Getting the Post Player The Ball by Mark Chapman

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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September 19, 2014

Getting the Post Player The Ball by Mark Chapman

Techniques for entering the ball into the Post by Mike McNeill
Part 1
I would imagine if your players are anything like mine there’s at least one point during the season where you can remember your guards saying “I could get him (post player) the ball”! Most coaches understand the necessity of getting the ball inside, even if it’s not to score, this forces the defense to collapse and opens up things on the perimeter. Here are the tactics that Mike McNeill shared to getting the ball inside.

Post Triangle:
– Post player starts between the block and the hash mark right above
– This forces the post defender to guard either over top or under and thus gives the guards a side they need to pass to.
– Teach post players to pass away from the defender
– Post player must keep their feet active
– Move a step or two as the defense switches from top to bottom and keep the post defender shielded from getting a hand on the ball.
– This drill is set up with 2 guards, one on the wing and one in the corner. Have the post players working one on one inside to gain position. Let the post defense have freedom to go either side and try to get a hand on the ball. Guards can pass between each other until one has the angle to enter the ball. This drill is run on one side of the floor. (no lob passes)

High-Low Down Screen:
– This drill is run in a 5 on 2 scenario
– 3 guards on the perimeter that are unguarded
– Post players are 2 on 2 inside.
– When ball is passed to the wing the ball side post player should slide up the lane and position himself to set the screen going down to the opposite low block.
– Post players must stay within the lane area, they are not cutting to the top of the key, short corner or more than a step outside the lane.
-Teach post players to set solid screen and reset a screen if it doesn’t work the first time.

Mark Chapman is the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio. Coach Mark Chapman always has great basketball plays and basketball coaching clinic notes to share with the basketball coaching world. Coach Mark Chapman is one of our hardest basketball contributors on Men’s Basketball Hoop Scoop. I think that you will love the different types of basketball material that he will present us with on this basketball forum. Make sure that you check out his posts here!

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