Basketball: Offensive und defensive Systeme, Tipps und Tricks (German Edition)

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I have a new project for the up-coming season. I have a grade 9 kid who just grew from 5'10" to 6'5" in the past year and now needs to re-learn a lot of things about his own body, let alone shooting form. He can finish off the dribble well enough, but struggles on put-backs and his jumper needs work. I think for the put-backs I need to focus on footwork, body positioning, and use of angles on the backboard, do you have any suggestions to target these areas?

I don't have any other player who can match his height, but he is still one of the weaker "post" players. I know I have a lot of work to do with him this year and with some many players that need work, I am also worried how to give him the necessary one-on-one time while not addressing the full team needs.

I don't know that I would do anything special or different for this kid. It will take time for him to get used to his new body. Just like any post or perimeter player, I would spend a lot of time on footwork, shooting, and ballhandling. With time and reps his confidence will grow. Think about long term development, not short term.

He's just a ninth graders. That would be my advice. Im a post player and im not aggressive. My game is in one day. Coaching JV girls basketball presents it's many challenges but one of the biggest issues I am dealing with right now is getting my post girls to 'jump' for their shots. They do not leave the ground, their foot work is good work on it frequently but they just do not want to leave the ground.

They are fairly tall for this level, about 5'9" both, and rebound well which they actually jump for but for some reason I can not get them to even jump a little. Any tips would be great. Really one of the few things holding one of the girls back from moving up to the varsity team. I used to be a guard and now I am a post player and I dont play agressive enough. I don't ever know what to do and I am afraid to mess up.

I hessitate before making a move and then I panic. I need major advice because this is my last year and I need to play hard so I can live my dream of playing college ball. My next game is Thursday Night!!!. Britt, First of all, relax a little bit Thinking too much slows down your feet Relax and have some fun, remember, its a game not the NBA championship. Good luck and let us know how its going. I've seen having trouble recently and I realized I'm overthinking things again.. The trick is to have your best move like a reflex and not allow misses to mess with your head. Excellent material, I have an issue would appreciate your opinion.

I have read your point guard and post position articles. My son has always been a point guard started when he was four he was developing into a great player. We are a small school and they are using him at postposition because they have noone else to put there and they also use him to assist the point guard with getting the ball up court because the boy they are using as guard does not have the skills to handle the ball. Your article on a point guards job as also a leader describes my son exactly.

He had at least 6 assist as post player more than guard and wing players together maybe more i lost track. He leads the team on the court, I am afraid they are throwing any chance of my son's dream of being a guard at college level ball away for the wrong reasons. In regards to above comments my son is in 7th grade and our school rules are parents do not question or discuss position or playing time with the coach. Any advice on how to approach this situation and get the coach to realize basketball means so much to my son, and it is important to take his goals serious. What they do now will definately affect his future in basketball.

Kim, I can understand your concern. I'll try to give you a little perspective to hopefully make you feel better Steve Nash point guard and the most skilled player in the NBA didn't play basketball until he was So I don't think playing post as a 7th grader is going to ruin any chances of playing in college. This is a developmental stage -- having fun, playing multiple positions, playing multiple sports, and learning good values are the most important things. Developing as an athlete by playing multiple sports and learning a love for the game is much more important at this stage.

And I think getting experience at the post, point, and other positions is a very good thing. Now if the kid only played post all through youth and middle school, that would not be good for him. But it sounds like he is getting to play other positions and that is good. Kim - I agree with Jeff There is a saying Be patient, tell your son to enjoy the game and learn as much as he can about playing Definately don't try and force your way into the paint if there is a lot of traffic pick your spots.

If the lane is open you can try going to the rim but this will be most effective in opening up your mid-range game. Watch this video of Sam Cassell giving you some pointers on how create separation for your mid-ranger and out of the post. I''''m a post and I''''ve been so lost. Thanks alot has helped me out hopefully I can show it on my game tomorrow!!!.

I am 14years old, 6 foot even and a girl. I have always played post since i started playing at the age of 5. I am comfortable playing with my back to the basket an d i can get just about every rebound. My coach i always worried that one of the hits i take will hurt me. Playing post is very tiring running baseline to baseline.

My coach usually plays me for the whole game, i only sit for a total of 2 minutes. I have more responsiblities in practice too. I have to teach the younger girls how to be a good post player. I love it even though it is alot of hard work. I am a huge high school basketball fan, and I love to see players develop. Especially in the post!

