#Boom

Messages from this season

1) Put the team first
Don't allow individual concerns or selfish thoughts to go before your team.
2) Be glad you're part of something special
3) Playing to our potential, that is our goal no trust wins and losses
4) Don't let others define your success,(how many points did you score)
6) ITS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7) Look in the mirror, never out the window  -ER loser out game
8) The word favoritism destroys team, its my job to win games.


Find joy, then you will find passion

Post finishing

Trap drill

3 players

coach throws up rebound for designated offensive player, other two player trap and wall up, they cannot block the offensive players shot.


NBA Drill

everything in the paint 1 v1 or 1v 1 v1 first to score 2 buckets wins

Great drill for the walberg press

2-2-1 Reversal Defense breakdown


Coach throws ball to the side front 2 are in with back teaser player, ball is reversed through middle then to the side and advanced via dribble, chase down and trap with teaser help if nessacery.

Also, use film to re-enforce when effort creates positive things.

Steal this list, the Formula

1) Professional Organization= Uniforms, Punctuality, Gear.  Structure of Practices/games/trips, scouting, recruiting

2) Communication

over communicate with players both individually and in group settings.  Ensure everyone is valued and appreciated.

3) Recruit

Get 18 who can play

Freshman may have to sit for a year to develop, but that's because there's talent ahead of them

Get the right type of Kids= Buy Bentleys and we will put spinners on them

4) Preparation

Film, Scouting, Thoroughness 

utilization of hurl, screen scraping, film exchanges

5) Practice Organization

3 hours (weights and film include in that)

individual workouts added when needed 

6) Offensive Style of play

Lots of sets within a very simple offensive scheme

Very Controlled

7) Lots but little defensively

40, 22 then different presses

different looks, but not too much

Dribble Drive Motion Stuff

Okay I see you doing this but what do you actually run?????

Half court Sets= White reversal to attack, white yellow to Post, White roll too

Turnout cuts with down screens, 5 runs dribble weave

off post ups, teach perimeters to dive if defender loses sight.

From the first two months at the big school......

Argentina Closeouts(think Argentina passing drill) and you can add a 4th player to run in and set a ball screen.

     creative way to start a shell situation, only guaranteeing you begin with closeouts

Post player workout

    integrated pump and pivot series into post finishing

   workouts= sumo, pivot game, beachfront

new drills= beachfront with ball at high post 3 sec count, beachfront but set up hi low seal and footwork

The Moment Derrick Rose............

http://gotemcoach.com/post/18358811735/the-moment-derrick-rose-realized-hes-different

Defensive Language

Defensive Language

The three pillars of our defense

11)   Ball Pressure = We must be within 6 inches of the player with the ball, using active hands to force the defense to get their eyes down or turn their shoulders away from the rim.

22)   Rotation = when the ball is dribbled towards the rim we immediately have the closest player attack it, once the ball is stopped and passed out we cover out depending on whoever is closest to the ball. (Closest man concept)

33)   Rebound = we only allow one shot at the rim, once that shot is taken we understand that we must attack the basketball and possess it.

Alley = the outer fourths of the floor, defensively we want the ball to be there and we try to keep it in this area.

Pin = on the ball defensive stance when the ball is in the alley. Our chest is parallel to the sideline as well as our feet.  We keep pressure on the ball in this stance and try to keep the ball in the alley.

Middle = the two middle quarters of the floor.  We can never allow the ball to be penetrated towards the middle away from the alley.

Closeout = when approaching the ball from further than 3 steps away, we sprint halfway, then widen our feet and chop them in order to slow our momentum.  We have our hands up to take away a quick pass and discourage a shot, but we position ourselves to take away the drive.

Contest = when a jump shot is taken, we do not attempt to block it. Instead we shoot one of our hands up a try to force the offense to miss the shot.

Lane Penetration = when the ball is driven parallel to the lane line, usually from the middle.

Fake and Take = when on a corner player and the ball is driven down the lane, we will Fake helping/trapping/rotating to the driver, and then Take away a pass out for a corner 3.

Baseline Penetration = when the ball is driven from the alley towards the baseline.

Middle Penetration = when the ball is penetrated towards the center of the floor.

Run and jump = if our on ball defender is beaten on Middle Penetration, the nearest defender will attack the ball and switch with the previously beaten defender.

