Coach Riches Posted in Defensive Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Offensive Philosophy, Planning No Comments ↓ A coach will always have to make choices about a Starting Line-up for a number of different reasons. Sometimes a player will be performing exceptionally well in the team’s training sessions. Sometimes a player who is coming off the bench in games will start to put up better numbers or provide a service that is outshining the existing starter.
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Coach Riches Posted in General Basketball Coaching, Individual Defence, Individual Offence No Comments ↓ The Small Forward (SF) is one of the most pivotal positions in the modern game of basketball. Often balancing the perimeter offense of a team opposite the Shooting Guard. The SF plays a very wide role within many team’s defensive and offensive systems. Depending on the team philosophy,
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Individual Defence, Individual Offence No Comments ↓ The Power Forward (PF) for a basketball team in the modern era of basketball holds down the interior offense of a team. With the decline of genuine Centers throughout the world of basketball, the PF has had to step up and become the primary scorer within a team’s offense within and around the keyway.
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Coach Riches Posted in General Basketball Coaching, Individual Defence, Individual Offence No Comments ↓ The Shooting Guard position in basketball for many years has been seen as one of the primary scorers on offense. This position also called the Two Guard is often associated with needing to be one of the most varied scorers within a team. Predominately associated with the perimeter the Shooting Guard must possess a depth and breadth of skill only matched by the Small Forward in basketball.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Individual Defence, Individual Offence No Comments ↓ The starting point for working towards training a player as a Point Guard is to define what a good basketball player in this position looks like. Having an idea, a vision of what the ideal player looks like is important in deciding what is a high, medium and low priority as far as a player’s development is concerned.
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