So many teams are lacking in this area, and rarely are the coaches even knowledgeable in this field because the majority have never PLAYED in the post. I've seen many kids suffering in the post over the years, and I believe something like Break Through Basketball can help these coaches fill in the holes! I initially tried a set but found the boys at the free throw line and under the basket "got lost" - never were fully involved. I transitioned into a 5-out where all five became much more involved.

We had a few basic rules but really stressed and practiced for the kids to be able to read the defense for opportunities. The kids loved being in control. I really believe teaching the kids to read and react rather than being somewhat mechanical with set plays speeds in their understanding of the game. We played several teams that were lost if their set plays did not work. Sticking to some basic Motion Offense rules lessens these chaotic moments.

I recommend the Motion Offense ebook - great resource! I can't wait to get back in the gym with the kids. This is a motion offense with specific actions for certain movements. For example, when you pass you must cut and others will fill spots as well as dribble at someone and backdoor cut.

These are basic motion rules but in the Read and React there are rules which allow the players to know what to do in different situations. I really enjoy this offense because it is teaching young men how to play the game. Also, it can be run against man and zone which is great. Against a zone after you pass you fill one of the 4 spots in the lane and wait until the next pass is made to leave. Great offensive system and also Great website y'all are running. I have been hooked for the last few days!.

I would like to ask a few questions of the crowd here, as I have attempted to implement this offense in mid-season to keep our kids from dribbling aimlessly and trying to do the same thing everytime down court. I have had some success at matching them up two-on-two with me passing the ball. This was aimed at teaching them to move without the ball and screen for each other, curl and basket cut. When I put five together on the court and try to get them moving, they all move. Problem is they don't move to a spot that would make the rules work. If the point passes to a wing and goes to set a screen, and the wing opposite is gone cutting to the basket, then clearing out to the corner, and the corner man is standing in the short corner five feet away, the opposite corner has crashed the boards, and we have a smashup in the lane.

I can't deal with the lack of disciplined movement. I have attempted to lecture them on moving with a purpose thusly: If you leave your spot on the floor other than to crash the boards , you must do one of four things: I have been sold on 5-out for a while now, but implementing it is not easy at all, and certainly can't be done in one practice with the level of grey matter I have. We have five with some talent and five that can't tie their shoes. I have the book, but here is what I'd really like to see: Video wouldn't have to be more than 20 minutes.

This is all so simple, but so foreign to these kids. Any suggestions would be appreciated greatly. And what about video? Anyone skilled in that area? Coach Roberts, I can feel your pain. I just started working with a group of 3rd graders as well. On the first day, I gave them the simple rule of pass and move. They were running into each other, all moving at the same time, tripping, and everything else. Now before I give you this step by step advice, keep this in mind.

Things are going to look UGLY for the next few years. And when you start to see a few of your kids playing high school ball, it should be very rewarding.

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Here is a sample 3on3 progression to get them started: After every pass, basket cut. Teaches them to value the pass. After every pass, set a ball screen. After every pass, set a ball screen or basket cut. After every pass, set an away screen.

After every pass, move. Now, this progression could easily take the whole season to go through if not next year too. Every time, I would walk them through the progression without a defense. Then, I would add a defense and play 3 on 3 or 4 on 4. Also, this DVD is perfect for this age group: I disagree about the 9 and 10 year olds not being able to learn-or worse becoming robots, you just have to break it down into the smallest steps and then let them digest it in pieces before putting everything together.

We have run successful AAU programs for 10 and Under through 18 and Under with the same fundamental offenses and defenses. They are capable, you just have to teach differently and start slow. As for the offense, I would incorporate a few screens to free up younger players that have a hard time penatrating.

For zone, we use this offense and then post up the weekside baseline, with a flash to the open post. Then rotate them back to baseline. The cuts are less effective against a zone defense so you have to teach the kids to look for open space and pausing long enough to get a pass. Anyway, that is my two cents. I'd love to hear how you set up your program as far as offenses for younger kids.

I'm having a hard time with this. I have one kid dribbling all over the floor, one kid who just wants to launch 3s, and 3 other kids who either don't move or they come right next to the ball handler and ask for the ball. These are 8 year olds for reference. Thanks, Joe, for the wise advice. I wrote this late last night after a headache-inducing practice. Our team has won four out of seven games this season. The four games we won we won by thirty or more.