The helpside I = In order to split the court in half, we imagine a capital “I” drawn from the tip of the rim to the middle of the free throw line.  It has two main spots low I and high I that must be filled at all times.

Low I = the spot at the base of the I, this player is considered the goaltender and will be the first player to attack lane or baseline penetration.

High I = the spot at the middle of the free throw line at the top of the I.  Whenever the Low I is vacated on a rotation the high I player must sink and fill low I

Wall up

Midpoint = The point midway between your offensive player and player with the ball, if you are 1 pass away you should be at your midpoint.  If the ball is in the middle and we cannot fill the I you should also be at your midpoint.

Shrink = If you are 1 pass away from the ball you should not need to move to help on a drive.  Instead your positioning should be your help.  Your positioning should Shrink the amount of floor the ball has or sees.

Third rule = the stance we are in if guarding a post player when the ball is in the Middle.  We are in a closed stance with one foot towards the ball and the other towards their man in the passing lane to that player, a THIRD of the way off the post player towards the ball.

Fronting Arc = an arc extending seven feet out from the center of the rim, if an offensive player has two feet inside this arc we want to front them.

Front = stance we are in when the ball goes to the alley and we are guarding a post player.  The defender who was previously in third rule swing the foot closest to the post player over their leg, and while AVOIDING contact slides to a position where their butt sits on the offensive players knee and their chest facing the ball.

Airplane = when guarding against a high low action against a post player and the ball goes from an alley to the middle.  The defensive player front pivots on their top leg and while avoiding contact puts their top arm thumbs down across the passing lane to the post player, the they push the offensive player towards the baseline with their inside arm. 

Wall Up = the stance we get in when the ball enters the fronting arc, our hands go behind our ears and we only make contact with our chest and hips.  Our goal is to make a shot as difficult as possible without fouling.

Pop Back = Whenever a ball handler squares their shoulders to the rim or brings the ball into their shot pocket ready to drive the ball. We want to POP BACK which is hopping or stepping straight back to give ground and guard an initial drive.

Active Feet = When off the ball, we want to be prepared to read passes, so we want our feet loose and moving, so that we are ready to move on airtime of a pass.

Solid Feet = When guarding the ball we want to have our feet in contact with the ground as much as possible so that we can react to a drive.  If the offense throws a jab or some kind of fake we will POP BACK but never move horizontally on fakes.  This is the opposite of active feet.

Defensive Breakdowns:

1 v 1 Ball Pressure = Defender must punch up at the ball and force the offensive player to turn their shoulders away from the rim.  Offense has no dribble for 5 seconds.  Whenever the Offense re squares their shoulders to the rim, we want the defender to practice POPPING back to give ground and guard against an initial drive before climbing back in to ball pressure.

1 v 1 Up Downs= The offensive player with the ball will have the ball either above their head or down in their shot pocket.  When the ball is up we want our defenders into the hips of the offensive player as they are looking to pass, when the offensive player brings the ball down we want the defender to POP BACK to guard against a drive.

2 v 2 jump to the ball = 2 defenders will guard 2 offensive players.  The Offensive player will be 1 pass away from each other and pass the ball back and forth.  The defensive players will work on jumping into their Midpoint/Shrink positions on the AIRTIME of the pass. After 3 or 4 passes the offense will shoot and the defense will rebound the ball to end the drill.

2 v 2 sprint to help = There will be one offensive player in each alley and two defensive players guarding them.  The ball will be skipped from side to side with the defense having to sprint to Low I on the airtime of the pass.  After 3 or 4 passes the Offense will drive the ball baseline and the defense will ROTATE to stop the drive.

3 Man defend perfect movement = There will be two offensive players, one at the top of the key and one at the wing.  There will be one defender guarding the wing player.  The drill starts with the ball on the wing, the ball is passed to the top and back twice and the defensive player will jump to the ball on airtime.  Then the wing player will move towards the corner while the ball will be driven down the lane line for the defense to fake and take at the ball while not losing vision of their player.

The wing will now move into the post with the ball at the top where the defense has to be in third rule.  The ball will be dribbled to the wing and now the defender will avoid contact and move into a fronting position and bury the post player by pushing them down towards the rim.

Heart

Play with the left side of your chest

Important stories

All from victoria,

The trainer who said, "we're woeking together."

This is a team first program

Coach the 18th kid too

Don't let others define your success
They ain't there every day

Do your job!

