Using Colors to Initiate Combo Attacks
As you get deeper into the playoffs, you’ll certainly find yourself coming up against better defensive teams. They’ve studied your footage, drawn up a defensive game plan to stop that crazy offense you run, and are ready to play. You need to be ready too. Here are some thoughts to tweak your Read and React […]
4 OUT Weak-Side Lob
I was recently at a Shorter University women’s game watching them dismantle their opponent. This is their first year with the offense, but I noticed one action (or sequence of actions) that they went back to time and again with success. And, I think you might be able to find a place for it – […]
Linking Layers Together: Shorter University
Here are some Read & React clips from Shorter University men (from the 2010 season). This is Shorter’s first year with the offense, but these clips will demonstrate how linking just the first 6 layers can be effective, even at the collegiate level. Clips 1 & 2: Here you can see Pass & Cut followed […]
Going Deeper into Post Cuts
In a previous post, we took the Pass & Cut layer and added some depth to the options. That gave us the Puppy Dog Front Cut and the Draft Drive. Now, in Layer 2, we’ll look at going deeper into the Post Cuts – notice that I’ve used the Laker Cut in the examples, but […]
5 OUT Quick Hitter
If you’ve run the Read & React for long or if you’ve been following the Read & React at all, you know that we suggest the R&R as an alternative to set plays. (Actually, we suggest it as an alternative to anything, but plays are one of those things). So, if we have a healthy […]
4 OUT Quick Hitter
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been fleshing out a 5 part series on Read & React Quick Hitters. This is our fourth installment – you can find the three previous here, here, and here. This is an easy 4 OUT Quick Hitter that utilizes the Post as a scoring opportunity and as a screener. […]
Going Deeper into Pass & Cut
In our previous post, we talked about the option of going deeper into certain layers of the Read & React rather than constantly pushing to add more layers. At the same time, a team who has established themselves in the R&R can continue to build nuances into their offense to make it more dynamic (and […]
Going Deeper into Layers
Recently, I was in Connecticut watching a 13U girl’s team coached by Ulysses Garcia along with the 12U and 11U teams in his South Windsor Girls Travel organization. (You’ll hear more from Ulysses very soon.) Up to that point, his teams had only been through a couple of practices and were just now getting comfortable […]
We Don’t Play Backwards
A lot of offenses, even motion offenses, require the ball to be moved from specific spot to specific spot so that the proper cuts, screens, and scoring opportunities can be created. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with this necessarily (you know how we feel about it already), but it does create a side effect in players. […]
3 OUT Quick Hitter
This our third of five Read & React Quick Hitter posts in tribute to our new DVD: Quick Hitters! You can check it out here. Here’s a Quick Hitter from the 3 OUT formation with a couple of nice scoring options as well as a post isolation opportunity. And, as always, nothing in this Quick […]
