Timing – Functional Basketball Coaching

Common Problems seen when Passing to a Cutter

By Coach Riches Posted on May 13, 2014 Posted in General Basketball Coaching, Individual Offence, Team Offence No Comments Tagged with Cutter, Individual Offense, Offense, Offensive Awareness, Options, Pass, Passing, Passing Option, Passing to a Cutter, Tactical, Target, Target Hand, Team Offense, Technical, Timing, Vision, Vital, Wrong Pass

When Passing to a Cutter, understanding how an offense exploits the defence will provide a ball handler with some easy options that lead to good shots (Photo Source: Marianne O'Leary)

Passing to a Cutter in the half court is really one of the least focused on activities during training sessions. It is however, the most fundamental of techniques in generating and executing offense. Without the ability to pass to cutters …

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Stop the Shot Blocking Drill

By Coach Riches Posted on March 26, 2014 Posted in Basketball Drills, Individual Defence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Basketball Drill, Block, Blocked, Blocking, Coordination, Defender, Drill, Face Up, Facing Up, Jump-shot, Low Post, Post, Practice, Rebound, Rebounding, Shot, Shot Block, Shot Blocker, Shot Blocking, Shot Fake, Skill, Technique, Timing, Training

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The Stop the Shot Blocking Drill looks to help interior defenders and any player who wants to develop an understanding about blocking shots with their technique. Blocking shots is a very challenging activity, and one that is often overlook for …

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Pass Fake: A Key to Unlock Defences

By Coach Riches Posted on June 9, 2013 Posted in Individual Offence, Offensive Philosophy No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Breakdown, Coach, Coaching, Defence, Defense, Offense, Pass Fake, Passing lane, Pressure, Shot Fake, Skill, Technique, Tempo, Timing, Zone, Zone defense

The Pass Fake is one of the fundamental technical skills taught to basketball players at a very young age. Usually put into the bag of trick players are given around the age of ten or eleven years of age. There …

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The Forgotten Art of Shot Blocking: Technique Breakdown

By Coach Riches Posted on April 23, 2013 Posted in Individual Defence 2 Comments Tagged with Ball, Basketball, Block (basketball), Body Position, Coach, Coaching, Contact, Defence, Defense, Defensive Rotations, Footwork, Help Defence, Jump, Shot Blocker, Shot Blocking, Skill, Technique, Timing

Shot Blocking is one of the most intimidating skills offensive teams face from help defence. In many instances, shot blocking is highly desirable as skill that can add another layer to a team’s defensive capabilities. Shot blocking however is not …

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Passing into the Post: Spotlight on the Interior Player

By Coach Riches Posted on January 24, 2013 Posted in Individual Offence, Offensive Philosophy, Team Offence No Comments Tagged with Basketball, Interior Player, Offense, Passing into the Post, Post, Seal, Team Offense, Timing, Wide and Low

Passing into the post is always a challenging exercise and the higher the level of basketball being played the more the defensive players become aware of this area as a scoring threat. So systems and refinement of the defence becomes …

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Common Problems seen when Passing to a Cutter

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Stop the Shot Blocking Drill

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Pass Fake: A Key to Unlock Defences

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Passing into the Post: Spotlight on the Interior Player

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