How to be successful

Yurcich's blueprint is simple -- work hard, ask a lot of questions, the rest will unfold the way it should. -New OK State offensive coordinator who was hired by Mike Gundys after an internet search

Lock call

Whether its a zone press or zone trap, always a good idea to have a "lock" call to go man after 1st pass.

Remember when............

The best players don't need someone else to tell them to be great, they just choose to be great.

Act as if...........

Amateur vs pro

Amateurs make mistakes and hope to learn from them, pros make mistakes and lose their jobs.

Is do you like winning? Or is it your business?

Target managers

Average managers are reactive, they wait for problems to occur and then act. Great managers ar are proactive, they seek out ossues and take action to prevent them from happening.

See questions asked in job interviews

From graceland

You've got quarterback syndrome, you don't think we can get it done without you at the helm....

Are you interested in the yards or the ring?

Chip Kelly and DDM

1) Have a system that dictates but also has options e.g. when they take this away, this is now open.

2) Be ridiculously committed to efficiency

3) Assume your opponents are faceless, but they are smarter and better than you, they will also be luckier than you.  You cannot depend on your opponent to give you anything.

4) TEMPO

WAVES TEST JULY 2013

WAVES  TEST JULY 2013

Our half court man to man defense is called  _ _

 In this defense we primarily _ _ _ _ _ _ all screens.

The three major principals of our Man to man defense are:

When the ball is on the outer third of the floor we want to _ _ _ the ball handler on the sideline.

When the ball is in the outer third of the floor we the four defenders

 in the _ _ _

When you are defending someone 1 pass away from the ball your job

is to _ _ _ _ _ _ the floor so that the ballhandler doesn’t have space.

When we are in intercept position 1 pass away from the ball, we look to pick off _ _ _ passes.

If you are defending away from the ball you need to position yourself close to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , which is the spot mid way between your player and the ball

On the back of this page, draw a half court with a key and a hoop.  Draw the helpside I, then put the ball in one of the outer thirds and draw the box that all defenders should be in.

Our dribble drive motion offense is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

In that offense the most important principal is that we continuously attack to maintain an aggressive  _ _ _ _ _

Also in that offense when you are driving and you don’t have an advantage you should use a _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ then find a way to pass out and

create another _ _ _ _ _

In our dribble drive motion offense when we are behind the ball handler who is driving, our movement is called a _ _ _ _.

Our Post up offense is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The entries to that offense are _ _ _ _ _ and 1 _ _ .

We throw the ball to our post player when we see their _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

When the other team has a baseline out of bounds plays we are in our _ _ _ _ _ defense, in which we don’t switch or help on any screening actions.

Our 2-3 zone is two, our change up zone defense is called _ _ _ _ _, in which we play passing lanes.

 In the above mentioned defense, a _ _ _ _ _ call means we trap the point guard and rotate up to steal the closest passes, a _ _ _ _ _ _ call means we trap the pg but stay in our regular defensive rotations.

 On offense when faced with any passing situation in which you are under pressure, if you’re not _ _ _ _, you don’t throw the pass.

On offense when faced with a situation in which you can make a pass that would lead to a basket, you must _ _ _ _ your teammate score.

 When playing against a trap or other pressure, its important that you play _ _ _ _ and simply try to  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ a pass.

When we press people man to man we want to force them to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ up the court and not allow them to _ _ _ _ the ball up the court.

When we press if you hear _ _ and your _ _ _ _ , you go trap the ball.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery author of the Little Prince

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Mark Twain

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, its time to pause and reflect.
-Mark Twain

Texts to Pop during game 4

Shea Serrano: I sent text messages to Gregg Popovich last night during the game.

Me: hey,
Pop: yes
Me: do you listen to music before the game?
Pop: yes
Me: like what?
Pop: mostly a lot of method man
Me: gtfoh
Pop: really.
Me: YOU like the wu-tang clan
Pop: the what?
Me: um, the group method man got famous in
Pop: oh. my fault. Typo. Not Method Man. I meant Metho Dman he’s this Russian accordionist.
Me: that makes more sense
Pop: if I’m not listening to him, I also like to listen to Tygo
Me: you mean Tyga
Pop: no. TYGO. I hired him from craigslist. He’s from Yugoslavia. he comes to my house and just throws a bunch of pots on the floor as hard as he can. Really progressive stuff

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Me: 49-49
Pop: I have eyes
Me: nice little run there at the end of the half
Pop: I’m glad you found it enjoyable
Me: dude, I’m soooo nervous. How are you not nervous? I remember watching when you all played the pistons in 05. They did a side by side shot of you and larry brown towards the end of game seven and larry brown is vibrating from nervousness and youre just there like it’s a game in November. My stomach felt like there’s a small elephant in there and I was just watching from home.
Pop: I removed my stomach when I was thirteen
Me: dude
Pop: true story I got nervous and I didn’t like it. Stomach removal. Look into it.
Me: but then where does your food go?
Pop: food?
Me: goddamnitihateyousometimes

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Me: I think we should do some sort of prayer circle for tiago
[No response.]

