Read & React Transition Drill: Seamless
TJ Rosene just sent me this drill that he’s been integrating into his practices. His team loves it because they get a little bit of everything (transition, zone, man, etc.). In it he trains his team to transition seamlessly between formations, emphasis of actions, and types of defense. This style of training cements the confidence […]
3 Part Drill Progression with Read & React: Making Team Drills Competitive
Throughout your team’s Read & React training, you’ll need to run diagnostic tests. You can do this in scrimmage situations, in game situations, or as a final progression to a drill. To use a drill as a diagnostic tool, you must make it competitive. This video shows you how TJ Rosene takes a basic Natural […]
3 Part Drill Progression with Read & React: Team Drill
If you’re going to integrate the Read & React into as much of your practice as possible, you’ll have to teach player development while teaching the Offense. This video gives you some ideas where those concepts can be inserted into basic drills. And, the only way to cement those habits (both R&R and player development) […]
3 Part Drill Progression with Read & React
The Read & React Offense was designed as a progression: it stacks layer upon layer starting simple and building complexity along the way. In the same way, complexity can be built into the basic R&R drills. In this 3 part series (yep, it’s a series within a series), TJ takes the simplest Natural Pitch drill […]
Read & React Practice Template
Below is TJ Rosene’s Day 1 Practice Plan for his team. Obviously, your team is different than TJ’s so your plan will look different based on your age and/or skill level, whether this is your first year with the Read & React, and what you want to emphasize as a coach. But, this is TJ’s […]
Read & React Warm Up Drills
Why waste valuable practice time jogging around the court or doing two-line lay-ups? Integrate the Read & React reaction drills into as much as your practice as possible. And, be creative. TJ Rosene shows you two warm up drills that he uses every day before his team stretches, but these examples could easily be tweaked […]
Read & React Recipe for Practice
Remember how you used to cook up a practice? It was a neat little recipe. A touch of jogging around the court followed by a half-cup of weave lay-up drill. Add in defensive slides since defense wins championships. Then, shake on some cones or chairs. Now, for the main ingredient: a healthy scoop of shell […]
The 12 Days of Practice
Coach TJ Rosene has implemented the Read & React twice before – the first time ended with a National Championship. After learning from those previous experiences, he’s decided that this third year would be different. In Emmanuel College’s first 12 practices of this season, they will work on the Read & React. Only. […]