4 Steps to Easy Practice Planning
I have compiled four easy steps to help you create an effective practice plan that keeps your players engaged on a daily basis. Evaluate the Defensive Level of your Opponent How do they guard the ball? How is their help-side defense? Match the Read & React Offensive Layers to the Defensive Level of your Opponent […]
Drilling the Da Vinci Way
One of the questions I hear most often as a Read & React Coach is, “How often do you work on defense?” My answer is that we are almost ALWAYS working on defense. Very rarely do we work on offensive fundamentals or habits without introducing a defender to simulate a game situation. It is said […]
Circle Movement Shooting
Many of our drills are designed to work the habit of Circle Movement even if we haven’t yet taught Circle Movement in Layer 4. We do it in Full Court Trips during Trip 3 (Reverse Dribble), and our ‘Circle Movement Shooting Drill‘ is another that does the same, which allows us to install it on Day 1. […]
Full Court Trips
Many in the Tribe have asked about the Full Court Trips Drill listed in the Master Practice Plan from my last post, ‘Do You Have a Master Plan?‘ Since this is the first drill we do just about every practice, it is appropriate for it to be the first drill detailed in this series. We work […]
Do You Have a Master Plan?
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought” -SUN TZU The questions that Read & React coaches collectively have on their minds as they begin their respective seasons seem to be centered around practice planning. For those who have the Planning the R&R Practice DVD Set, you […]
Read & React Orchestrator Warm Up Drill: 1 Moves 10
This video is an excerpt from our newest DVD series, Read & React Clinics: Planning the R&R Practice. We’ve mentioned before that in the Read & React Offense the ball handler is the orchestrator – any decision she makes with the ball moves the other four offensive players on the court (and in doing so, […]
Flow: Combining All Read & React Layers and Formations
A major strength of the Read & React Offense is its ability to transition seamlessly between all its layers and every basketball formation (5 OUT, 4 OUT, 3 OUT). We’ve alluded to the jazz metaphor previously and it really does fit. Once you have the notes and chords down, you can improvise any song at […]
Read & React Offense Diagnostics: Testing Layers 3 & 4
The video below was taken from our new 5 DVD set, Read & React Clinics: Planning the R&R Practice. This set develops five practice templates to help you implement the Read & React Offense as your season and your players progress. This question comes up from time to time: How do players distinguish between a […]
Training with Color Codes: Purple is for Post
Color codes are a great way for coaches to control certain types of attacks in the Read & React Offense. Basically, each color represents a group of similar layers or actions particularly good at attacking a specific style of defense or exploiting a specific advantage. For example, “Blue” could cue your team to set as […]
A Simple (Effective) Read & React Circle Movement Test
Yesterday a great tip landed in my inbox from Ed Hammersmith. Those of you who frequent the Tribe Forum will know him as CoachEd – the creative voice chiming in on all sorts of topics. You also might remember him from an early Tribe Spotlight. Here’s what he’s been doing in his most recent practices. […]
