When your players move the ball, cut, and move their defenders and have good spacing, you are going to create open space where you can train your ball-handlers to drive called "Real Estate". With the "Click-Click-Draft" drill, we exaggerate the amount of space normally created...
As a coach, I have experienced frustration many times when a player drives to the basket at the most inappropriate time, drives at the correct time only to drive in the wrong direction and directly into a helping defender, or freezes, and does not drive,...
The last drill we will discuss and diagram in this series to help all players without the ball to learn the reaction habits they need, is called the "Click-Click-Boom" drill. I picked up the terminology used and name for this drill while working with PGC...
The third drill we are going to discuss and diagram, is the "Attack-Fade-Fill" Drill. I have found that players really like this drill, primarily because I include a shooting machine, The Gun (from Shoot-a-way.com) and by using this, they get a lot of shots during the...
In part 1 we talked about why and how to get players to circle move correctly and consistently. The answer to these questions is daily repetition and drilling. Now we are are going to talk about the three drills that involve all 5 players that...
The last weekend of July and the first weekend of August, I was lucky enough to spend time with Rick Torbett and like-minded Read and React coaches, first in Altanta, GA for the Revolution Summit and then at a Read and React clinic in Aberdeen,...
"In a clinic full of veteran Read & React Coaches, we had one coach who will be installing it for the first time this coming season. In fact, it's only his second year as a coach! I asked the coaches to give him one quick...
Here's another READ & REACT OFFENSE SUCCESS STORY from Liberty Christian High School, a non-denominational Christian school located in Anderson, Indiana! I've always felt like "success begets success" and this story is a good illustration! It's also a great illustration of the power and impact...
I love sharing success stories about the impact of The Read & React Offense! Here’s what Coach Fred Bryant – Newberry Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach had to share. This is a great example of what happens when the Read & React is implemented system-wide,...
Here’s Part 2 of Coach Douglas Holden sharing about the impact of the Read & React Offense for the Mohonasen Girls Basketball Program. Thanks again for sharing, Coach!! - Rick [caption id="attachment_5685" align="alignnone" width="300"] Douglas Holden 2016 Mohonasen Girls Basketball[/caption] QUESTION #3: How have you changed as...
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