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Easy Zone Baseline out of Bounds Play to get a layup for the inbounder. Probably a good idea to have a taller player inbound the ball. View the PDF Diagrams of this Zone Baseline Play vs a 23 Zone and view the animation here. On the smack of the ball: The 1 cuts to the strong side…
When I was high school head coach and it came to choose starters for our first scrimmage I always gave the same speech. As a coach I was not looking for the five best players to choose as a starting lineup, I was looking for the five players that played the best together. Now as…
When any magazine or newspaper publishes its upcoming season preview for either pro or college basketball or football teams, there is often a feature wherein a coaching opponent or scout will give their take on a team other than their own. And, often in these sections, an opponent’s coach or scout will say lines like,…
Simple Shuffle Cut set for a Man to Man Defense. The set starts in a two guard set with the 5 man at the free throw line Ball is entered from the 1 to the 3. 2 and 1 scissor cut off the 5. 4 fills to the top and receives a pass from the…
Man Set with a baseline staggered double screen and a post on post screen that sets up a pick and roll action. Quality set. I am attaching a PDF because I am not sure what the term is for movement 3 and 4 where the point guard passes to the wing and gets the ball…
In conjunction with this post, you may want to quickly review the earlier Hoop Coach article, Examining NBA’s New Player Hustle Stats. The gist of that article was that last season the NBA starting keeping track of five Player Hustle Stats: Contested Shots, Charges Drawn, Deflections, Loose Balls Recovered and Screen Assists (the only offensive…