Covenant Academy (McMinnville, TN) head coach Ryan Smith shares his Read & React story in this weeks Tribe Spotlight. I was first introduced to the Read & React Offense when I was a high school coach at a public school. I was researching a more efficient offense that...
This non-traditional sideline out of bounds line-up will result in getting your best post player an isolation on the block. If you don't have a dominant post player, then pop them out for a simple give and go, Stockton and Malone style! [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5kuiWxa4w&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Click here for MORE...
This 2 Part Full Timeout discusses the difference in basketball players designated by positions and spots. Positionless basketball allows you to absorb mistakes within that offense and keep going. Click here for Part 1! Positionless basketball is the future of basketball. In every play a player...
Terry Helm is the owner and head coach at TC Hoops Basketball Club in Cape Girardeau, Missouri . We currently have 12 teams aging from 4th grade girls and boys to varsity level boys and girls . When Coach Helm took over the club, the previous coach...
In this Full Timeout, Rick discusses the difference in basketball players designated by positions and spots. Positionless basketball is the future of basketball. In every play a player starts and ends in a spot, in the Read and React a player is constantly changing spots...
Rick breaks down how to easily isolate a post player within the Read and React Offense. Part 1 of this 3 part series discusses the circle movement involved with basket cuts to isolate the post player. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFeHE4RgK7Q[/embed]...
Whenever I find myself in a conversation about my favorite subject: the Read & React, I will invariably talk about the 3 possible formations: 5 Out, 4 Out 1 In, and 3 Out 2 In. My listeners will make some telling comments like: “5 Out does not have an inside...
“Positionless” basketball is one of the main reasons I created the Read & React. As far back as 1983-85. I experienced the need for a positionless offense. On one team, my point guard was my leading rebounder. The next year, my best post player, outside...
Occasionally, I will hear the following phrase from College coaches and even certain levels of High School. It sounds something like this: “When we first began using the Read & React we scored (some or a lot) from Passing & Cutting. But now, we very rarely...
It is said time after time that our youth is the future; unfortunately our youth today are so consumed with television, video games, and social media that they are learning poor habits earlier and earlier. I will give you an example, I was working a...
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