Welcome to our 2nd Annual March Madness Extravaganza. The greatest month in all of sports is upon us, and we feel like celebrating. While March Madness is the ultimate in basketball excitement for fans, it is also an incredible learning opportunity for players and coaches. Basketball is...
Breaking Down Game Film - Turnovers by Rick Torbett Breaking down game film (especially in the off season) is a great way to chart trends, find correctible errors, and generally understand your team on more intimate level - there are just some things that you can't accurately...
3-Step Formula for Gaining Confidence & Getting Things Done by Dick DeVenzio Anytime you have something to do, it feels good to have a method or formula that you can count on – a foolproof scheme that cannot be denied. When you have it, suddenly you have...
Bounce Off & Be Clever Workout by Rick Torbett Whenever a player tries to dribble penetrate and gets stopped or simply doesn’t like what he or she sees, then I train them to Bounce Off, that is, keep your dribble and simply back-out to the perimeter. This...
Rebounding out of the Read & React by Rick Torbett As a follow-up to the article on Spacing & Rebounding, let’s look at the 5 OUT formation and players’ positions when a shot is taken. Example 1: The Point Player drives to the goal. (It could be any...
Stronger Team 60,000 lbs in 60 Minutes Challenge by Alan Stein While March is the Mecca of college basketball, it usually signifies the beginning of the off-season for high school players and teams. Whether you won it all, or your season ended too short, March is the...
Misunderstood Spacing of the Read & React by Rick Torbett Whenever I find myself in a conversation about my favorite subject: the Read & React (Are you surprised?), I will invariably talk about the 3 possible formations: 5 OUT, 4 OUT 1 IN, and 3 OUT 2...
Coach TJ Rosene and the Emmanuel College Lions advanced to the NAIA D1 Men's National Championship with a 76-72 victory over MidAmerica Nazarene yesterday! Here are some video clips from the end of the game: [embed width="600" height="337" ]http://youtu.be/_AS8Z2VrDhM[/embed] The Lions (33-3) advance to their first-ever national championship...
No, we are not looking to end ball screens! We just think maybe you should consider how you are using them and what you hope to get out of them, and this is the end of the series. Before we get into our last day of...
Day 2 of our look at ball screens takes you into practice with Rick. [divider] Take a look at Rick explaining good use of Ball Screens in a practice setting from our Read & React Boot Camp Video: [embed width="600" height="337" ]https://vimeo.com/77795675[/embed] [divider] Here is Part 2 of Rick's 3-part...
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