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"