Thursday, July 27, 2017

Video Breakdown: Coach Rock



Basketball is a game of creating and preventing separation. This video shares rational points about 1-on-1, especially about ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Limit the number of dribbles

Focus on quickness and reading the defender

1) Low sweep (rip move). Focus on the details, get the ball out of defender's comfort zone. Kevin Eastman teaches "It's a shoulders game" and "Low man wins." The "sweep" or "rip" is a counter to direct attack or jab and go (dominant hand). 
2) Heel tap (modified jab)...a hesitation variant. 
3) Step back. Very hard for young players (the inside foot is the trigger). Younger girls especially struggle to reach the basket off this action. 
4) Pullback. Similar to step back. Key is driving back the defender.
5) Side step. Another variation of step back. 

Young players should develop a few moves "GO TO" and "COUNTER" first and work later on expanding their portfolio. Remember the Rule of 2s, "two minutes to learn a move", "two weeks of constant work on it", and "two months to feel comfortable" with it in game situations. 

Make moves "your own". For example, old-timers will remember the McHale Move, Dream Shake, and Sikma Move. 

It is far more important to have a few masterpieces than a warehouse of junk.