Basketball: Friday 1-3-1 - Drill, Concepts, Play (Episode 3)

Friday is one drill, three concepts, one play day. The 1-3-1... 

"Education changes behavior." Find ways to get players' attention. Bob Knight took a timeout in practice, explaining a play to his team. He then distributed paper and pens and asked them to reproduce it. Paying attention is the first price of knowledge. 

Drill:  Volleyball Lines

Kirby Schepp teaches players to get open within the constraint of the volleyball lines. 

Concepts: Coach Knight wrote, The Power of Negative Thinking. Don't drive coaches insane with mental mistakes. Here are three: 1) allowing the ball to advance up the sideline against the trap, 2) traveling on the perimeter when not a threat, 3) wing-to-top stolen passes.

Stop throwing "steal me" passes. Don't confuse great defense with bad offense.

Greenlight shot selection. 

You know the "3 R's." But basketball has the "4 R's" - range, rhythm, room, and right (situation). Alex Sarama calls them ROB shots (range, open, balanced). Kevin Sivils uses range testing for players to "show me" your range. If you can't make sixty percent, you're not in range. 

"Only the penitent man will pass." Teach the Princeton Pete Carril quote,
"The quality of the shot relates to the quality of the pass." Cutting and passing create great shots. 



Play:

Lagniappe: One of my pet peeves is players not "warming up their shot." Guys go out and start jacking up threes. 

Steph Curry warms up his shots by making a hundred, starting in close. What would he know? 

Lagniappe 2: (via Alvin Gentry):

1) Focus - "Choose 2 or 3 things defensively and get good at them"
2) "Don't let great players catch the ball." 

Lagniappe 3: from Ron Finley (MasterClass)... it's gardening season. 

Fundamentals. "If it's organic matter, you want it in your compost pile."