Monday, April 22, 2024

Separation

Basketball is a game of SEPARATION, cutting and passing, separating and finishing.

During practice, emphasize to players how to create separation via:

  • Effort
  • Cutting 
  • Screening
  • Footwork (e.g. pivoting, negative step)
  • Off the dribble (e.g. hesitation/lateral glide, crossovers, combinations)
In this clip, Jayson Tatum illustrates separation with "attack off the move" or STAMPEDE. 


Lagniappe. What leaders do. Model excellence. 

Lagniappe 2. "Every day is showtime." Our actions are always displayed. 

Lagniappe 3. "Movement kills defenses." Distort the zone with movement.