Coach Lambeth
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What are some creative ways you have used money ball?
Do you play to a certain score?
If you have 11, are they a sub only on one team?
What are rewards/consequences that are really effective for winning and losing?
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I used to run conventional (or what I thought were conventional) tryouts, and then come practice time with the players I’d chosen, I would see some who would have difficulty picking things up, players who wouldn’t strive for Precise during breakdown drills, etc.
Last season I went with a different approach. I ran a Read and React Day 1 practice as my first day of tryouts. Within these, I’ll see the skills I need to see as skill development and exposure is included all over the R&R. But when we go 3 on 3, 4 on 4, or 5 on 5, and in the breakdown drills, I’ll learn more about their coachability and overall attitude. This eliminates surprises, tells me who buys in, and I’ve just used a day of tryouts to teach much of Layer 1, giving me a little head start. Essentially everybody makes the team, and then after tryouts, there’s a cut down day for those who aren’t a fit for the team.
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I have a 5 out R&R question/clarification about rotations during a draft drive. Ball is up top & passed to right wing, passer rim cuts and receiver drafts drives to his left. ON the original pass the left wing and left corner are starting to fill up to point and wing. What are these 2 players actions when they see the draft drive? I am caught between both players returning to their original spots follwoing rule to reloacate to next spot in the directions of the drive OR should the player that started in the corner baseline basket cut when they see the draft drive?
I’m not a fan of having that formerly corner player cutting to the basket, taking his defender right into the path of the drive. I’d rather the defender of the corner either leave the corner 3 open or stick with the corner (which they’ll probably do in youth), allowing the drive.
If the player returns to the corner, they’re breaking nothing because nobody else is going to the corner (as the player in between wing and top is going to the wing). Also, getting all the way to the corner from near the top would be a difficult move on the drive. I believe the momentum change (going to the top then turning around and going back to the wing or going from corner to wing, back to corner) takes enough time that putting the player back to wing (or corner) maintains that natural pitch timing.
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You could run Dick Devenzio’s Line Drill, and with that, you state your point of emphasis before rehearsal so the players understand what to concentrate on. But it sounds like you might want to build and emphasize good habits before implementing Fusion. Fusion allows for quality repetition of ingrained good habits.
On day 1 of Fusion, players should already be closing out on the arc of the drive, hands in a diamond to the right ear (if that’s what you want for a closeout).
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I’m honored that you asked. 🙂
I have some different roles for different players based largely on their effectiveness on offense and what they’re willing to do to create offense. For someone who doesn’t want the ball and doesn’t do us favors by shooting a lot, back screen for weak side corner in 5 out.
This past season I wanted my two best shooters and passers to get as many touches as possible. I found that mediocre or poor shooters were getting s lot of shots up in half court offense because they don’t move the ball enough for my taste and they may touch it as much as a star player. So when my best two players in terms of seeing cutters, not putting the ball on the floor immediately, and can drive and hit threes well are in the game and they’re passing and cutting, the best thing they can do for me is they don’t get the ball in the decision box is to see where the ball is, then go back screen one pass away. A LOT of times, their defender will help defend the cutter, as will the cutter’s defender, and now my best player is shaping up for a 3 one spot away from the ball.
Before I started doing this, I’d find my best players filling to a corner spot and this would be a skip pass away and they’d have a very low chance of touching the ball again on the possession. Instead, it’s possibly in the hands of a complementary player who doesn’t do things as well. I’d rather that complementary player receive the ball on the cut, the pitch or the dish.
A great player who is one pass away, left open due to screen confusion, is a welcome person to pass to because players hate committing turnovers from their own pass. So here we have my best player open for a 3, or he spent time sacrificing himself to get somebody else open unselfishly.
The natural pitch is a great way to get open for a three, but the chances of getting the ball are far less as you need to be in a certain position when a certain player drives, assuming they will pitch at all. Much more likely to get it when you’re constantly one pass away (and if the cutter gets it, I guess I’m ok with that layup)
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Through playing the game and coaching it, I’ve found that the most reliable way of getting an open three attempt is to screen for someone one pass away.
The other move they need to ingrain as habit is circle movement with knees bent and hands ready in shooting position.
Finally, for any great shooter, I’d suggest getting even better at driving to the hoop. What do you want a defender to do when your shoot? You want him to sag. What to defenders do against guys who will blow by you? They sag. Get great at making the defender move off line with minimal effort and get comfortable with shoulder to hip attacks in straight line drives.
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I add back screening on Day 1 as what I want the cutters to do from the corners. I don’t want them going back. By teaching back screening right away and the benefits of it, I can ensure my top players are always one pass away from the ball. Too often I have a high volume of shots from players I don’t want shooting the most. This allows my playmakers to get more touches, keeps the beauty of the read and react flowing, and gives me more shots from the players I want shooting the most (in addition to having my best playmakers touching the ball the most).
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I’ll use pregames for pass and cut with layups and pull ups, laker cuts, circle movement and basic post slides, and then go unconventional and do some 4 on 4 defense deflection drill with starters starting on offense to get warmed up offensively and defensively with the movements we will be doing in the game.
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How about parking them at weak side short corner? Screen for cutters occasionally, get offensive boards and put backs, and every once in a while a dish from dribble penetration. Going to weak side, you have some good screening action.
Not a fan of ball screening with a player who is no threat to roll.