[Byron Brown]

Yes, have them understand that the only person that should be cutting is the person that is one spot away from the ball. Even though you are two spots away from the ball and the defender is hugging read lines you must emphasize that they shouldn’t cut to the basket.

[Byron Brown]

This how we do the 90/10 rule for the first half of the season. Monday through Thursday the emphasis is offense based. Friday we switch to emphasis to defense and we run the system. Placing all the emphasis on how we are going to stop certain actions.

[Byron Brown]

I have my post player use the cutter as a fake so what i mean by that we train them to lean cutter side then do a move opposite the cutter. So we want them to use the cutter if they don’t pass it to them.

[Byron Brown]

I am all about sharing thanks! Here is one of my practice plans and how I interpret it so would love feedback and if one else have a better plan would you please share.

1 Practice Break Down/ Info 5 6:30 AM – 6:35 AM Round Circle

2 Pass & Cut for a Lay-up 3 6:35 AM – 6:38 AM Fusion Practice Step 1 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass & Cut for Lay-up
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Catch & Shoot

3 Pass, Cut, & Back-Screen 3 6:38 AM – 6:41 AM Fusion Practice Step 2 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass, Cut, & Back-Screen
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Catch & Shoot

4 Pass, Cut, & Draft-drive 3 6:41 AM – 6:44 AM Fusion Practice Step 3 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass, Cut, & Draft-drive
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Catch & Shoot

5 Read Line Reads ( Read Coach) 3 6:44 AM – 6:47 AM Fusion Practice Step 4 (rehearsal) Offense: Read Line Read
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: 1 Dribble Pull-up

6 Real Estate Drive 3 6:47 AM – 6:50 AM Fusion Practice Step 5 (rehearsal) Offense: Real Estate Drive
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: 1 Dribble Pull-up

7 Killing Close-Outs 3 6:50 AM – 6:53 AM Fusion Practice Step 6 (rehearsal) Offense: Killing Close-outs
Defense: Composite
Player Development: 2 Foot Finish in the Lane

8 Pass, Cut, Post-up, Laker Cut 3 6:53 AM – 6:56 AM Fusion Practice Step 7 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass Cut, Post-up, Laker Cut
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Up & Under

9 Pass, Cut, Post-up, Post Move 3 6:56 AM – 6:59 AM Fusion Practice Step 8 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass, Cut, Post-up, Post Move
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: 2 Foot Finish in the Lane
10 Water Break 2 6:59 AM – 7:01 AM Hydration Ten Push-ups + Penalty

11 Pass, Cut, Post-Up, Inside-Out Shots 3 7:01 AM – 7:04 AM Fusion Practice Step 9 (rehearsal) Offense: Pass, Cut, Post-Up, Inside-Out Shots
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Up & Under

12 Dribble At Lay-Up 3 7:04 AM – 7:07 AM Fusion Practice Step 11 (rehearsal) Offense: Dribble At
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Hop-Back 3pt Shot

13 Dribble At Draft Drive 3 7:07 AM – 7:10 AM Fusion Practice Step 12 (rehearsal) Offense: Dribble At Draft Drive
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Hop-Back 3pt Shot

14 Double Dribble At 3 7:10 AM – 7:13 AM Fusion Practice Step 13 (rehearsal) Offense: Double Dribble At
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Hop-Back 3pt Shot

15 Shuffle the Deck 3 7:13 AM – 7:16 AM Fusion Practice Step 15 (rehearsal) Offense: Shuffle the Deck
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

16 Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Pass Uphill, Post-Screen-Shape-Up 3 7:16 AM – 7:19 AM Fusion Practice Step 18 (rehearsal)
Offense: Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Pass Uphill, Post-Screen-Shape-Up
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

17 Dribble-At-Post-Up-Weak-Side-Mid-Post: Pass Uphill & Set Invite Screen 3 7:19 AM – 7:22 AM Fusion Practice Step 20 (rehearsal)
Offense: Dribble-At-Post-Up-Weak-Side-Mid-Post: Pass Uphill & Set Invite Screen
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

