Championship teams must excel in these areas:
- Transition defense
- Defending pick-and-roll
- Running pick-and-roll
- Defending the half court
- Scoring in the half court
Ball containment is a must if we intend to extend the defense.
Free throws are the highest points/possession offense. We can't let opponents live at the line.
Win Coach George Raveling's "War on the Boards." Second shots score at 50% and third shots allegedly at 80%.
I loved Timothy Oliphant's series, Justified.
It's vital to know what can go wrong in a gunfight.
Coaches know a thousand things can go wrong in a run-and-gun fight.
If we're not going to get as many shots, then they better be higher quality shots than this.
"Do more of what works and less of what doesn't." When teams can't stay in front of the ball bad things happen.
"Penetrate to pass."
Against tight man-to-man defense, the playbook reads "back cuts and screens." But "it doesn't matter what we run if we can't run it."
"Pindown, man down."