VDE - Vision, Decision, Execution
The root struggle of basketball is one-on-one. Excellent players win individual battles, seeing advantage and exploiting technical edge.
"It's a shoulders game...low man wins."
"Attack the front foot, front hand." A fraction of the players we teach absorb the techniques and execute the skills.
Chess masters grow by 'chunking' positions, recognizing opportunity in specific positions.
From Gobet and Simon, Memory, 1998. Chess Masters recall and copy chess positions according to their skill levels.
The fortunate geometry of two black pieces on the same color sets up the double attack, the pawn protected by the knight relocation (next move). Kasparov reminds us that when we are overwhelmed with our own ideas, we tend to forget about the competition.
You don't need ten guys to play. 2-on-2 built players from the ground up...learning to execute in small units first.
2-on-2 with Dribble Handoff (DHO) spawns another skill set.
3-on-3 yields another level of complexity. We practice 3 v 3 inside-the-split most sessions.
Basketball has its unique geometry, like this Chicago Bulls/Tom Thibodeau set.
We have the high ball screen with its intrinsic basket attack, roll, pop theme. But depending on help, we create multiple attacks with the 4 relocating to the elbow and a possible corner three...chesslike.
Teach players to create quality scoring opportunities. They own responsibility to carry that forward to high school and beyond, growing knowledge, athletic explosion, and execution.
Lagniappe: SLOB Boomerang from @BBallImmersion (Chris Oliver)
Need a sideline inbound play to a basket when you need it, and that is easy to run at all levels? Check this one out. pic.twitter.com/Nm4gUvLf56— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) December 23, 2019