Screen – Functional Basketball Coaching

Your Zone Offense stops Working in a Game! What do you do…

By Coach Riches Posted on July 29, 2014 Posted in Offensive Philosophy, Team Offence Tagged with Defence, Defense, Evaluate, Freeze, Freeze Dribble, Gap, Gap Dribble, Offence, Offense, Pass and Move, Relocate, Screen, Screener, Tempo, Zone, Zone Defence, Zone defense, Zone Offense

Screening will help create mis-matches and close to the basket scoring opportunities for a zone offense (Photo: Jeramey Jannene)

For many teams having a Zone Offense is just part of a good plan in preparing for all the challenges of a game situation. In some circumstances, teams might even have two or three different offenses, or variations of offenses …

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2 Player Perimeter Receiver Spot Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on June 1, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Individual Offence, Team Offence Tagged with Basketball, Basketball Drill, Catch and Shoot, Drill, Elbow, Footwork, Jump-shot, Off the Ball, Off-ball, Offense, Perimeter, Pick and roll, Player Movement, Receiver, Receiver Spot, Screen, Shoot, Shot, Spot, Tactical, Technical, Three-Point, Three-point field goal

2 Player Perimeter Receiver Spot Drill Diagram 1

The 2 Player Perimeter Receiver Spot Drill focuses on player’s movements in the half court when there is dribble penetration inside the three-point line. The focus of the drill is in providing players with realistic and very specific overall tactical …

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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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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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Your Zone Offense stops Working in a Game! What do you do…

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2 Player Perimeter Receiver Spot Drill

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

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Chaser Turn Out Screen Drill

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Defining Communication between Half Court Defenders

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