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In today’s cluttered basketball analytics landscape, it just might be wise for many of us to simplify how coaches and players look at team stats and team goals. One suggestion is to approach key areas of play looking at the ten “differentials” between your team and your opponent(s) listed below: SHOT DIFFERENTIAL – Quite simply,…
While re-reading one of my past articles, Playing Without the Ball: The Comeback of Cuts, Replacements, Curls and Flairs it occurred me that by listing the numbers of ways a player can score with the basketball in their hands and then listing the number of ways they can score (or help team score) with maneuvers…
Watch any NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA or High School tournament or playoff game and go back and watch just about any regular season game for that same team and there is likely to be a marked difference in the intensity level in the two types of competition. It’s also likely that the higher the…
In the five prior articles in our basketball defending series we’ve covered a lot of ground including some thoughts on defending the screen/roll-pop. In an earlier article, we essentially shared thoughts on defending the dribble drive. While those two trends seem to dominate current offensive thinking, there are other actions that warrant discussion. Basketball Defending…
Basketball trainer Alan Stein explains why he dislikes players using ankle braces.
If you want to deflate an opponent’s momentum instantly, you don’t run a long, drawn-out offense—you run a quick hitter that catches the defense completely asleep. This Louisville Quick Hitter Lob Play is a brutal misdirection set designed to exploit over-aggressive defenses that cheat on help-side positioning. While it is diagrammed for the point guard,…