18 Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Wing Drives Middle & Chooses 3 7:22 AM – 7:25 AM Fusion Practice Step 23 (rehearsal)
Offense: Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Wing Drives Middle & Chooses
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

19 Bounce-Off Circle Move: Escape from Failure without Turnover 3 7:25 AM – 7:28 AM Fusion Practice Step 25 (rehearsal)
Offense: Bounce-Off Circle Move: Escape from Failure without Turnover
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

20 Water Break 2 7:28 AM – 7:30 AM Hydration Ten Push-ups + Penalty

21 Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Pin & Skip to Weak-Side 3 7:30 AM – 7:33 AM Fusion Practice Step 27 (rehearsal)
Offense: Dribble-At-Post-Up NOT Open, Pin & Skip to Weak-Side
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Work on Your Game

22 Double Baby Pin & Skips: Choose Side & Choose How to Score 3 7:33 AM – 7:36 AM Fusion Practice Step 30 (rehearsal)
Offense: Double Baby Pin & Skips: Choose Side & Choose How to Score
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Battlefield Finish
23 Power Dribble Ball Screens & Choose Your Pass 3 7:36 AM – 7:39 AM Fusion Practice 32 (rehearsal)
Offense: Power Dribble Ball Screens & Choose Your Pass
Defense: Baseline
Player Development: Stretch to Finish

24 Form & Technique 5 7:39 AM – 7:44 AM Level 1 Defense

25 SLOB & BLOB 5 7:44 AM – 7:49 AM 5 Out

26 Transition 3 on 2, 2 on 1 5 7:49 AM – 7:54 AM Transition Defense

27 Get Tough 5 7:54 AM – 7:59 AM Player Development

28 Water Break 2 7:59 AM – 8:01 AM Hydration Ten Push-ups

29 Full Court Press Break 7 8:01 AM – 8:08 AM Transition Offense

30 Zone Offense 5 vs 0 7 8:08 AM – 8:15 AM Zone Attack (rehearsal)

31 55 Press 7 8:15 AM – 8:22 AM Press

32 Final Thoughts 8 8:22 AM – 8:30 AM Wrap up

[Byron Brown]

I feel your pain but to answer your question yes you can sir. We use the zone attack offense and the go to and counter move get the lay-up and the other player work on player development.

[Byron Brown]

Please shoot me a copy please.

[Byron Brown]

We had a kid come to the program mid-season and was a 6-4 kid and for a 9th grader was pretty good in the post but wasn’t the best ball handler. So we had him stay on one side of the floor in the mid post. When the ball was ball side we try to get him the ball if he didn’t get it he set a screen for the cutter and when the ball was weak side they set the screen for him. The only thing we had to teach him was how to post slide. The kids loved it and we where pretty productive with him in that spot.

[Byron Brown]

We run the pack line in our program and what I have found is that kids that are lazy and don’t jump to the ball get puppy dog and front cut. As we all know know the skip pass hurts the pack line defense and when get the defense stretched out we pas & cut them. So you just don’t pass & cut.

[Byron Brown]

Okay the first shot that the offensive team take they get two points for and everyone else that makes a shot gets one point for their shot.

[Byron Brown]

Okay I learned this from Coach TJ Rosene at one of the R & R camp years ago and it still works with my new players coming in. He said have them talk out everything that they are doing if they are filling make them say and when they are on the baseline have them coach the players.

I hope this helps you and much success to you and your team.

[Byron Brown]

We have been running the R & R with the program for about 4 years now. We started using the new fusion practice system with our kids on Thursday and they really enjoy it. We are in the rehearsal phase of the new practice system is what I have told them. The feedback from the kids is that they don’t feel like they are just running reaction drills but running the offensive. The plan is to do a week of rehearsal and add the defensive aspect to practice. In the past we did layer drills then defensive. As a coach the fusion practice offers more flexibility then ever before.