"Don't beat yourself up. There will always be someone else to do it for you." - Personal saying
Every season deserves a forensic examination. Put your season "under the microscope." Be specific.
What tools would we use?
- Observation - general to specific
- Photography (stills of the action)
- Eyewitness reports (ideally from experienced observers)
- Surveillance video (analogs CCTV, traffic cameras, Ring video)
- Organizational DNA (this is how they play)
- Fingerprints (who did what?)
- Motive (how badly did we want to win?)
What critical conclusions belong?
- What went well?
- What went poorly?
- What could we do differently?
- What are the enduring lessons?
Why didn't we score enough? Poor execution, not enough success with hard-to-defend actions like PnR.
Why did we allow too many points? Inability to stay in front of the ball and too many fouls.
How can we improve skill, strategy, physicality, psychology?
Name two drills to improve shooting.
- Pitino quarters
- Curry warmup
Name two actions to improve basket attack.
- Wing attack series against defense
- Negative step
Name two activities to work on defensively.
- One-on-one denying direct drives.
- Two-on-two pick-and-roll defense.
- How did we 'net out' our BOBs and SLOBs versus theirs?
- How many points did we score versus allow in transition? (probably net negative)
- How many second chance points did we score versus allow? (probably net positive)
Lagniappe 2. This always matters.