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Teach and Implement the Read & React in Record Speed.
… YOU WALKED INTO PRACTICE, HUDDLED YOUR TEAM, AND SAID, “We’re working on our offense today, it’s called the Read & React. Do you want to do drills or play games to learn it?”
100% of your players would say, “Play Games, Coach.”
And if you followed through with that choice, making games the main course and using drills as supplements, here’s what would happen…
Players would be more engaged, they’d have more fun, they’d work harder and as a result, they’d get better.
We’re coaching an instant gratification generation that doesn’t want repetitive drills, wants instant answers, and wants to have fun. They want to play the game, now!
Back-to-back D1 National Championship Games, 3 consecutive High School State Championships, D2 Division Championship, International Recognition…
…the Read & React Offense has quite the record.
And it just became easier than ever to implement and train.
We built the Games Approach to create faster buy-in, deeper learning, and accelerated results…and what coach doesn’t want that?
Basketball games are unpredictable. You never know what will happen between changing defenses, foul trouble, line-up matches and more.
That’s why game-based practices are far more effective than structured drill-based practices—they train players to learn and function in a game-like environment.
So we leaned on this principle and created a new method to implement the Read & React Offense with ease and speed—The Games Approach.
It not only teaches players in a game-like environment, but it naturally captures players’ attention, engages their problem-solving abilities, and teaches the Read & React in record time.
Just over 3 hours of video content leading to smooth and efficient Read & React implementation.
Access to the Read & React private Facebook Group where you can ask questions and get immediate answers from Coach Rick, Coach Handel, and an entire community of Read & React coaches.
Constraints-led drills that utilize player curiosity to learn multiple layers of the Read & React at one time, increase transference, get more done in less time, and teach situational awareness.
Video demonstration of 6 small-sided games with dozens of teaching points that can be used throughout the entire season.
Complete access to unscripted practice footage. See the process of real teams learning the Read & React.
The best coaches are finding systems to put their best 5 on the floor at any time.
And that’s exactly what’s inside the Read & React—a positionless offense, built on a foundation of structure that allows you to coach and allows your players to make smart decisions based on reads.
We’re not building robots that can run to spots.
Instead, we’re teaching players how to play, how to be instinctive, and how to prove the defense wrong no matter what they do.
If you’ve ever been intimidated by the idea of implementing the Read & React, this is your solution.
TODAY, JUST $149
Our products are guaranteed to help make you a better coach, improve your players, and win more games, or your money back. You’ll have a full 30 days to see the difference they will make.
Rick has spent over 40 years coaching and studying the game of basketball and throughout the process started Better Basketball (we’re talking back in the VHS days).
After years of providing athletes with the resources to level-up key skills, he launched the product he’s most known for today: the Read & React Offense, often referred to as position-less basketball.
And because of that, he’s had the tremendous pleasure of mentoring coaches at all levels and in more than 30 countries.
His greatest passion is showing coaches how to reach their highest potential on the court.
Coach Nelson Handel, a founding member of PGC Coaching and a lifetime member of Better Basketball, has been running the Read & React Offense for over 12 years with middle and high school teams. During that time, he developed and adapted the small sided games and coaching techniques found in the Games Approach course.
After a couple of years traveling the globe, consulting with programs in multiple countries and mentoring coaches, Coach Nelson began a residency at Club Joventut Badalona (a.k.a. “La Penya”) in Barcelona, Spain, where he coaches two girls U18 teams.
Before leaving the States, he was Director of Basketball and Boys Varsity Head Coach at Larchmont Charter High School. During his five-year tenure, his Boys Varsity teams won three League Championships and made final four in two Los Angeles City Championships. The program was promoted two divisions, becoming one of only two schools with less than 2000 students to be ranked in Division 3.
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