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Me: this game feels like its getting away from us. If we don’t eat up this five point lead real quick the 4th is gonna be not that great
Pop: oh okay. Cool. Thanks. Because I was just gonna tell the guys that we should not try to catch up but now that you mention it yeah I think it might be better for us if we catch up to them and maybe even pass them
Me: man

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Pop: tell me more about this catching up thing
Me: come on
Pop: am I supposed to send Spoelstra a handwritten note letting him know what we plan to do?
[No response.]

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Pop: hello??? Please. Tell me more about catching up. I can’t get my head around it.
Me: leave me alone pop
Pop: do you think it’ll be easier if we play make it take it?
Me: …
Pop: what do we do after we catch up??? My mind is exploded. I can’t keep track of all these crazy coaching strategies you have.
Me: you know you guys are down by 10 right now right? Shouldn’t you be tending to that?
Pop: I’m gonna talk to david stern to see if we can put you in charge of coaching all of the nba teams next year CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT’D LOOK LIKE IF EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THIS “CATCHING UP WHEN YOU’RE LOSING” COACHING PHILOSOPHY OF YOURS?

Greggers

Grit

Grit is passion and perseverance over a long term period of time to achieve a goal.

Grit is living life like a marathon not a sprint.

Talent does not make you gritty

Grit is often unrelated or inversely related to talent level

Growth Mindset, failure is not a permanent state.  You can grow, it can change.

We must be willing to fail and learn in order to get better.

Facebook Post by Kasual KAS

If you have a job at McDonalds on fries and you don't work hard there's a good chance when you get that record deal or get a job at a major corporation you won't work hard ... You have to give 100 percent at all times so its instilled in you forever !! #workhard everyday

Difference between Football coaches and Basketball Coaches

Basketball Coaches play 82 games a year

Football coaches play 16

Less margin for error, more detail oriented.

Garagos first thing i want to know when I defend someone in court

I don't want to hear their side of the story,  I want to hear what the prosecution has against my client because that's what I have to worry about.

Selfish vs Unselfish: MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY

In basketball too much is made about unselfish vs selfish plays.

Missed a pass= you're selfish

Passed up a shot= you're too unselfish

How about this, instead of being selfish or unselfish, MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY.

Nobody calls a quarterback selfish or unselfish, they simply base his performance on completions vs interceptions.  Decision Making= did you make the correct play?

The two assumptions you must make as a coach

1. Everyone you will play is better and smarter than you= so you must play in a way that allows you to beat them.

2. You are the most experienced mind on your team= therefore you must show your players how to play before you can expect them to play that way.

Einstein

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I
stay with problems longer

TV Writing.....Top of the lake

The brilliance of good execution can be exemplified by the patience and precision of the set up.

The alley-oop needs a great pass for a spectacular finish.

Jamal Crawford on his crossover

Frosty Westering, Man in the Arena

Frosty Westering: Man in the Arena from Jason Ryan Creative on Vimeo.

30 for 30 shorts from Grantland

Arnold's Grantland 30 for 30


The Irrelevant Giant

From Coach Preheim's blog

Don Meyer: Close Out Rules

#1 Sprint half the distance—then breakdown;

#2 Close out short (bigger gap- 6-8 feet);

#3 Close out with your weight back;

#4 Hands up (take away shot), a. Body—no shot b. Position—no drive

Pick and Roll offense

Ball Screen offense starts with this........

Can your post players score one on one in the post?

Can your guards get in the paint and draw help?

Your kids have to be able to do those things first because for example if you play a bad team and they just switch pick and rolls then you have to be able to drive or post those switches, and if your kids are bad at doing those things then you won't score.  