The ones we lost were by large amounts also. The disparity of talent at this age is amazing. What are your thoughts on putting together a video of some younger kids running the 5-out cutters. It would be far more powerful than attempting to teach them individually or as a group. They could watch the video over and over and over until they get the sequencing, spacing, etc.

I have added a post-up cut for my 5. He's really tall and athletic, and it could be that he scores most of our points. I'm a bit of a purist in that I want all the kids to have a good experience, but I'm starting to realize how little control I have over that. Thanks again for the tips!. We are also developing some more DVDs that go more in-depth on teaching offense among many other things to beginners and advanced youth players.

The Cutters DVD is a good idea. However, I wouldn't fixate on it too much with a youth team. Even though, it is going to be ugly at first, I like to teach them the motion. Be careful about getting them to watch a DVD over and over again. I know you want what is best for the kids, but from my experience, kids dislike watching instructional DVDs and we don't want them to get the same feelings towards basketball. Now, I average about 5 a week.

And don't worry about the wins and losses. This usually affects parents more than it does the kids. Ten minutes after the game is over, the kids are more concerned with where they can eat some pizza. Usually the coaches who teach the right things take bumps and bruises all the way thorugh the 6th grade level. From feedback, this seems to be the age that they start to really turn things on from years of doing things the right away.

Sometimes, it's 6th grade. Sometimes, it's 7th grade. Sometimes, it's not until they reach high school. I know a coach who took bumps and bruises along the way and ended up record their 8th grade year. He coached a smaller, private school team and now they have 8 of 10 players who made the teams at the local Kansas City high school which is a pretty big deal. You're usually lucky if you can have 1 or 2 kids make the team in the KC area. I like the idea of getting everyone involved especially if you have 5 athletic players on the court.

I'm a little concerned that if any of the cuts aren't open, it'll just become a passing game. I've seen this in some of the other motion offenses I've run, especially against zones. I have to call time out and tell my girls that the object of the game is to score! I will be implementing this open post offense this year for my freshman group. We simply do not have a post player. Question however is what do you teach in terms of how player relocate when there is penetration?

Any help would be great. That's a good question, C.

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There are different things you can do. Some teach circle movement. If a player dribbles to the right, all of the players rotate one spot to the right. Since I want my players to get smarter, I tell them to fill a spot. Sometimes, they won't even have to move to find an open spot. Sometimes, you will drive and they will have to move. Don Kelbick told me that he likes to take his offense through situations and show them where the defense might come from and let them decide where they should go.

Here are some concepts that I will teach: Can this open post offense be used against all zone defenses? However you''ll want to make adjustments to use banana cuts, finding gaps, stopping to post up, etc. Our head coach I assist plans to run this offense for a fifth grade B team with the attendant range of skill levels. However, I'm struggling with a few issues, and would appreciate any feedback or ideas from others that have implemented it successfully with this age group. We tried to implement this offense last year with a 4B team, but I don't think it translated well and we scored most of our points off of fast breaks, perimeter shots and free-form penetrations.

Initially, it was a challenge to get the kids set up in the 5 spots and then to hold position with any consistency. The boys had a tendency to move towards the paint, and if one player wanders assuming you get set up to begin with , this offense seemed to really break down. A lack of so-called player discipline, which is a huge issue with younger kids, seems to be a problem with this and other more structured offenses.

However, in my view the struggle with coaching many young players is developing some aggressiveness the "on-court observers" , so I would rather trade structure for developing some scoring instincts. How are other coaches dealing with this in the context of the 5 out motion offense? The other problem I have is putting 2 players along the baseline, essentially as placeholders in the corner, since they are too far out to take a quality shot if you do push the ball to them.

The final issue is rebounding. We tell the kids to stay in their spots and hold the perimeter but then tell them to crash the boards as soon as we take a shot. Its confusing for them. Our offensive rebounding out of this offense was horrible last year. The problem was that the players have a lot of ground to cover to get to the hoop and its easy to box them out. We also got trapped as we were slow to the rebound and then out of position for the fast break coming back at us.

