Ball Handler is your orchestrator
The Read & React is based around the premise that the ball handler has the freedom to do anything he wants (almost) and the other four players on the court have one and only one reaction based on his choice. So, in effect, this makes the ball handler the orchestrator of the offense. His choice […]
5 Steps to Teach the Read & React
How should I teach the Read & React? That question finds its way to me a lot. And, my frustrated answer is this: You have to run the Read & React in order to improve at the Read & React. Period. You can’t get good at something that you’re not willing to […]
Baseline Out of Bounds Quick Hitter
This our second of five Read & React Quick Hitter posts in tribute to our newest DVD in the R&R family: Quick Hitters! You can check it out here. Here’s a nice Out of Bounds Quick Hitter to jump start your Read & React from the baseline. Of course, nothing in this Quick Hitter violates […]
Side Out of Bounds Quick Hitter
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting 5 Read & React Quick Hitters in tribute to our newest DVD in the R&R family: Quick Hitters! It’s so new in fact that it isn’t even live on the website yet, but you can check it out here. Here’s a simple Side Out of Bounds […]
Read & React Terminology
One of the advantages of the Read & React is that it can ease communication between coaches and players. It can also ease communication between coaches and other coaches (as long as they are in the Tribe). So, with that in mind and as an expansion of our previous post, A Cut By Any Other […]
5 Ways to Use Your 5 MAN
In the Read & React, the Post Player’s only requirement is that he react correctly to Dribble Penetration. So, coaches and players have a lot of freedom in how they handle the Post game. If you love Cross Screens, put them in. If you want the Post to screen for cutters, do it. If you […]
Intentional Circle Reverse
This is our first guest post on the Tribe and it’s a great way to start. Mike Largey wrote the beginnings of this article in the comments section of the post New Layers: The Ball Screen and I asked him to expand upon it to make sure no one missed out. Fun fact: in the […]
A Cut By Any Other Name
Juliet famously declares in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, “that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” Of course, she is talking about Romeo’s name and all the trouble it creates for the couple, but the same could be said about the Read & React. That’s right! Literature and […]
I Want Your Players to Be Selfish
Not what you would expect from me, huh? But it’s true. I want your players to be selfish – not in life or as people – but at least while running the Read & React. And you should too. Here’s a quote that puts words to why that assertion makes you uncomfortable. “There is a […]
Quick Note for Cutters
MESSAGE TO PLAYERS: Those who cut the lane must treat the lane with respect; the lane is the #1 killer of the defense; if you can receive the ball or get the ball into the lane more times than your opponent, then on a percentage basis, you will win. Given how valuable the lane is, […]