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After they understand the whole, use SSG to help develop the technique, tactics and possibilities within offense. For example once they understand neutral and flowing into "get action" than create a small-sided game, let's 3v3 must run get action, to develop their execution, and than reconnect it back to the 5v5.
“Conceptual offense has been muddied with too much. There’s just too much.” I’ve been struggling with “too much.” Thanks for simplifying the thought process.
Yep! Happy that connected and helped. Principles of play, some actions of neutral, and gradually add as they get the whole down. Check out the full video and course on Basketball Immersion if interested in more.
Chris has been a huge help to me, both as a former low-level player and now as a varsity head coach at a small high school. His philosophies just make sense, whether you’re playing or coaching, and I’ve seen my players really enjoy and connect with this new way of playing and thinking about the game. He’s helped me empower my players and myself. I can’t thank him enough for his approach-he’s been a mentor in many ways. Just feeling a lot of gratitude for Chris, his podcast, and his body of work. It’s made a real difference in my life.
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I'm sorry but what the hell? Is that Courtney Lee? I've played basketball for many years (never professionally) and i usually inbound, it just takes doing everything with care to details. How can you be this careless at THIS level. PS: I remember a game where i was injured and my team lost, this is senior basketball btw, we lost because we couldn't INBOUND the ball, because of carelessness.
We began to run this at the middle school level of girls basketball and it has wreaked havoc! Most coaches have not been able to break the code because it is so rare of a defensive look.
Love all the various notes. I am leading Pro Coaches Academy in Asia at the moment and we often discuss your content. Keep it coming and thanks for sharing.
i’m in the midst of watching old podcast episodes + fully immersing myself to ensure that my choice to study psychology with the intention of being a coach pays off to the nth degree so it’s only appropriate that you would make this statement + have this anniversary now. thanks for all you do chris!
Permanent pivot foot is part of the traditional teaching and limits players. It makes players easier to guard bc defenders anticipate which foot is moving first. Players can gain more space by stepping first with their left foot when going left and vice versa. They can also avoid getting jammed by defender when not taking a cross step first. The only reason “evidence” shows walks happen more is bc players aren’t taught to catch the ball on the hop. Using both feet gives players double the moves and makes them ambidextrous. It also makes them more explosive and unpredictable.
Yes, there are many actions inspired by the work of Vance Walberg and many others. The art of coaching is how you blend it all together to make your players more successful. Thanks for commenting.
Basic rules is must be 3v3 on the side only. Scoring system is up to you. Can value shots closer to the rim as worth more, or emphasize a certain action. You can constrain the defense, for example must switch or cannot switch to shape the offensive development. After that you can use any type of constraints to shape learning. For example, cannot do the same action two times in a row, or play with no dribble, etc.
Hi there! New to the channel! Love ecological dynamics. Wondering if there are any videos regarding education of intention and attention for primary ball handlers for seeing/creating space for drives and shots. Exploration of attack angles and use of deception/faints to create open angles.
Thanks for joining us here and for adding to the conversation. We have a whole membership community dedicated to how to teach better, and the use of various game based approaches to coaching.
It hard to follow with the skewed video and they had better played white against black, they were mixed now, which adds to the difficulty to follow how this drill. Too bad.
Here's a version I saw from John Calipari years ago that starts with the Coach passing the ball to a player on the run instead of the players initiating with a live dribble. Same principles ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yoQuCQSzc-0.htmlsi=9bFZiFS-ikRB-ePE (drill starts around 41:30)
Thanks for watching and commenting. It's a live and raw practice so it's authentically what it looks like for you and your team. Concept is explained in the audio as well. Dribble passed the defender cues the live play. Move players to variable spots to change the decision-making situations.
Reminds me of the"Blood" drills used by Vance Wahlberg and Greg Kampe when instituting the dribble drive. Great drills for transition, spacing, and live decision making.