Recognizing that this is a B team of 10 and 11 year olds, do people think this offense is simply too much to expect and that it would be better off focusing on basket cuts and simpler give and go plays that are "read" based? Any ideas on how to get the baseline players more involved and to improve rebounding and transitioning to defense if you stay with this offense? For 4th and 5th graders, it will be difficult for them to run this offense exactly as demonstrated above. I like to teach the players spots, how to spread out, and offensive concepts.

If you can teach them to pass and cut, then go backdoor when overplayed, you'll be ahead of the game. If you would like to place some players in the post, I say go for it. However, be careful, because if players are just stuck in the post area, they never develop ball handling skills, and don't develop into well-rounded players. That's the reason I like the 5-out. But as I'm sure you already figured out, getting them to dribble, pass, and maintain body control footwork among other things is enough by itself.

It sounds like you're on the right path. I'm a rookie coach, so forgive my ignorance. I'm coaching 6th grade boys if that makes a difference. And thanks for the great website. Tom, Welcome to the greatest game in the world Teach fundamentals as best you can and please teach them how to play m2m defense. As for the cut A passes to B on the wing Tom, depending on the coach you ask, you might get two different options. Some coaches teach their players to always try to face cut because they swear they get more lay ups out of it. That meas that the offensive player will pass, then fake in the opposite direction, then cut in front of the defender's face towards the basket.

Some coaches will teach two cuts. One is the face cut mentioned above. You use that when the defender does not move on the pass. The second would be a rear cut. This is done when the defender jumps to the new defensive position "on the line. So rather than trying to get in front of the defender, the offensive player just cuts straight to the basket. I'll be coaching a 14u AAU team this year. Do you find this offense effective at this level?

We ran the flex last year on my 13u team and it was effective, but we'll have several skilled guards this year and I wanted to add a spread offense to take advantage of their skills. Are there any other spread offenses you'd recommend? Mike - We ran an Open Post Offense at the high school level We ran our set a little higher so we could get more back door looks - to each his own on this.

We reversed the ball a few times to break down the defense, then we were looking for cutters which we would take off the first pass if he was open getting open going to the basket FIBA reduced the shot clock to 24 seconds in , and changed the clock's resetting to when the ball touched the rim of the basket. Originally, a missed shot where the shot clock expired while the ball is in the air constituted a violation. In the rule was changed so that the ball remains live in this situation, as long as it touched the rim.

If the ball touches the rim and slightly bounces over the basketball hoop it will be called as a loose ball. Dribbling was not part of the original game, but was introduced in At the time, a player could only bounce the ball once, and could not shoot after he had dribbled.

The definition of dribbling became the "continuous passage of the ball" in , allowing more than one bounce, and a player who had dribbled was then allowed to shoot. Running with the ball ceased to be considered a foul in , and became a violation, meaning that the only penalty was loss of possession. Striking the ball with the fist has also become a violation. From , if a closely guarded player withheld the ball from play for five seconds, play was stopped and resumed with a jump ball; such a situation has since become a violation by the ball-carrier.

Goaltending became a violation in , and offensive goaltending in Free throws were introduced shortly after basketball was invented. In , the free throw line was officially placed fifteen feet 4. From , players that received a foul were required to shoot their own free throws. One free throw shot is awarded to a player who was fouled while making a successful field goal attempt.

If the field goal attempt is unsuccessful, two free throw shots are awarded three if the player was attempting a three-point field goal. If an offensive player is fouled while not in the act of shooting, or if a player is fouled in a loose-ball situation, the penalty varies by level of play and the number of fouls accumulated by the opposing team in a given period.

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A player has 10 seconds to attempt a free throw. If the player does not attempt a free throw within 10 seconds of receiving the ball, the free throw attempt is lost, and a free throw violation is called. A free throw violation also occurs if a free throw misses the backboard, rim, and basket. If a free throw violation is assessed on the last free throw awarded to a player in a given situation, possession automatically reverts to the opposing team. A charge is physical contact between an offensive player and a defensive player. In order to draw an offensive charge the defensive player must establish legal guarding positioning in the path of the offensive player.

If contact is made, the officials would issue an offensive charge. No points will be allowed and the ball is turned over. The defensive player may not draw an offensive charge in the "restricted zone" see below for more details. Blocking is physical contact between the offensive player and the defensive player. Blocking fouls are issued when a defensive player interferes with the path of the offensive player in the shooting motion.

Blocking fouls are easily called when the defensive player is standing in the "restricted zone".

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