8 ways to improve perimeter play- most coaches spend most time on individual skills they want to see compared to the outcomes that they want to achieve
Start with the end in mind- best way to develop player development system
What’s the final product? How do I get there not by building individual, small drills/skills, but through games/random practice decision making to make players not robots
Teach coaches how to teach in progression
Break down anything into TLC progress= 3 steps
1. T=Technique or Teaching= break down the movements
Read The Talent Code and how people acquire skills
-Super slow micro movements that are self corrected done in space in short period time is best
2. L= Learn when and why I do it and what’s the read
-Important reads= on the catch- do I shoot or drive?
-Need to rep reads for perimeter players when to shoot or drive with guided defense
-2nd Read= on the drive, do I continue to the rim or do I pass it?
-Read defender’s chest and shoulder, any time you have shoulder, hand, or arm, or space, you must attack through contact.
-Players hit contact and stop, need to get comfortable playing through against contact
-If they see chest on attack= pass the ball
3. C=Compete. Most coaches have team play 5 on 5 practices, encourage 1 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 3, 4 on 4 with creative rules that imitate what high level game might require- time limit, dribble limit, space limit- more touches per player
-Guided defense, not dummy defense
-Whatever you say as a coach is what you get from your players
-Golden Rule of Defense= Play defense unto others as you want them to play defense unto you. Players to be coaches on the floor
-Every coach and player speak the same language, terminology is important
-One of the most underbought skills in basketball= vision. Playmakers need to play at speed against contact with vision
-Player development needs gamelike reads, need to recognize open teammates, where they are open, and deliver a pass on target and on time= incorporate into drill
-Add vision to drills, warm ups= dynamic with basketball in hand
-Idea of mapping the floor in chess game, keep eyes up is limited, open pass vs. good defense is 3rd line D- helper’s help
-Players are caught by surprise with lack of vision
-Players should know what they are doing before they catch the ball
-Film building IQ? 1st step of watching film is to watch themselves, in practice or games- Pause at moment of mistake and ask them- what did you see here?
-They will start to look for things, they will wait to have answers- DON’T TELL THEM, ASK FIRST
-Film will help them look/think through it
-Coaches need to teach players how to watch video, what they are looking for, to be a student of the game not a fan of the game
-Hoopwork= have questions and film for them
Do Not Give Answers, Give Questions
-Coach less, observe more- don’t constantly stop and explain- let youth experiment and learn- debrief and answer questions
-90% of youth practices would be games- not 5 on 5, but 1 on 1, 1 on 0 against a clock, some to score, some for D, the other 10% would be technique
-We focus on perfect technique before we move on- don’t do that, let them to do others, drills are boring, players need to know the why
-Games, determine needs, get the why, more technique
-Higher percentage of time in high school and college is skill work/development
-Only limits for you as a coach is your imagination- create the game and observe and teach the one thing that makes a difference
-Good rebounding drill is your practice- in every thing you do
-Seattle Storm did 1 drill, everything in games, music blaring in the background
-Coach speak= technical terms, Xs and Os
-Player speak= feelings, images, and stories
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