Bill Belichick and other NFL coaches invest Mondays to analyze what won or lost games. For professionals, that is where the rubber meets the road. Coaches and players should understand the distinction.
For coaches whose reputation, job, and lifestyle depend on winning, that makes perfect sense.
For developmental coaches, the equation differs. What advances or holds a player back? Of course, that doesn't devalue winning.
Quiz players on what wins and loses games, both overview and details.
What wins games? (Big picture, Bird's Eye View)
- Talent
- Execution (reading the game and finishing plays)
- Number of Possessions
- Quality of possessions - Defenses allowing "one bad shot."
- Coaching
- Differential shooting, effective field goal percentage
- Forcing Turnovers
- Rebounding (possession ending or sustaining)
- Free throws (committing and drawing fouls)
- Bad decisions (impacts offense, defense, conversion)
- Turnovers (0 % possessions, "turnovers kill dreams")
- Fouling (via free throws, high points/possession chances)
- Losing close games via lack of offensive and defensive delay
- Losing close games via inability to execute, defend special situations
Cutting Diagonals... Penetration Concepts
— Taylor Tucker (@tucker_thorson) October 31, 2024
General Concept: Look to cut diagonally off penetration... keep rim pressure even if the drive stalls
Baseline drive = 45 Cut
Middle drive = Corner Cut
45 Cut... cut the help the helper
Corner Cut... cut the fan out pic.twitter.com/ivL89wdAfe
“Let me give so much time to the improvement of myself that I shall have no time to criticize others.”
— Bob Starkey (@CoachBobStarkey) October 30, 2024
– John Wooden pic.twitter.com/r6SeJ145Bt