The guiltiest of all pleasures for coaches is the film room. A safe space for clips, highlights, and breakdowns to be consumed with caution.
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Basketball Playbook: Built On Series & Sequencing
There is no hiding anymore from a scouting perspective. One way to keep the defense guessing during a string of possessions comes from masking what appears to be the same action only subsequently tweaked, either to bait the defense or due to a defensive vulnerability. This post breaks down 2 different offensive series in a…
Last 90 Seconds Of WNBA Finals
The Las Vegas Aces won their second consecutive WNBA title, fending off the New York Liberty’s late comeback. Jumped in the film room to look at the last 90 seconds to discuss late game strategy, time-outs, and does it even matter.
Secondary Break
Is Pace-n-Space taking over the Secondary Break? In college I can specifically remember doing dummy progressions of our secondary break options. We would put 5-10 minutes on the clock going 5v0 running break after break – “Bulls, Carolina, Celtics, Chicago” … I could still run these actions. The game is continually evolving to a faster…
NBA Playoffs Ballscreen Defense
Lot of coverage lately revolving defending Steph Curry in ballscreen situations. First, good luck. Second, there are a variety of ballscreen defenses out there with even more terminology used across all levels in order to communicate and stay on the same page within your own program. Depending on who is considered the more significant threat…
Loading to the Ball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aruv8xIaHog Saw this clip from Illinois State demonstrating “Loading to the Ball.” Have been looking for clips to use as examples for our program to better understand off-ball positioning when applying full-court pressure man-to-man. Athletes at the lower levels tend to have a good idea on a half-court being in “help” position when their offensive…
5-Out Delay Series
The ball talks in the Princeton Offense. A read-and-react style of play that looks to take advantage of any defender’s first move. The clip above is a compilation of clips from Christian Brothers University during the Mike Nienaber era.
Final 5 Minutes: Spurs vs. Suns
Another late-game breakdown to cover coaching with a lead and a deficit. All about getting stops versus hitting shots, and all the coaching in between to increase the odds of winning depending on which side of the scoreboard your on given the time and situation.
Coach's Climb 