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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Basketball: Doug Brotherton Clinic Notes, Plus Lagniappe on Horns

More Golden Age of Internet clinics with excellent Doug Brotherton notes. Coach Brotherton earned a Texas State high school title and it's easy to see why. His team understands the value of "winning this possession." 



A delay of game can get you a stopped clock without a timeout (if a technical isn't called). 

"Two types of coaches - humble and those about to be humbled." - Doug Brotherton



Culture: how we do things here.

Winning close games: (Three Ps) People, processes, preparation

Core values: Relationships, trust the process, servant leadership



Lines up seated players 1 to 5 in front of him (saves time, a worthy steal)
Bench players are behind him (30 seconds), behind the players on floor on full


Coach Brotherton wants players to hold a (dived on) loose ball and let him decide about a timeout. Don't waste a timeout having the arrow

An assistant is expected to ask him if he wants a sub if a player has four fouls.



"Part of scouting is stealing points" such as on BLOBs. Team was +4.5/game on BLOBs. 

Credits his staff for their excellence. 



Very reminiscent of UNC Women's soccer. Tracks winning drills in practice. 



Assistant coaches coach this competitive drill. Debriefs for one-minute after the drill. 



The players coach themselves. 



"Steal points or steal time." Wants unscoutable BOBs that run vs man or zone. Runs everything from a box set. Use odd-even-zero. Last number on clock determines the play...has additional calls for more plays. 

Coach spent time with football guys. Scripts first three offensive plays. Will run an early ball screen to see how defense reacts



Brotherton advises considering sequencing where the same set is used to run different options. E.g. they could run a pick-and-pop and then slip the same action. 

Below are examples of the type of actions we could use. 


 





They run a hammer set out of zipper action. 




Lagniappe: Pascal Meurs shares a horns into flex plus



Horns into Flex but with more, including middle PnR or even Spain PnR. 

Lagniappe 2: Playing with FastModel: Horns into disguised PnR (might be a good ATO look)