site for coaches. You can access it here: PickandPop.net

Coach Boisvert has also diagrammed the plays from the video and has provided a download link to the pdf. You can download the pdf here.

The voice-over that you hear is Coach Boisvert.

 

Sets and Actions to Attack Switching Defenses