Basketball – Page 4 – Functional Basketball Coaching

Why use a Zone Defence against a Baseline Out of Bounds?

By Coach Riches Posted on May 29, 2014 Posted in Defensive Philosophy, Team Defence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Defence, Defense, Inbound, Keyway, Out of Bounds, Strategy, Tactics, Zone, Zone Defence, Zone defense

Either in a Zone Defence or Man-to-Man; The player guarding the inbounder should position themselves so they are in between the passer the basket. By doing this they make a lob our pass into the keyway harder to execute (Photo Source: Jeramey Jannene)

A Baseline Out of Bounds situation can be very challenging to defend and one strategy to limit the options available to an offensive team is to employ a Zone Defence. A zone defence brings a number of positives to a …

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The Importance of the Pivot Foot to an On-Ball Screen

By Coach Riches Posted on May 26, 2014 Posted in Coaching Philosophy, Individual Offence, Offensive Philosophy, Team Defence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Dribbling, Foot, High Side, Individual Offense, Low Side, Offense, On-Ball, On-Ball Screen, Pick and roll, Pivot, Pivot Foot, Pivot turn, Read, Reads, Screen, Skill, Team Offense, Technique

Varying the Pivot Foot can be helpful in splitting defenders allowing for offensive opportunities under a screen, instead of over it (Photo Source: University of the Fraser Valley)

When thinking about on-ball screens one aspect which can be glossed over is the ball handlers Pivot Foot. The pivot foot plays a very significant part in the development of different opportunities involving an on-ball screen. Choosing to adopt one …

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Thinking about Small Ball Strategy

By Coach Riches Posted on May 19, 2014 Posted in Coaching Philosophy, Defensive Philosophy, Offensive Philosophy, Team Defence, Team Offence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Defence, Defense, Full Court, Offense, Philosophy, Play, Small Ball, Strategy, Style, Style of Play, Training

On offense, Small Ball can help create mismatches in speed and agility through on-ball screens and driving actions (Photo Source: USAG- Humphreys)

Small Ball is the name given to a style of basketball were height and low post play is at a minimum. Small Ball has evolved because a number of reasons in the modern game of basketball as the sport spreads …

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2 v 2 Evens Fast Break Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on May 17, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Team Offence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Basketball Drill, Break, Choice, Choices, Drill, Fast, Fast Break, Fast Break Drill, Fast Break Phase, Gap, Gaps, Half court, Offense, Phase, Read, Reads

2 v 2 Evens Fast Break Drill Diagram 1

The 2 v 2 Evens Fast Break Drill looks to prepare players for reading on the run. In many fast break situations both the offense and defence number each other equally and so good choices need to be made as …

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How to Teach an Overhead Pass

By Coach Riches Posted on May 15, 2014 Posted in Individual Offence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Cutter, Individual, Individual Offense, Instruction, Offense, Offensive Skill, Offensive Technique, Over Head, Overhead, Overhead Pass, Pass, Passing, Passing Skill, Passing Technique, Post, Skill, Skip, Technique, Triple Threat Stance

The Overhead Pass is very useful in moving the ball away from the defender. Players need to be mindful however, that holding the ball too long in this position will see a defender challenge which often results in a passer needing to reset their stance (Photo Source: Foxcroft Academy)

An Overhead Pass is used in basketball to elevate the ball so the pass is often more easily seen by the receiver. The Overhead Pass provides a different angle for the ball to travel and so is ideal in situations …

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Why use a Zone Defence against a Baseline Out of Bounds?

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