This is the third drill of Layer 1 that is based off of the newly defined scoring opportunities Rick created in the NEW Read & React. I modified the drill from only three players to our entire team to allow for more repetitions. The focus of this drill is to...
Last week I shared a Read Line Drill that is based off of the newly defined scoring opportunities Rick created in the NEW Read & React. I modified the drill from only three players to our entire team to allow for more repetitions. The focus of this drill is...
Last year we wrote an article discussing how the NBA defends sideline pick & rolls. Some of the information will be somewhat redundant, but I encourage you to read that older post because it is very detailed and incorporates a few videos; you can find the article HERE. Ice/Blue:...
I created this Read Line drill for practice this weeks, basing it off of the newly defined scoring opportunities Rick created in the NEW Read & React. I needed to modify the drill from only three players to our entire team to allow for more repetitions in our smaller...
This week on the Tribe Spotlight we are featuring Keith Mondillo, Head Women's Basketball coach and Athletic Director at Gwynedd Mercy University. Gwynedd Mercy University is a small private University located 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. We are an NCAA Division III school which has 19 Intercollegiate...
Here are five things to consider when defending the pick & roll. Where The location of the screen is extremely important as it can alter your coverages and rotations. Who Who is setting and receiving the pick is the 2nd factor that ultimately determines who the action will be...
Featured on the Tribe Spotlight this week is Wichita High School East (Wichita, KS), Joe Jackson. Our first season running the Read & React was the 2013-2014. In two seasons since, we finished with a 3rd Place Finish 6A State Tournament (22-3) in 2014 and won the State...
As both a coach and a father, I want to offer my 16 Rules for Basketball Parents: Parents… you must embrace the fact that this is your child’s journey - not yours. Do not live vicariously through them. Put your focus on being a supportive and...
Any seasoned coach will tell you that some of the most enjoyable experiences they ever had in coaching was when he/she coached a team with a number of mature leaders who raised the intensity of the entire team, consistently ‘set the bar’, encouraged teammates while...
We're excited to share another Read & React story with you right before the start of the high school basketball season. This week's Tribe Spotlight features Rodney Briggs, head boy's basketball coach at Lansing High School, Lansing, KS. I was looking for an offensive system that...
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