Sunday, July 29, 2018

Basketball: Building a Sequence

Chris Oliver emphasizes "basketball decision training" during practice. How can we inform a player's choices during practice? 



In the first panel, the player catches, faces up with a reverse pivot, and attacks to score off one dribble...ask for a layup or a pullup in the lane. 

In the second panel, add a defender (the coach can substitute and overplay to expose an opportunity. 



In the left panel, we add a short corner teammate and a help defender. The coach can help or stay. 5 starts back to basket and reverse pivots into attack/read. 

On the right, 5 has a pair of teammates. After the reverse pivot, she attacks and the coach chooses whether to help and whom to leave open. 

Lagniappe: 
How much help (and how) do you give off the corner three? Via Radius Athletics

Lagniappe 2. 
Chris Oliver shares concepts of 2 v 1 attack. 

Lagniappe 3. 



Box drills. "Low and wide." Moves off the jab, off the rip, and change of direction. Villanova's Jay Wright drills "basketball players."