Offensive Rebounding out of the Read & React
We get the question about offensive rebounding a lot. Most of the time it goes like this, “How can you rebound out of the 5 OUT formation?” Sometimes it goes like this, “Well, I don’t like the Read & React because it’s hard to get offensive rebounds out of it”. I prefer the first approach […]
Read & React Offense in Any Formation
I mentioned in the previous post, What the Read & React Looks Like, that the offense can easily take on the personality of your team: a lot of that personality revolves around the personnel you have each year. So, if you have a small, quick team, you can run 5 OUT. If you have a […]
What the Read & React Offense Looks Like
We’re in the process of updating our Read & React basketball page and in doing so, we’ve created some videos displaying just what the Read & React looks like in real games with different teams at different levels. So, I figured, who better to get a sneak peek than the Tribe. Ultimately, there are four […]
Post Players: Camping is Prohibited
In the previous post, we discussed utilizing the inside-out game with the Read & React: how there is always an inside threat in the Read & React, whether the ball is thrown into the post or not. What we didn’t mention, though, is the sure fire way to block that inside threat: lazy (or uninformed) […]
Read & React Offense: Hard Wired for Inside-Out Action
This post was inspired by a thread in the Tribe Forum. Be sure to check out the forum and pick the brains of Read & React coaches from all over the world. I’ve always had an inside-out mentality when it comes to basketball. It makes sense, right? The defense is required first to protect the […]
Bounce Off Drill Series, Part 3: 5 Man Drills
Here is the final installment of Rich Czeslawski’s Bounce Off Drill Series. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 – together these three create a progression. You know how much we at Better Basketball love progressions! Rich doesn’t just write for the Tribe either, he has his own blog, which is worth spending some time […]
Bounce Off Drill Series, Part 2: 3-on-3
This is the second installment of a drill series by Rich Czeslawski designed to accelerate Circle Movement training by using the Bounce Off Dribble. You can find the first part of the series here. Wing Bounce – Safety Valve Back Cut The next 3-player drill we use in the series (which was very aptly foreshadowed […]
Bounce Off Drill Series, Part 1: 3 Man Drills
The Tribe is all about collaboration – that’s why we have this site, to share ideas. As active coaches, you are constantly in the lab with the Read & React and because of that, you have the unique ability to come up with great options, drills, and thoughts. Today, we start a three part Bounce […]
Pass & X-Cut? Umm… Let’s Discuss it.
One of my favorite parts of the Read & React is that a coach can infuse it with his own personality. There are a ton of ways the Offense can be adjusted to your style of play, your strengths and weaknesses, your personnel, etc. In fact, this blog has a bunch of ideas to help […]
3 Tweaks for Posts in 3 OUT
You can do anything you want with your post players as long as they react correctly to dribble penetration. We’ve said that before and it remains true. But, that leaves a lot of options. I thought it would be helpful to give you three that I would consider using if I had a 3 OUT […]