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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Basketball - FIve and Ten Practices that Win

Assess content on its merit not only its source. Why? Because good information can come from anywhere. 

We could list a hundred ideas, but a needle gets lost in a needlestack. List ten and zoom in.

Ten Pearls to Peruse

1. "Basketball is sharing." - Phil Jackson   "Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm"...or sacrifice. Sacrifice puts team first.

2. "Every day is player development day." - Dave Smart   In academics it's "publish or perish." In basketball, it's "practice or perish." 

3. "We can't run what we can't run." An exhaustive playbook doesn't correct a deficiency of skill. 

4. "The ball is gold." - Coach Sonny Lane   It's math. Turnovers kill dreams. Turnovers and bad shots make the math fail. Newell said, "get more and better shots than opponents." That covers the Four Factors - EFG%, turnovers, rebounding, and free throw differential.  

5. "Shot selection is the quickest path to improvement." Every player should know a good shot for them and each teammate. 

6. The best teams find ways to win. Losing teams find ways to lose. 

7. Parents should be the strongest advocates for their children. And coaches are the strongest advocates for the team. 

8. "The game honors toughness." Toughness is a skill. 

9. Basketball IQ links details and decisions. 

10."Fouling negates hustle."

The big five are: 

  • Selflessness
  • Skill development
  • Limiting turnovers
  • Finishing games
  • Details and decisions

 Lagniappe. Downscreen DHO (Zoom) into rip screen 

Lagniappe 2. Attacking ball screen defenses.  

Lagniappe 3. 45 cuts are gaining in popularity.  

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