Kentucky Wildcats – “5”

John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats ran this half-court set during the 2014 Men’s Final Four. At the high school level typically players do a terrible job defending backscreens so I love that both...

Michigan State Spartans – 13 Special

’13 Special’ is a zone offense quick hitter from Tom Izzo. The goal of this action is to get 4 screening the outside of the zone as 1 comes back out; allowing for a hard duck-in on the mid...

Kentucky Wildcats – UCLA Go

John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats ran this UCLA action into two pick & rolls during the 2014 Men’s Final Four. I love the movement of 3 over top of 4 before the 2nd ballscreen to creat...

Golden State Warriors – Swing Elevator

Last month a shared an Early Offense action, Swing Quick, that the Golden State Warriors frequented in the 2014-2015 season. Last night they ran a variation of this set to get Klay Thompson through an...

Zone Offense Quick Hitter – Skip

On average I spend approximately an hour a day looking through notes or videos looking for ideas to become a more effective coach. This morning I was watching a zone offense video with Jamie Dixon and...

Film Breakdown Part 1: Post-Game Analysis

Upon several requests, I have put together a three-part series of posts discussing how to watch film as after the game, with your team, and with individual players. Today I am going to discuss the p...

Creating an Offensive Play Call System (Part 3)

In case you missed Part 1 (Offensive Schemes) and Part 2 (Pick & Rolls Names), make sure you read them after you them as complimentary material to the information below. Post Actions When it comes...

Creating an Offensive Play Call System (Part 2)

In Part 1 I discussed many of the schemes/plays that are commonly run and how they are usually referred to. Signaling the Players Involved During Stan Van Gundy’s lecture that I mentioned in P...

Creating an Offensive Play Call System (Part 1)

One question I am frequently asked, “How do I come up with the play calls that I use for my plays?”. Until now, I have never taken the time to explain why I name certain actions the way I ...

Court Vision: The Trained Eyes of a Head Coach (Part 1)

Yesterday while I was reading an article about Jason Kidd’s move to the bench, I thought a point Kidd raised would be the perfect topic to write about: How different a coaches vision is from a ...