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Offense

The following is a listing of all posts in the category of Offense Concepts for our site.

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Screening Analytics

Coach Greg White is a Head Basketball Coach in Northwest Arkansas, currently at Bentonville Schools. He has 19 years of coaching experience and has been a featured speaker at USA Basketball Coach Academy as well as a member of the coaching staff at the Snow Valley Basketball Camp in Iowa which is recognized by Sports Illustrated ...

Zone Attack Quick Hitter: Overload

Coach Brian Barone is the head coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville after being hired in March of 2019. Coach Barone has learned under two successful head coaches in Tom Crean & Porter Moser. Barone brings previous NCAA Division I experience as an assistant as well as stints as an assistant and head coach in the junior ...

Texas (Shaka Smart) – Corner Step-Ups

These short video clips were put together by Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert showing some actions to consider using when running corner step-ups. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man-to-man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as ...

Lipscomb Secondary Break

This video is with with Lennie Acuff, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Lipscomb University. He calls it Georgia. I am not suggesting that you run it as is, but that his movements might give you some ideas that you can use in your secondary or half court offense. At the end of the ...

Princeton Offense Quick Hitters

These quick hitters that can be run as a part of a Princeton Offense system were contributed by Quinn McDowell. Quinn is currently a Division I Assistant Coach and runs the Basketball Coaching resource site aretehoops.com His passions include… *The Princeton Offense *Ball Screen Continuity *Player Development *Leadership and Team-Building *Coaching with Excellence *Leading with Purpose The quick hitters that can be run in ...

Offensive Counters to Defense Helping off the Passer

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some video clips of ways to counter the defensive tactic of helping off the passer on floppy action. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and ...

Attacking ICE Defensive Coverage

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of how John Beilein attacked ICE ball screen coverage when he was at Michigan. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays ...

Stampede Concept

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of stampede action. The concept is to set a ball screen and then throw the ball back to the player whose defender is preparing to help on the pick and roll. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel ...

The Fundamental Guide to Basketball Offensive Concepts and Structure

This article is republished with permission. The original article appears at The Fundamental Guide to Basketball Offensive Concepts and Structure. The fundamental concepts that make up a good offensive team are floor spacing and ball movement along with fundamental basketball skills such as passing and dribbling. Being able to perform these actions with confidence and flawless ...

Pick and Roll Decision Making with C.J. McCollum and Coach Chris

This article is republished with permission. The original article appears at Pick and Roll Decision Making ft. C.J. McCollum and Coach Chris. In todays post Coach Chris will talk about decision making when playing pick and roll/pop action. For this occasion Coach C will be using some videos of C.J. McCollum. Pick and Roll is a play ...

Turnover Percentage: The Trustworthy Measurement for Ball Security

By Brendan Hall From the Hudl Blog Not all turnover totals are built the same. That’s why coach­es look to this stat as one of the biggest deter­min­ing fac­tors in a game’s outcome. By nature of the sport, any­thing you try to elim­i­nate for your­self on offense, you’re try­ing to force on defense. That’s why if you believe effec­tive ...

Pistol Transition Offense

Coach Stephen Gentry, previously at Oklahoma State, now on the Illinois Staff. The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault at this link: Transition Pistol Offense All of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault at this link: Basketball Glazier Vault Access You will need to click on the image of the video to start it. This is ...

Weak Stack Zone Offense Quick Hitter

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of a zone offense quick hitter used by Loyala of Chicago. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as clips ...

Boomerang vs. Ball Screen Switch

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of the boomerang technique vs a ball screen switch. I have also included a second video of Kelvin Sampson’s “Beat them off the catch drill” to work on practicing the skill of catching the basketball on the run and not traveling. Zak has an outstanding site with ...

Press Offense Sets: 2 Up, 3 Up, & Replace

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 All of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault at this link: Basketball Glazier Vault Access You will need to click on the image ...

Zone Attack Concepts

This post was contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Randy Sherman of Radius Athletics. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw 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 ...

Move The Nail Defender

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. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw Some thoughts on ways to employ false motion and spacing to move the ...

The Read & React: Celtics’ Offensive Offense

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 ...

Concepts for Attacking the Switch

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 ...

Actions and Sets 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 ...

Culture of Passing

This post was written by Bob Starkey and shared on his Basketball Coaching Blog, HoopThoughts Editor’s Note #1 from Brian. When this article was originally posted, the Warriors were one of the top teams in the league. In 2019-2020, they have the worst winning percentage. I don’t believe we should or shouldn’t adopt ...

Man to Man Offense Building Blocks

These two power point outliones were submitted by by Coach John Kimble, CoachJohnKimble.com Coach Kimble held the Head Basketball Coaching position at Deland-Weldon (IL) High School for five years (91-43) that included 2 Regional Championships, 2 Regional Runner-Ups and 1 Sectional Tournament Runner-up. He then moved to Dunlap (IL) High School (90-45) with 2 Regional Runners-up, 1 ...

4 Up Press Offense

This press attack was contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Rory Hamilton of Norman North High School. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw This is what Coach Hamilton had to say about the press attack. Press Break Alignment is with 3 ...

2-3 Zone Attack Concepts

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert has put together some short clips with some concepts for attacking a 2-3 zone defense. 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 ...

Eight Principles for Sound Offense

By Alan Peel Assistant Varsity/Junior Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach, Bishop Miege High School Owner/Operator, www.coachpeelbasketball.com A major part of success in offensive basketball is having sound offensive principles that allow your team to maximize the efficiency of their possessions.  Legendary coach Dean Smith said, “The objective of any basketball offense is to score as often as possible on each possession.” Much ...

6 Zone Offense Actions

These 6 actions for attacking a zone defense are presented by Aaron Garrett, Head Coach at Amber-Pocasset (Oklahoma) High School. There is sound with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on. The video is hosted on You Tube, so you will need to be on a network that allows you to access that ...

Capitalizing in Transition

The Coach in the video is PGC Basketball Director Tyler Coston. You might not agree with his assessment, but at least I hope it helps you to define more clearly what you want your ball handlers to look for in transition. There is sound with the video, so please make sure that your volume is ...

The Two Most Valuable Offensive Breakdown Drills

Submitted by by Coach John Kimble CoachJohnKimble.com Formerly of Crestview (FL) High School See him on Twitter @CoachJohnKimble Diagrams created with FastDraw The “Pivot and Pass Offensive Drill” and the “55 Second Offensive Drill” are the two most valuable drills that any offense could have to improve players’ performances and techniques.  Besides the individual offensive techniques and skills that these ...

6 Point Checklist for Offensive Structure

This pst was written by Peter Lonergan, Manager Basketball Development and Communications, Northern Suburbs Basketball Association–Australia. When deciding on which offensive structure or system to implement with a team, it is important to understand what components make for a successful offense. The “six point checklist for offensive structure” can assist in simplifying the choice of structure and ensures ...

Mike Neighbors Transition Offense

These notes from Arkansas’ Mike Neighbors. The topic starts as Transition offense, but there are a few ideas from other areas as well. They were originally posted on Bob Starkey’s HoopThoughts Blog Two clinic curses: 1. Can’t take it all back 2. I can’t do that because… “Be good at the things you do a lot.” -Pete Carril Chart success ...

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