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...
’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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...