Cutter – Functional Basketball Coaching

How to Teach an Overhead Pass

By Coach Riches Posted on May 15, 2014 Posted in Individual Offence 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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Common Problems seen when Passing to a Cutter

By Coach Riches Posted on May 13, 2014 Posted in General Basketball Coaching, Individual Offence, Team Offence Tagged with Cutter, Individual Offense, Offense, Offensive Awareness, Options, Pass, Passing, Passing Option, Passing to a Cutter, Tactical, Target, Target Hand, Team Offense, Technical, Timing, Vision, Vital, Wrong Pass

When Passing to a Cutter, understanding how an offense exploits the defence will provide a ball handler with some easy options that lead to good shots (Photo Source: Marianne O'Leary)

Passing to a Cutter in the half court is really one of the least focused on activities during training sessions. It is however, the most fundamental of techniques in generating and executing offense. Without the ability to pass to cutters …

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Turn Out Shooting Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on March 9, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Individual Offence Tagged with 1 v 0, 1 v 1, Basketball, Basketball Drill, Cutter, Cutting, Drill, Individual Offense, Jump-shot, Offense, One on one, Shooting, Shooting Drill, Shot, Turn Out

The Turn Out Shooting Drill is an activity focusing on the footwork and shooting competence of players from mid-range once they turn out and up of a screen or cutting situation. The Turn Out Shooting Drill provides a high number …

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Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on March 8, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Individual Defence, Individual Offence, Team Defence, Team Offence Tagged with Basketball, Basketball Drill, Cut, Cutter, Cutting, Defence, Defense, Double Screen, Drill, Offense, Read, Reads, Screen, Screening, staggered screen, Strategy, Tactic, Two Screen

The Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill Looks to help both offense and defence in dealing with staggered or double screens. For the offense, the Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill looks to provide some opportunity to fine-tune all the possibilities that …

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Defining Communication between Half Court Defenders

By Coach Riches Posted on March 4, 2014 Posted in Defensive Philosophy, Team Defence Tagged with Ball, Basketball, Box, Box-out, Boxing-out, Communication, Cue, Cut, Cutter, Defence, Defense, Half court, Half Court Defence, Half Court Defense, Halfcourt, Help, Screen, Screener, Shot, Split, Split Line, Splitline, Verbal, Verbal Communication

In every single training session at least at one stage or another, you will hear a coach emphasise the importance of communication. Communication is always one of the skills most spoken about by coaches to their players and amongst other …

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How to Teach an Overhead Pass

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Common Problems seen when Passing to a Cutter

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Turn Out Shooting Drill

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Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill

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Defining Communication between Half Court Defenders

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