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The point guard is arguably the most important position, especially in today’s guard centric play but very few players understand what it means to be a point guard and what it means to be an extension of the coach.
Coach Don Showalter has coached many talented point guards with Team USA and here are 10 points you should share with your point guard to become a true “floor general”: Continue reading “Don Showalter’s 10 characteristics of a great point guard” »
Congrats to Coach Roy Williams for winning the 2017 NCAA championships! Coach Roy Williams of the North Carolina Tar Heels is famous for their secondary break and early offense. Coach Williams started his career under legendary Coach Dean Smith and has since won the NCAA title twice in 2005 and 2009. So let’s get right into what makes his program successful.
We’ve covered Tom Izzo’s fast break before but what is a secondary break? Coach Williams defines it when 2 or more defenders are back. When your guards can’t create a 1 on 2 or 3 on 2 situation, you try to get quick action with your 2 bigs who will sprint to the block or come in as a trailer. Alot of times, teams just practice for the primary break and forget about the secondary break. Continue reading “Roy Williams North Carolina Secondary fast break – A complete guide” »
When you’re in a situation where the final 10 seconds could literally decide the fate of your season, it’s time to go to a proven play. Whether it’s simply needing to inbound the ball, break a full court press, or get a late 3, I’ve found 5 game winning end of game plays that you need to have ready. They are:
Each play has got game video and animation attached so keep reading to find out more.
You want the player taking a 3 to be a sharp shooter, someone who you know consistently makes 3’s regularly in practice. How can you work out who’s number to call in crunch time?
Enter the Green Light Shooting Test.
The Green Light Shooting Test is a product of the best practices of our Coachbase partners and many successful high school coaches. These coaches don’t just let anyone take 3’s in games; they have their players tryout for the title of “shooter”.
Without any further ado, I’ve attached the Green Light Shooting Test as an image below. Keep reading the rest of the blog post to learn how to read the results and use the test in practice!
You can have 100’s of out of bounds plays, but in a game, you only get to run one of them once.
The number one mistake that basketball coaches is make is assuming that what worked for one team will work for your team. You can’t just pull plays from the NBA/college/youtube/your rivals and expect them to run smoothly.
There are many factors that you have to consider when it comes to picking the right plays to teach and run and after drawing up hundreds of plays.
I’ve broken down 3 key imitations below- time left on the shot clock, the score, and whether you have a time out to call or not. Keep reading to learn how to pick the right play.
You’re down late in the fourth and desperately need a 3 to get your team back in the game. What do you do?
It’s a time to turn to a play that’s been proven to work. All of these 5 plays have been drawn up by a coaching legend and shown to work in the most pressurizing situations in the NCAA or NBA. So whether you’re:
These are five go to plays when you need a 3- check them out, practice the ones you like and add them to your playbook!
NOTE: these are my names for the plays. As you can see they’re more descriptive than secretive- feel free to change them up according to your system.
