This week's Tribe Spotlight is on Bay State Jaguars Girls' AAU Basketball coach Dan Beauchemin. By way of introduction, I am a 20+ year high school assistant coach and also coach for one of New England’s best AAU Girls’ programs, the Bay State Jaguars. In my mind,...
In this Full Timeout, I break 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] Read More about the Read &...
This Tribe Spotlight is very unique and the first of it's kind, Rick Torbett was fortunate enough to film a 1-on-1 interview with a Read & React coach in his home state of Georgia. Brad Cundiff is the Boy's Junior-Varsity basketball coach at the Kings...
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...
“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...
I was asked recently to speak about the process I went through to create the Read & React. I’ve written on this before, but usually from a standpoint of the problems I was trying to solve. This time I talked about a different aspect of the...
The following is an excerpt from Dick Devenzio's book, Stuff Good Players Need to Know. In this chapter, Dick talks about the strategy of the defense at the end of the game and what the offense should do to counter it. The defense is pressuring the perimeter...
Don't forget to set your clocks ahead 1 hour today! These days most people have it done automatically for them when their smartphone updates, but just in case! We have included free chapters to several of our videos in the article below today...
What It Means to Be "All In" Our partner and close friend, Dr. Spencer Wood has a ground breaking Mental Toughness training video series called "The Edge". It is the most comprehensive video set we have seen anywhere on equipping your players with the mental skills...