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BASKETBALL COACHW
EEKLY
Learn • Train • Develop • Enjoy
EfficiEncy BrEEds succEssIncrease OffensIve effIcIency By scOrIng In TransITIOn
Hammer Home IndIvIdual responsIbIlItIes WHen QuIckly InboundIng
TransiTion offEnsEsTress PushIng The Ball afTer a Made shOT
reWard HustlIng passers WItH In-drIll sHots too
Golden State led the nBa in winS with the leaGue’S 2nd-BeSt efficiency >
succEssful sETadd The Bucks’ BackdOOr Buzzer BeaTer InTO yOur PlayBOOk
How To HandlE your BEsT PlayEr also BEing your cHild
May 28, 2015Issue 87
$5.99
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I told him at practice and games,” remarks Lane Uda, junior varsity boys coach at John F. Kennedy High School (Sacramento, Calif.), who had coached his son since he was four years old through middle school. “He was learning to be a student of the game without even knowing it.”
This early indoctrination into the game allows players to develop a love and desire to play sooner than some of their peers. As those players get a step on their teammates, their parent-coaches are placed in delicate situation — do you play your best player more (who is also your child) and face possible parent wrath, or do you overcompensate and not utilize your best player as much?
“Initially, I heard a lot about her playing time, mostly from parents whose kids weren’t (playing),” Pruitt explains while saying his daughter was one of the best scorers on his teams. “If my daughter had not been a good player, she would not have gotten the time. I was very aware of the perception of playing my child over someone else. I really had to separate the father and the coach.
“But, playing time comes down to
I recently was talking with a friend, who told me three of the top five all-time scorers in Wisconsin high school boys basketball history were coached by their fathers. This surprised me.
Outsiders (i.e. parents) may quickly conclude the dads simply played their sons more than everyone else. Of course, you and I know this isn’t true.
When a child grows up in a basketball home, he or she has certain advantages, none of which involve special treatment from the coach.
The advantage comes from spending their early years in a gym, which leads to a better sense of the game and sometimes a stronger desire to learn.
“Jordan was on the sideline in a pumpkin seat while her sister played, and so was Jordan’s little brother while Jordan played,” says Darrin Pruitt, who recently coached his daughter, Jordan, during her four years at Chaffee High School (Mo.) where they won the school’s first district and conference titles since 1978. “Last summer, my daughter was in the gym every day and that was normal for us.”
“When he was young, he was so eager to learn, he’d absorb everything
What If Your Child Is Your Best Player?
Basketball Coach Weekly Issue 87
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Contents
“Playing time comes down to talent plus need, not who you are …”
You consider your team as one that is “fast” and “up tempo” … so what is your strategy after giving up a basket?
USC men’s assistant Chris Capko recently touched on this topic at the PGC/Glazier clinic in Seattle.
He says the Trojans have a forward take the ball out of bounds after a make. The center
sprints down the middle of the floor and tries to get deeper than the deepest defender. If he can’t, then he seals the defender.
The wings sprint to opposite corners. The point guard has his back to the baseline and catches the ball as far ahead as possible. The forward who inbounds the ball sprints up the floor on the
opposite side of the point guard and stops at the 3-point line.
By knowing their responsibilities, USC gets a leg up on the defense and it possibly leads to transition scoring after a made basket. If not, the Trojans still get into their offense quickly and aren’t waiting for lagging players to find their spots. — Michael Austin
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BASKETBALL COACH
WEEKLY
Learn • Train • Develop • Enjoy
EfficiEncy BrEEds succEssIncrease OffensIve effIcIency By scOrIng In TransITIOn
Hammer Home IndIvIdual responsIbIlItIes WHen QuIckly InboundIng
TransiTion offEnsEsTress PushIng The Ball afTer a Made shOT
reWard HustlIng passers WItH In-drIll sHots too
Golden State led the nBa in winS with the leaGue’S 2nd-BeSt efficiency >
succEssful sETadd The Bucks’ BackdOOr Buzzer BeaTer InTO yOur PlayBOOk
How To HandlE your BEsT PlayEr also BEing your cHild
May 28, 2015Issue 87
$5.99
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Michael Austin Editor-in-chief
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For the first time in NBA history, a father (Doc Rivers) is coaching his child
In this issue...
