“Special” Baseline Inbounds Play
This inbounds play allows your best shooter to get open for a 2 or a 3 and it can work“ against a zone or a man defense. Have your best
basketball offensive plays
Basketball Plays – Beating Wing Denial
The other day I was coaching against a team that played this aggressive, attack defense, denying passes out to the wings, and making it a nightmare for me to even get
Basketball Offense – The Hot Potato Play
If your best consistent scoring option is a wing player, who likes to create his shot off the dribble, it's easy to have your basketball offense become stagnant, with one player
Basketball Plays – Isolating the Post
In an age of basketball where small ball and high tempos seem to be dominating, the post presence who can score on the low block is a rare and valued
Basketball Plays – Taking Advantage of Frontcourt Size
Almost all teams run a three out, two in offense. Your point guard, shooting guard and small forward out on the perimeter, with the power forward and center down low
Great Basketball Plays – Passing from the Post
Watching the NBA playoffs begin, I can't help but love watching Pau and now, Marc Gasol and their incredible passing prowess. Both the brothers have an innate sense of when and
Offensive Plays – Need a Quick 3?
There's 10 seconds left in the game. You're down 3, with no timeouts left, so you can't set up an inbounds play. What do your players do? If you don't
Passing The Basketball – Post Entries Made Easy
http://youtu.be/nyRrXjaJS_g As a coach who's had the blessing of having some very talented wing players on my teams, but who believes the right way to play basketball is from the inside out,
Shooting Guard Skills : Using The Downscreen
Ray Allen. Kobe Bryant. Michael Jordan. Those are just some of the names that come to mind when you think of shooting guards, and they all have one thing in
NBA Basketball – Plays From The Pros : The Clipper Twist
One of the greatest luxuries as a coach is to have a player who is great at making decisions out of the pick and roll. However, eventually teams will start
Basketball Coaching Tips – Beating The Zone
When faced with the zone, there are a couple of things that are key to having any success. You're going to need to hit open shots, move the ball quickly,
Pat’s Playbook – How To Get Your Posts Time and Space
Sometimes when you have a great post player, half of the battle is just getting them the ball in a position to score. Once they've established that they can play,
The Triangle Offense – From Coaching Legend Phil Jackson Pt. 2
Earlier I wrote about how to get the triangle offense setup, and today, I will be exploring the various options available to you after that first entry pass. There are a
The Triangle Offense – From Coaching Legend Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson, considered by many to be the greatest basketball coach of all-time, was the brainchild behind one of the most dominant offenses in NBA history, engineering his teams to
Late Game Coaching – One Shot? One Play!
It’s the most exciting play in basketball – hitting a gamewinner just as the clock expires. It’s also one of the most difficult, as with everything on the line, the
Basketball Offensive Plays- “Cross”
This is one of our "bread-and-butter" basketball offensive plays. Teams that play lazy defense can not stop this action.
Basketball Offensive Plays – Inbound Play & Full Court Press
Here are a couple of basketball offensive plays that we have run that get the ball inbounds AND some easy buckets.