Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense

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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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February 16, 2014

Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense

paulbiancardi@espn.com
– at clinics, watch things your opponents will run….learning how to attack them

Things to think about before your season | Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense

1) Spacing “offense is spacing, spacing is offense”
– do you maintain your spacing throughout the possession
– finish every cut with a purpose
– change the mindset of your team
– spacing goals
– ask yourself, are we maintaining spacing

2) Ball Movement | Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense
– goal is second and third side
– first side jump shots are a bad % shot (also bad rebounding)
– make the defense defend

3) Shot Selection | Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense
– no offensive rebounding
– trust factor goes down
– is your best player(s) getting the most shots?
– What are you doing to get them shots?

4) Get to the foul line early and often
– get to the foul line, create fouls on opponents
– when you run, you have a great chance to score and get fouled
– post offense creates fouls
– dribble penetration
– offensive rebounding
– make “attention getting cuts”

5) Make more free throws than opponents attempt

6) Limit your turnovers

7) Build your team around your team’s strengths each season

8) Practice and use your counters

9) Review and rehearse your terminology with staff and team
– Make sure players echo your calls

10) Screening
– do you talk, emphasize, and teach screening?
– bring speed to the screen
– be quick to set, be slow to receive screens

Zipper Offense | Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense
A blend offense, not motion, not continuity
– better to open too late, than too early
– change of speed, change of direction
– at any time in offense if you have a driving line….go
– do you have “bail out” spots on offense?
– Flare screen is one of the toughest screens to defend in the game
You must know teaching…..you must teach what you know!

Players need to know | Paul Biancardi Zipper Offense
1) What they are doing
2) How to do it
3) Why they are doing it

Every shot in dummy offense, must work on defensive transition….who has hole…who has ball?

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