Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Individual Offence, Offensive Philosophy, Team Defence No Comments ↓ Improving a team’s Reads on offense can come from a number of different tactics and strategies. For many coaches involved within the sport working with adolescents or senior coaches exposing elite players to complex systems the reads made by players are the difference between success and failure.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Offensive Philosophy, Team Offence No Comments ↓ Managing a Team Offense can be a very challenging aspect of basketball coaching. Finding the right key to unlock an opposition’s defence is one of the more pressing issues every coach faces when they take the floor. When speaking with coaches one of the motivating factors which is often discussed in regards to play or offensive system selection is “will this beat everything”?
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The Shuffle Offense has a number of benefits for increasing player movement. One of the key features of the Shuffle Offense, is the Shuffle Cut. This movement brings a player from one side of the floor, to the other side, in one quick action. This dramatically shifts not only the spread of offensive players in the quarter court,
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The High Post Offense is a popular with teams who lack a strong inside presence. This can be due to an inexperienced player in this position or an undersized line-up. Either way the High Post Offense is useful at pulling the defence away from the basket and forces teams into making long close-outs which result in greater driving possibilities.
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The Princeton Offense has a high degree of continuity so it will always provide a solid option for those teams looking to implement a system that provides a continuous array of options.
The High Post Hand-Off Play is no different to any Princeton Offense, but has a slight variation on the rotations used to mirror the standard movement.
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