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Pitt's Half Court Defense and Bumping Cutters
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One of the teams that is just a joy for me to watch are the Pitt Panthers, coached by Jamie Dixon. Like UCLA (no coincidence that Coach Dixon was a former assistant under UCLA head coach Ben Howland), the Panthers play a tough physical M2M half-court defense. In this clip between Pitt...
ESPN 24 Hour Marathon is Here, All-Access with Bill Self
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College basketball madness has begun today with ESPN's 24 hour marathon of college hoops. Part of their great coverage is all of their great all-access features. I watched a bunch of them today and yesterday and I'm embedding the one from Coach Bill Self of Kansas here. The...
Baylor Inbounds Play Against 2-3 Zone Defense
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The start of college basketball is upon us and it was great to take in a bunch of games. On friday night, I was able to watch a bunch of games and I took in the Baylor game against Norfolk State. It wasn't a particularly great game but I did catch this inbounds play that Baylor...
UNC Show Great Footwork and Hands on Defense
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Watching the first half of the UNC game tonight because you figured it would get away from NC Central and indeed the score is 72-30 right now with 8:00 left in the second half.I just like this sequence from UNC because I think that if you play a half-court M2M pressure, much like the...
Syracuse 2-3 Zone End of Game Letdown
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One of the reasons why I don't like playing a straight zone as a base and especially at the end of games is because it allows the offense to dictate the numbers advantage. In the stunning upset earlier in the week when Division II Le Moyne stunned Syracuse at the Carrier Dome,...
Larry Shyatt Notes on Keeping Track of Hustle Stats in Practice
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Going through more notes today and this one caught my eye. From a coaches notebook of University of Florida assistant Larry Shyatt, defensively, the Gators track hustle stats for players during practice. Obviously, as a high school coach, you won't have the number of assistant...
Coach John Wooden on Victory With Honor and Coach as Teacher
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Most of y'all have probably seen this already, if not, you really must see it. It is an interview with legendary coach John Wooden talking about Victory with Honor. The idea of coach as teacher and to remember that we ultimately we teach people not basketball. Here is the youtube...
Bulls 1-4 Flat PNR to Mid-Range Jumper Play
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Halloween all of a sudden becomes a big deal again once you're back in schools teaching. From late last week, I was browsing through some game footage of the Chicago Bulls home win over the San Antonio Spurs and a few things caught my eye. Primarily, I was impressed with how much...
ESPN Interview with Bill Self, Jayhawks Are Not a Good Practice Team Yet
21 days ago by
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Is that where you feel your team is right now?? Have you heard that term before? From ESPN yesterday, Bill Self talking to Dana Jacobson about Kansas Jayhawks basketball, he described his team as "not a a good practice team yet." I would venture that late October / early...
Key Late Sequence in Celtics Win over Cavs
23 days ago by
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First post of the NBA regular season. Caught the TNT double header last night and of course the best game by far was between the Cavs and the Celtics. It was interesting to note how awkward the Cavaliers looked both offensively and defensively now that they have Shaq. The Celtics on...
Tennessee Women's 5-out Continuity Offense
26 days ago by
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I was talking online with a coaching friend from Washington State the other day and we got into a debate about the pros and cons of the shot clock. My personal opinion is that shot clocks in general are a good thing because they encourage more flow in a game. But I can see my friend...
Bob Huggins on NBA Players in Practice
27 days ago by
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Watched a great interview the other day on ESPN with West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. What stuck with me was the idea of having guys in your practice from the next level. In his case, having NBA players in his practices at Morgantown. I think its important from a goal-setting...
The NBA Regular Season Awaits...
October 21, 2009 by
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In anticipation of the start of the regular season for the NBA, some nice clips from NBA TV. I know sometimes the NBA can be guilty of self-aggrandizement but I think these promotional clips are done in good taste.This first one is the main NBA TV in anticipation of the start, narrated...
Team Man to Man Defense with Mike Krzyzewski
October 18, 2009 by
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For some reason I was thinking a lot about defense this weekend. Having a great defensive team can help you create a psychological advantage with your team. Similar to the way that teams who have a fast-breaking mindset, a great lockdown defense has the ability to boost the confidence...
The 2-1-2 Cycle Conditioning Drill
October 16, 2009 by
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Sorry for the lack of updates this past week but with midterms, teaching, and relationships, its been one crazy week, quelle semaine de fou, we say in French. Anyways, for most practices I've run and others that I've observed, most teams run a form of full-court continuous...
Kobe Learns the Dream Shake from Olajuwon
October 12, 2009 by
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This video is making the rounds. Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon showing Kobe Bryant his moves. In the clip, they're definitely working on Olajuwon's famous "dream shake" move. If true, and Kobe has the "dream shake" among others down, he's gonna...
Conneticut Rebounding Drill From Dino Gaudio
October 11, 2009 by
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Watching football and catching up with everything else. Went through notes the other day and this good drill caught my eye. I'm a big rebounding guy because I've seen from experience the difference good rebounding can make for a team. Therefore, I'm always on the lookout...
Behind the Scenes NBA TV with Kobe and Melo
October 08, 2009 by
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I think as October gets rolling, we all (coaches, players, fans) get a little anxious for the basketball season to start, I know I am. To get you all ready for the upcoming season, a couple of great NBA TV behind the scenes video of NBA training camp with Kobe Bryant of the Lakers...
Fall Workout Drills on Offense for Guards and Forwards
October 06, 2009 by
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A coaching friend of mine was looking for some new ideas for drills as the season nears. So I went through some notes of mine and found some real good stuff in a newsletter run by Arizona head coach Sean Miller when he was at Xavier. They called it "Xavier Fall Workouts - Warrior...
Alan Stein's Basketball Specific Metabolic Workout
October 03, 2009 by
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Came across this video this past week. It's from Alan Stein's youtube account showing him working out some very specific basketball skills. I'm not a strength and conditioning expert, but the title of the video clip is "Cutting Edge Metabolic Workout." What it...
Triangle and 2 Combo Defense Scenarios Analyzed
September 30, 2009 by
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Came across these notes the other day looking for some good defensive scheme information. Most of y'all have a good combo defense in your back pocket to go to, be it a Box and 1, Triangle and 2, etc... I'm mostly a M2M halfcourt guy, but I think having a good change-up defense...
Chris Paul and Brandon Roy Doin' Work
September 27, 2009 by
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For you basketball only players and coaches, some motivation to get you through to the start of the season in November. Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets and Brandon Roy of the Portland Trailblazers putting in the time to get better:Brandon Roy"The best players in the league...
Check Out The Jayhawk Tip-Off Magazine
September 24, 2009 by
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Just wanted to take a little time out for some shameless self-promotion (it's my blog so I guess I can write about whatever I want). I had the tremendous opportunity to be a part of Eric Angevine's team in producing this year's Jayhawk Tip-off Preseason magazine, previewing...
Thinking About Defensive Situations with Ben Howland
September 22, 2009 by
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With the college basketball season just around the corner, one of the first teams I always look for on the TV schedule is when UCLA will be playing. I love the way UCLA plays defense under Ben Howland. Up until last year, they were consistently a top 5 defensive team every single year...
Ernie Kent's Open Early Offense
September 19, 2009 by
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Going through more notes this week, and came across a good explanation for an early offense to use from Oregon's Ernie Kent called the Open Early Offense. The offense is meant to played fast with the purpose of getting easy baskets but also to tire the other team out. It's...
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