Reads – Functional Basketball Coaching

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 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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2 v 2 Evens Fast Break Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on May 17, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Team Offence 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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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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2 v 1 Driving Lane Lay-up Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on November 18, 2013 Posted in Basketball Drills, Individual Offence Tagged with Basketball Drill, Choices, Decisions, Drill, Drive, Driving Lane, Fast Break, Lay-up, Offense, Passing lane, Reads, Transition, Transition Offense

The 2 v 1 Driving Lane Lay-up Drill provides a very specific environment for players to perfect their reads for attacking the basket. All too often players stumble and struggle to make a lay-up in fast break, transition, or broken …

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Tactics and Strategy for Improving a Team’s Reads on Offense

By Coach Riches Posted on September 27, 2013 Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Individual Offence, Offensive Philosophy, Team Defence Tagged with Basketball, Best Practice, Choices, Coach, Coaching, Offense, Option, Percentage, Playbook, Read, Reads, Score, Scoring, Strategy, Tactics, Video

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 …

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

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2 v 2 Evens Fast Break Drill

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Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill

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2 v 1 Driving Lane Lay-up Drill

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Tactics and Strategy for Improving a Team’s Reads on Offense

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