Annie Leibovitz shoots digital. Why not? "I embraced the idea that I'm interested in content and not so much the technical side of photography."
Are there aspects of basketball from which we're reluctant to move on? For example, are we tied to Brian McCormick's Fake Fundamentals? "But we did layups lines as kids and dammit we're going to keep doing them."
Many players on our team lack the strength to shoot 3s consistently. But if they're taking them in games, for whatever reason, how can we not practice 3s? I have to move on. Maybe we can get our three point percentage up to 25 percent, which becomes competitive in context.
How do we teach rebounding? Do we sell conventional blockouts with defensive position and toughness and offensive anticipation and aggressiveness? Words don't get rebounds. "Hit and get." Make contact; get the ball. Have you made a bad rebounder into a good one? Do we more often coach rebounding or find rebounders? It's the alchemy question. Do you mine gold or make gold? I'm not saying rebounders can't improve; putting a guard at the foul line might get you three extra rebounds a game.
Games over practice. Kids like games. Parents like games. Nobody goes to school to take tests 8:00 to 3:00 (that's what "work" is). Move on from all games all the time. We don't scrimmage much...but we practice O-D-O (offense-defense-offense, 3 possessions starting from a BOB, SLOB, or free throw) and small-sided 3-on-3 inside 'the split'
"Sets" are lines on the page - horns, triangle, 1-4 high, spread. Figure it out; they write their script. Having at least a second coach allows developmental offense to run at both ends.
Yes, situations arise all the time where you teach and learn 'whole' not 'part-whole'.
Teams need to see and learn how to run and defend many actions. It's too late to learn in the last three minutes of a postseason game.
Lagniappe 1. Work on ourselves. "Watch" practice for five minutes with a blindfold. Judge the energy, intensity, and communication.
Lagniappe 2. No good team is bad in the half-court. Learn to play half-court defense and half-court offense well. I can't overstate this.
Lagniappe 3: Don't presume that we're right. Are we always right?