To me one of the biggest things about playing this way is where a motion offense is run to try to catch the defense in a mistake (I apologize if that is too much of a generalization) Pick and roll offense has a solution to every action.  That is defense will have to leave something open every time you run a pick and roll and so you as a coach have to teach them to make the correct read for every scenario.

I liken it to a football coach teaching a quarterback to read coverage when his receivers are running pass routes.

In a nutshell the actual offense would be a bunch of entries

flat screen

floppy

baseline stagger

Iverson cut

into continuous side and high ball screens.  

In motion you teach your kids good off ball movement and reading habits, in ball screen offense you constantly teach your kids how to space the floor and get to a screening action.  

Then you can teach your guards some little tricks that can screw with peoples coverage.

Raylen Givens

When a plane crashes first always hits first and hardest

The best way to survive a plane crash? Don't be in it

When teaching guards to crossover.......

Guards must get away or by a defender when they cross, cannot stand still.

"when you crossover(ankle, legs, hip to hip) explode away from the defense"

Michael Carter Williams Syracuse PG

Would you rather have 20 points or 10 assists?

10 Assists, that means my teammates are involved and that's harder to defend.


All point guards needs to understand this dynamic.

Taking a Charge? Ju Jitsu breakfall

Ole Miss, same formation with different option out of the package

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW7hp7SiRsQ&feature=youtu.be&t=38m12s

The Tecmo Bowl Principal, very simple concept with a ton of options that leads to depth.

For basketball coaches, think about your inbounds plays, start with a base play that will work all the time, with multiple options.  Now why wouldn't it work?

They switch
They hedge and help
They run stick coverage
They run a match-up zone against it

Make sure you're players read the initial options then have counters to stuff they can't read themselves.

Growth Mindset

The brain is a muscle, it can be worked out, strengthened so that you can get smarter.

Nobody laughs at a baby cuz its dumb.

Fixed mindset= "I have a bad teacher"

Growth mindset= Working hard isn't something that makes you vulnerable, its something that makes you better.

The growth mindset can be taught!

Act like a coach, not a scorekeeper.  The goal is not just to win, its to get better.

Real change is often 3 steps up and 2 back. Failure will be part of the deal.

How to get better

Fixed vs Growth mindset

Do you actually think you can get better?
If you want to get better you must have a growth mindset.

Tortoise vs Hair= the longterm view will allow you to get better, to reach your goal down the road

I can tell you listened!
You worked hard on this assignment!
You got better today!
all growth mindset


You are so good at basketball!
fixed mindset

Enthusiasm

I love this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson about enthusiasm: "Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

Rodney Stuckey

Rodney Stuckey had a tough time getting through high school academically, but then when he got to Eastern, he made all big sky academic.  He finally got one on one attention when he got there.

From an away game this past season, in the home locker room

Bo Ryan

Coach Ryan why does your team have so many turnovers right now?

"Well we're trying to make too many great plays instead of just making the good ones."

Tom Brady and Russell Wilson

Tom Brady and Russell Wilson were good because they understood their first job wasn't to throw touchdowns, it was to not throw interceptions.

Jim Larranaga

We're gonna have more fun than any other team in the country,

What is fun?  It ain't screwing around.  It's playing well! it's showing out! That's what's FUN!

At younger levels of basketball

Usually the coaches who play zone defense at younger levels are assuming that the teams they will play are bad, the ones that play man to man are assuming that the teams they will play are good.


Key to being good at higher levels= assume everyone is better than you.

Dean Oliver the four factors from sportingcharts.com

Sporting Charts explains The Four Factors

The first of the four factors is shooting. Effective Field Goal Percentage is used to determine team shooting efficiency. Turnovers are the next factor, and Turnover Percentage is the metric of choice for turnover efficiency.

Rebounding is the third factor, and Offensive Rebound Percentage is the analogous metric. Last of the four factors are free throws. Free Throw Rate tells us how effective a team is at getting to the foul line and converting those opportunities into points.

Dean Oliver, who is credited with creating this concept, has assigned weights to each of the four factors. He has determined that shooting is most important (40 percent), followed by turnovers (25 percent), rebounding (20 percent) and free throws (15 percent).

Each of the four factors can also be calculated for the defensive end of the floor

 essentially expanding the number of factors to eight. Interestingly, even though it is possible to create an overall team rating with The Four Factors, one rarely sees the data put together that way. The Four Factors are most often used to compare a team's strengths/weaknesses to another team's strengths/weaknesses in the four individual statistical categories.