Coach Riches
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The Two Ball Rebounding Drill blends a boxing-out situation with a multiple possession scenario. Too often drills do not provide the opportunity for players to have to back up their performance continuously within the drills progression. It is only with a sustained performance that competence can truly be demonstrated by a player when performing a skill.
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Coach Riches
Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, Individual Defence, Individual Offence
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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
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The 4 v 2 High/Low Drill is a nice activity for helping interior players become familiar with the rotations and various movements when partnering with another inside target. The 4 v 2 High/Low Drill is all about two interior players working together.
The 4 v 2 High/Low Drill starts with two perimeter players (Two and One) on each side of the floor in the foul line extended positions.
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Defensive Transition can be a very poorly executed phase of a team’s defence exposing gaps for a well-drilled offense to fast break or utilise an effective primary transition against. When Defensive Transition is incorporated, it is often instilled in a very bland fashion. Normally the focus for a team in Defensive Transition is to provide a strong contest in the elements of offensive rebounding and defensive transition coverage.
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Right from the start of basketball coaching it will become evident that a team’s Defensive Transition will be vital to ongoing and lasting success. At the very junior levels, many of the points that are scored during games will be as a result of the fast break or offensive transition phases.
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