One of the most popular late game actions run by teams is the Hammer action. It has become prevalent amongst many NBA teams and is run across all of Europe. It is probably most associated with the San Antonio Spurs. Hammer action is a simple action. Teams have become...
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Finding Mastery: Conversations with Michael Gervais. He has some amazing guests from a wide variety of fields- from business to sport to military and more. Every one of his podcasts that I have listened to I have thoroughly...
At any level of basketball, there are great advantages that come from instead of expanding the playbook, growing an offense that consists of 3 or 4 players who all have a wide variety of off-ball scoring actions. Even the most average playmaker, if given a spaced...
Ed Cooley is one of college basketball’s most underrated x and o coaches. His skill for drawing up after timeout sets was on full display this past weekend against a very good Marquette team. With 10.3 seconds left in the half and up 8, Providence had the ball...
This is something we have been working towards for a looooong time. In fact, this project started 3 years ago. Our first version had some good points and some that were a little clunky. Even though plenty of coaches saw it for the great resource it was, we knew it...
In the modern age of basketball, with the amount of three’s we see go up from night to night. One thing that is often barely even brushed upon is how important scoring the ball 5 feet and in can be. Being with the two solid ways, layups created various ways which...
7:51 left in the 3rd quarter- Lakers 71- Warriors 57. Lebron James gets injured and leaves the game. No Lebron? No problem for the Warriors who looked lackadaisical and trailed the whole game. The response to James leaving…an immediate 19-7 run by the Warriors to cut...
Earlier this year, a Golden State Warrior broke another record. Klay Thompson who had been in struggling to make shots so far this year, set a new NBA single-game record with 14 3-pointers en route to 52 points. And whose record did he break? His teammate,...
Zone Attack When NC State took on Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt employed a couple of different kinds of zone. NC State ran a great out of timeout zone set, enabling the guard on top to attack down the middle of the zone and setting up an easy lob at the rim. Finding the...
