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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Metro State Practice Clinic Notes

Here is a good set of clinic notes from a Metro State practice. As you have probably gathered from previous posts, I am a huge Mike Dunlap fan.  I love his teaching approach, attention to detail and his validation for doing what he does.  His defense this past year for us improved our style play tenfold.

Orlando Magic Playbook

Coach Troy Culley shares an amazing playbook on the Orlando Magic.  It has a wealth of X's and O's.  It has everything from sets and quick hitters, to sideline out of bounds to baseline out of bounds plays.  Thanks Coach Culley for sharing such a great resource.



Monday, July 22, 2013

Dick Bennett Resources

Today we are going to examine some resources on Dick Bennett.  Coach Bennett is well known for his packline defense and his blocker mover offense.  He is also is very respected by other coaches for his ability to simplify the game and apply basketball to life lessons.  I hope these resources help you with your upcoming season.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Ganon Baker: Ball Screen Angles

Ganon Baker is one of the best when it comes to player development.  This resource focuses on using different ball screen angles.  Coach Baker gives great detail and visuals to show the proper angles involved in the ball screen.

Louisville Women's Scouting Report

Well, it has been a while since I have had time to post anything on the blog, so I am glad that I am able to share some things tonight.  I came across this resource on a detailed X and O scouting report on the Louisville Women's basketball team.  It has tons of information and I think you will be able to get some good plays from it.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Bounce and Chase Drill

Here is a good drill that emphasizes transition defense.  I love transition defensive transition drills and I think it is one area of the game that is under taught and under emphasized.

Dave Strickland Triangle Entries

For those of you who run the triangle offense, you will want to check out these entries into the triangle offense as provided by Dave Strickland.  These entries could also be used for other offenses as well.  There are a variety of entries that are used here which will give you some flexibility based on your players skill sets.

Hubie Brown: 1-3-1 Zone Attack

Continuing our discussion on how to attack a 1-3-1 zone, we take a look at an approach used by Hubie Brown.  This offense he used back in the 80's when he coached against the Lakers.  It is very simplistic but puts a lot of pressure on the both the middle defender and the baseline defender, which has kind of been at theme for attacking this defense.  Hope you like it.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Sets to Attack a 1-3-1 Zone Defense

Continuing on with our study of how to attack the 1-3-1, we are going to look at some set actions that you can use to attack a 1-3-1.  Again, we see that these actions rely on screening the bottom defender of the zone.  This screen alone puts a lot of pressure on the defense.

Attacking a 1-3-1 Zone Defense

The 1-3-1 zone can be a difficult zone to attack, especially with long athletic teams.  It allows teams to play in passing lanes, as well as aggressively trap out of it. Therefore, I am going to provide some resources that you can use to attack the 1-3-1 zone defense.

The first resource we are going to look at has a nice action where the bottom defender of the 1-3-1 gets screened for a player to come to the corner.  This action is really good because often the bottom defender has corner responsibility. The other good screening action here is the diagonal up screen against the middle defender.  Typically, when the ball is thrown to the corner, the middle defender will drop.  With the screening of this defender, it opens up the dive and feed into the low post.