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Teaching youth RR in a 2-3 zone league
I’m going into my third season teaching RR to 14u boys.
I’ve got layers 1-3 down in practice from watching the “Youth Read & React,” “1 Youth Practice: 90 minutes,” and the Youth Practices & Drills videos.
We’ve also worked on draft drives and high ball screens from layer 8 because some of the boys love screen and roll.Every team we play against plays a 2-3 zone.
I insist on playing a press or man to man even though it might cost us some points. So far we’re in first place in summer league.I’ve introduced the Nail and Flank from “Zone Attack” and “Zone Attack Bootcamp,” but I’m still working on implementing the pin and skip.
The mental challenge I’m having is going from the “normal” 5-0 RR drills to emphasize the RR “rules” to the Zone Attack drills that teach the skills we want to implement for the actual games.
Any advice on how I can best spend my weekly 2 hour practice time? I’d like to end each practice playing 3 on 3 or 4 on 4 half court, but normally when we do, none of the skills we worked on in practice get used.
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Coach Brendan:
I coached middle school boys travel where we had two practices per week. I know your challenges, and I have some concrete guidance to provide. It’s long, so please send me your email, and I will forward a document that I’m convinced you will find useful. -
Thanks!
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could you also send it to me? [email protected]
Thanks!
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Done
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Greetings Youth Coaches,
I am a youth girls coach in my 4th season of teaching R&R. Ages 12-13. I am a true believer in positionless basketball. We use Pass/Cut, Dribble At and Circle Movement primarily. I am introducing post up and picks in the decision zone this season. However, every team I face runs a zone and has for several years of play. I have only faced a man to man twice over the past 3 years of play.
As a result. I run a classic overload zone offense and end up running R&R very sparingly during the seasons. I just joined the site finally so I have not had access to any official R&R modules until today. We are self-taught from videos I find on YouTube and Vimeo. I would love suggestions on what I should consume to learn how to run R&R against zones.
Thanks for the support and suggestions.
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Zone Attack and Zone Attack Bootcamp are great.
This season I’m planning on running 1 in 4 out zone attack and teaching the post player to kick out to shooters.
Shooters will have to earn a “license” to shoot 3s by completing specific drills in practice. I got that idea from the PGC Shooting College.
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@ralphbonnercomcastn – could you also please send that to me? [email protected].
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Done Coach Daryl.
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I am a new volunteer coach and trying to use this system. Appreciate getting it too. [email protected]
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1st of all, Coach Stark, I celebrate you teaching M2M defense only. The zone coaches in your league should all be fired for putting winning over development.
I coached MS travel ball for 4 years, 2 practice a week, U13 and U14. The best solution I found at their age was to run a permanent short corner runner, and have perimeter players P&C to the nail. Shifting from the nail to the SC, and rotating SC to wing provide too cognitively difficult in traffic. Spacing was poor, and ball movement was stunted.
I would search for the players best able to handle the ball with pressure, and make plays out off the SC. They needed to be able to look to the nail, make a read, and if nothing was there, kick it out while often drawing two defenders. Sometimes it was a guard type, sometimes a biotype. It’s more about temperament than position. teach them to be tough with the ball, teach them “the move” (pivot-pound-hop), and teach everyone else the idea of attacking space and puncturing the middle.
It’s a sound approach.
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@ralphbonnercomcastn – Coach Ralph – could I trouble you for a copy of your document as well? Coaching HS girls in a rec league. [email protected]. Thank you!
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We use hook and look against zones. However we allow our players to choose who in the zone they want to post up. They pass, cut then choose any five defenders to post up and seal. If they choose ball side you automatically get a seal and a great drive. If it’s inside that will deny the chance of the zone player helping. A simple mind set shift. Rather than weak spots of the zone, teach your players to seal one post player. We also found dibble at, pin and skip to the person who cut through to the other side was always an open shot.
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@ralphbonnercomcastn Coach Ralph, I’m in a similar boat as some other posters. Could I please receive a copy of that doc also? @[email protected]
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@ralphbonnercomcastn Coach Ralph, could I please receive a copy of your R&R practice quide? We have just started teaching our high school kids to play in the R&R System and encounter the same problems as some other posters above. A big thanks for your help. @[email protected].
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Done Coach.
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