Frustration in coaching follows self-inflicted wounds, as hinted in the "Butch Cassidy" bar scene.
Pride in beating bad teams is fool's gold, low value victory. Examine lessons our teams need today to earn victory and avoid failure. Think about "points per possession."
1. Live-ball turnovers. Live ball turnovers often result in layups, whether from pressure defense or poor decisions.
2. Lack of foul discipline. Did you ever want to make up "invitations" to the foul line to hand out to opponents? Me, neither. You are cordially invited to the foul line:
- We reach in.
- We foul perimeter shots.
- We slap down to block shots.
- We don't move our feet.
- We defend with the upper body.
3. Poor transition defense. Who is assigned to get back? Do you send two or three to the offensive boards? Do you stop the ball and do you 'shape up'? Bad transition presents the antithesis to "no easy baskets."
4. Failed block outs. The data I 'carry' is that 50 percent of second shots score and 80 percent of third shots. Failure to win the "War on the Boards" dooms teams.
5. Shot turnovers. Turnovers are "zero percent" shots, number two in SPCA - shots, prevent turnovers, crash, and attack. Doc Rivers minted the term "shot turnovers." My coach evoked more emotion, labeling them, "$hit shots." He wasn't wrong and we'd heard it before.
Stop killing yourself. Share the list with players and add your own.
Lagniappe. Work it.
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Lagniappe 2. Coach Hacks.
2-2-1 Run & Jump Zone Press
— Matt Hackenberg (@CoachHackGO) December 12, 2023
Pressure the ball, force the sideline dribble, trap, and rotate
Grab the @FastModel PlayBank diagrams here: https://t.co/USw7RFIraN pic.twitter.com/0QWHjcAhHL
We played both 2-2-1 and run-and-jump in high school over fifty years ago. I prefer to call run-and-jump "trap and go" which seems more descriptive to me.