3 MakE ThE QuICk, QuICkErDon’t just talk about being a better
and faster team in transition, install drills to increase this skill set while making players uncomfortable
4 ‘InSIDE OuT’ PuShES 5 PlayErS TOWarD GOal
The ball doesn’t hit the ground in this timed drill featuring 5 players navigating the floor and executing a perfect transition
5 EvEryOnE GETS a ShOT WITh ‘5-Ball ShOOTInG’
Push players up and down the floor but reward them by having everyone shoot at the end, not just the finisher at the rim
6 BuCkS’ BaCkDOOr BuzzEr BEaTEr
The Milwaukee Bucks provided one of the best exciting plays of the NBA’s first round — see how it worked
Run AfteR A MAkeQuICk HItteR
talent plus need, not who you are.”Given the choice, both coaches
say they’d coach their child all over again despite the obstacles.
“The bond we created through the love of this game has carried over in our household,” says Uda.
“Until her senior year, we spent more than an hour in the car to and from school talking. We were off at the same times, and we loved the same game. I always will look back at these years as some of the best years in my life,” Pruitt concludes.
Constant repetitions are the best way to show players how efficiency in transition leads to easy points and more notches in the win column
The Golden State Warriors play with the fastest Pace in the NBA and ripped off 67 wins in a loaded Western Conference this season
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Words by: Michael Austin
Plays by: Loree Payne, head women’s coach, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.
Coaches always are talking about wanting to play “faster” … but a better approach is to play with more
“efficiency.” The two go hand in hand, but simply
playing fast doesn’t necessarily translate into more points. Fast teams without discipline or the wherewithal to push the tempo simply turn over the ball more often.
By efficiency, you want to score more points than possessions. As this number increases, so too does your success.
Consider this past NBA season the Golden State Warriors led the league with 67 wins and were a tenth of a point behind the L.A. Clippers (109.7 points per 100 possessions) for the top spot in Offensive Efficiency according to John Hollinger’s statistics.
Golden State’s efficiency is incredible
when you consider the team played with the fastest Pace this past season as well (according to Hollinger). Pace refers to the number of possessions a team uses in a game. The Warriors were the only squad cracking triple digits with a pace of 100.7. The Clippers, who led the league in Efficiency, only ranked 10th overall in pace.
Just to show you the flip side, the Philadelphia 76ers (who finished with just 18 wins) played with the sixth-fastest Pace last season (98.3) but ranked dead last in Efficiency at a putrid 93.0 points per 100 possessions — 4.1 points behind the second-to-last New York Knicks.
All of this means if you can maximize your possessions by creating easy buckets in transition, then you are well on your way to success, which is why I’ve been providing more transition drills in recent
issues of Basketball Coach Weekly. The first transition drill today is a must
for all coaches who want to push the tempo. So often the focus is on running after a missed shot but “Inside Out” actually shows how to push the ball after a make. Use all five players to simulate this scenario and use three passes (no dribbles) to move the ball. The end result is a layup converted by a wing who has sprinted the length of the floor.
The second is a classic three-player transition with a pass to a cutting wing to start the action followed by a long pass to the opposite wing for a layup. But instead of the passers simply exiting the court, they receive passes for mid-range jumpers. This gives them added transition-shooting reps and allows you to maximize the efficiency of the drill.
Efficiency Breeds Success
TransiTion Drills
WHY USE ITThis drill shows players how quickly they can get up the court and transition into offense, even if it’s off a made shot.
SET UPUse five players with 5 taking the ball out from under the hoop. Spread a line of four across the free-throw-line-extended area.
HOW TO PLAY5 passes to 1 at the elbow. The opposite-elbow player, 4, cuts toward the middle and receives a pass from 1. 2 is streaking up the sideline and receives a pass from 4 as 2 comes toward the middle. 3 is sprinting hard toward the rim and receives the long pass from 2 [1]. 3 lays in the ball and curls wide to the opposite side. 5 must hustle to grab the ball out of the net before it hits the floor. 1 and 4 have followed their passes and cross to opposite sides of the floor [2]. 5 starts the transition back with a pass to 4. 4 passes to 1. 1 passes to 3. 2 sprints the length of the floor, receives the final pass and hits the layup [3].
