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Breakdown Drills for the 4 Out, 1 In Motion Offense

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A common mistakes of a rookie coach is that they start out by teaching the “full” version of their offense, with 5 players on the court.  There are several reasons why this approach is flawed:

  1. All great coaches have stressed the importance of paying attention to detail.  The more players you have on the court, the harder it is to focus on the details.
  2. Your players spend lots of time standing around listening to you rather than learning through playing.
  3. The way most coaches do this is by splitting their team into starters vs bench- with the starters on offense and getting the most attention.  If you want a deep bench that understands how to run your offense 1 through 15, then this is no way to go.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog then you’ll know that I love teaching basketball via small sided games.  These are games with 1-4 players per team and specific goals that help breakdown an offense.  Your players will learn by doing, rather than listening.

This week, I’m showing you 9 breakdown drills for the 4 out, 1 in motion offense.  Note that although each drill is specific for the 4 out, they can be adapted for any motion offense with just a few tweaks.

How I suggest you use this blog is by first taking a quick look through it- I’ve highlighted what each breakdown drill is meant to focus on.  If your team is having problems with that area, then learn how the drill works and put it into your next practice!

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22 Most Popular Basketball Conditioning Drills to add to Practice

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25/10/2016 Edit: Added 3 more team based exercises!
6/9/2016 Edit: Added 1 more exercise!

Conditioning drills are always the toughest part of practice, and if handled improperly, can become monotonous. Coaches need many drills up their sleeve to give their players different looks in each practice.

We went through the data and found the 21 most popular conditioning drills on the Practice Planner. These drills were loved by your peers, so if you don’t know them already that’s a great reason to stick them into your practice!

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8 game based drills that will improve your practices by 300% (backed by science)

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Edit: 13/08/2016 – Added 2 more games!

Games based practices are great for all age groups – they teach practical skills, can be run with groups of all sizes, and most of all, the players love the fun competition.  However if you’re a coach who’s been coached in an “old school” system, you might find it difficult to find substitutes for the drills that you’ve always ran.  That’s why this week we’ve partnered with Brian McCormick, author of 21st century basketball practice.  With his Ph.D in sport science and vast experience coaching teams of all age groups around the world, Brian McCormick has designed hundreds of games based drills that teach basketball skills better than their traditional counterparts.  Today we present 8 outdated drills that you might still be using and show you 8 better games based alternatives. Continue reading “8 game based drills that will improve your practices by 300% (backed by science)” »

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