March 5: How to Become a Great Defender
In one of Rick’s latest Full Timeouts, Rick breaks down concrete goals necessary to become a great defensive basketball player. Don’t get caught up using “coach speak”. Challenge your players with goals to become great defenders. Level 1 Defender Goals: 1. Keep the ball from being dribbled into the Highway (middle of the floor). 2. Keep […]
March 4: Florida Gators’ Press Defense
The following article is taken from current Florida Gators Assistant Coach Matt McCall‘s lecture at PGC’s 2014 Clinic in Atlanta. To press, you must be committed to it and work on it every day! Always put your most athletic player on the ball (That won’t wear down/get tired) 2 Objectives to Accomplish Make fatigue a factor (Don’t […]
March 2: Sideline Out of Bounds – Post Isolation
This non-traditional sideline out of bounds line-up will result in getting your best post player an isolation on the block. If you don’t have a dominant post player, then pop them out for a simple give and go, Stockton and Malone style! Click here for MORE Baseline Out-of-Bounds Plays! [divider] Do you watch last week’s […]
March 1: Scouting and Game Planning
The following article comes from Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Special Assistant Mitch Cole. OPPONENT SCOUTING One of the areas of college basketball this time of year that can occupy the bulk of a coach’s time is scouting of opponents and game planning. Hours upon hours are spent by coaches preparing for what the OPPONENT will try to […]
2015 March Madness Extravaganza
Welcome to our 2nd Annual March Madness Extravaganza. The greatest month in all of sports is upon us, and we feel like celebrating. While March Madness is the ultimate in basketball excitement for fans, it is also an incredible learning opportunity for players and coaches. Basketball is everywhere you look right now and, if you pay […]
Tribe Spotlight: Joe Opperman
This week’s Tribe Spotlight feature Read & React coach Joe Opperman. I’ve been coaching Middle School boys and girls teams for the past five years, and have been actively involved in assisting my son’s team (now 5th grade) as they’ve been led by our Varsity Girls coach who also has a son on the team. […]
16 Defensive To-Do’s
Players: What can YOU do on defense, as an individual, each possession, regardless of your team’s defensive system? Here are 16 pro-active things you can do on almost every defensive possession. Be the initiator and not the reactor: 1. Bother the shot pocket. 2. If the ball is over their head, get body-to-body. 3. Force […]
Tribe Spotlight: Bay State Jaguars
This week’s Tribe Spotlight is on Bay State Jaguars Girls’ AAU Basketball coach Dan Beauchemin. By way of introduction, I am a 20+ year high school assistant coach and also coach for one of New England’s best AAU Girls’ programs, the Bay State Jaguars. In my mind, winning an AAU/youth title would be great, but making […]
The Last Postgame Speech
Every coach goes through it. You spend months working with a group of players to mold and shape a season. Countless hours go into designing plays and drills to help the team succeed. The time spent always has ups and downs, but through it all the team becomes a family. A special group that, in […]
Basketball Plays: Baseline Out of Bounds Utah Screen
This baseline out of bounds box set is one commonly seen at the high school and collegiate level. The diagonal backscreen is difficult to defend because if the defense over helps the screener can slip to the rim for a lay-up.