TECHNIQUEDecide how many up-and-backs to complete. Payne says her team must complete one in 12 seconds, two in 26, three in 38 or four in 54.
‘Inside Out’ Pushes 5 Players Toward GoalSet a time goal for the 5 players to get up the court and back while completing the proper passes and scoring layups at both ends in stride
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1 and 4 follow their passes so they end up criss-crossing to opposite sides and start the way back at opposite elbows
5 makes the initial pass and sprints the length of the floor to grab the ball out of the net to start
transition in the other direction
After making the layup, 3 moves wide to the opposite side to get in position to
catch the third pass in transition
When first starting with this drill, have players complete a single up-and-back in a certain timeframe (Payne’s teams do one in 12 seconds), then increase the reps and time
Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot
TransiTion-offense Drills
3 sprints toward the rim, catches the long pass from 2 and scores without putting
the ball on the ground
WHY USE ITWork on conditioning, accurate passing, scoring in transition and knocking down open jumpers in this all-encompassing drill.
SET UPGrab five basketballs. The four players located slightly off the court in each corner have a ball as well as the player just under the hoop. Place a player without a ball on each wing.
HOW TO PLAY3 passes to 2 who has moved toward the middle of the court. 1 sprints the length of the floor and receives a pass from 2 in stride for the layup [1]. 1 shoots the layup and grabs the ball out of the net. 2 and 3 follow their passes and cross to opposite sides. 2 then receives a pass from 4 and 3 from 5 for open jump shots [2]. 2 and 3 grab their own rebounds as 4 and 5 enter the action transitioning in the opposite direction. 1 passes to 4. 4 throws a long pass to 5 on the run for the layup [3].
TECHNIQUELayups are worth 1 point. Jumpers are worth 2 points. Three-point makes are worth 3. Take away 5 points for a missed layup. The goal is 80 points in 3 minutes but run through it a few times to see where your team initially stands.
Get Everyone A Shot With ‘5-Ball Shooting’Reward everyone by giving all transition players a shot while also working on multiple skills in the same drill
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2 starts up the court but makes sure he/she comes toward the middle of the court just like a real offensive fast break
1 sprints as fast as possible to catch this long pass in stride so no dribble
is necessary to convert the layup
After making the passes to the wings for the extra shots, the passers enter the court and move
up the floor to start the transition the other way
The goal is to make 80 points in 3 minutes — layups are 1 point, mid-range jumpers are 2,
3-pointers are 3 and missed layups are -5
Make the pass and follow the ball so the two wings cross as 1 is finishing the play
Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot
TransiTion-offense Drills
WHY USE ITNow is a great time to check out the NBA Playoffs and see what plays you can incorporate into your playbook. This is one of the best so far this season and was run with 1.3 seconds on the clock.
SET UPYour point guard (1) is near the opposite block. One of your better shooters (3) is on the ball-side lane line. The center is near the top with a guard on the weak-side wing.
HOW TO PLAY5 faces 3 and steps low to set a screen. 3 runs hard off 5’s screen and curls around the top of the set. 1 breaks from the weak block to the strong block [1]. The shooter runs off another screen, this time from 2 coming toward the top. 4 gives a quick look at 3 to freeze the defense. 1 plants and cuts backdoor with the defender overplaying the original cut. 4 passes to 1 on the opposite side of the hoop [2]. 1 catches the ball and makes the layup before the 1.3 seconds expire [3].
TECHNIQUEThe top action with the decoy shooter draws all of the defensive attention. A strong cut by 1 forces the defender to overplay the passing lane, which opens the backside as there is no defensive coverage there.
Bucks’ Backdoor Buzzer BeaterDesperate for a victory in its first-round series against Chicago, Milwaukee’s Jason Kidd drew up this play, which the Bucks ran to perfection
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Make a hard cut with ready hands toward the ball forcing the defender to overplay the potential pass
This top action draws defensive attention away from the hoop where the
ball eventually is going
1 plants hard as the defender is overplaying the ball side
and cuts the other way
Catch the pass, go up and score before the clock (the Bucks had
1.3 seconds) runs out
4 takes a look at 3 coming off both screens to move the defense in that direction before delivering a pass to the weak side of the hoop
Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot
Game-WinninG Play
