My basketball compensation is priceless...autographed basketballs, team pictures, works of art (basketball wreaths, sculpture), books with pithy quotes (which I often don't remember).
And one summer, a player's mother gave me some fantastic, giant garden fresh BEETS.
Roasted, they were fantastic.
As I recall, Shaka Smart uses the "Circle Trap" drill to encourage both aggressive trapping and quick ball movement. Four players defend with those closest to the ball trapping and others are interceptors. Turn the ball over and move to defense.
You can run it with three aside (above).
Concepts. What do you want from your defenders?
- Overarching priority. #NoEasyBaskets or #Hard2s
- Limit your opponent's best action.
- Do not beat yourself.
b) Contest all shots
c) Foul strategically not lacking discipline
- Stopping transition demands specific assignments and shaping up.
- Without scouting, coaching must identify the biggest threats (i.e. player or action, e.g. pick-and-roll, back cuts).
- We beat ourselves departing from fundamentals of stance, position, communication, help, rotation, and recovery. What is second nature to coaches is foreign language for youngsters.
Play. The Spurs have among the most creative actions.
They inbound the box set SLOB with screen-the-screener action, then get a 3G action, give-and-go to Ginobili.
Lagniappe: Persist.
Lagniappe 2: Think about thinking. From Zak Boisvert
From Farnam Street pic.twitter.com/E0lmID6TOe
— PickandPop (@PickAndPopNet) October 8, 2020
What seems obvious may have serious unintended consequences. Ask second level, "What if?" questions.