Brett Koremenos | Early Offense | Basketball Plays

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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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Basketball Plays | Early Offense

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November 1, 2011

Brett Koremenos is a new contributor to Men’s Basketball HoopScoop. Coach Koremenos is an assistant basketball coach with the Milwaukee Blast (ABA). I think that you will enjoy his posts.

Brett will be sharing Early Offense Information from his week from his Semi-Pro Team.

Brett Koremenos

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The following is a video I put together for the semi-pro (ABA) team I am currently working with. With the Blast, the head coach and I only have two practices per week to work with our guys. It’s a huge battle trying to implement pro-style concepts (that they need to learn to earn a contract at a higher level) in that span of time.

I am a huge proponent of working video of advanced levels in as much as possible (whether it’s individual or team footage). For all the NBA’s perceived flaws, it is an extremely valuable teaching tool, especially when it comes to spacing and pace, areas in which most players transitioning from college to the professional game really struggle with.

After implementing a few basic rules and “shot goals”, we gave them the freedom to go play. Admittedly it has been a work in progress, but we are making strides. However, after becoming too reliant on ball-screens out of transition I introduced “Triangle” to our guys. Named after the action in the play, it is a structured set that is a read induced option whenever we hit the trail post (Note: due to our limited practice time and fluctuating roster, we have since scrapped Triangle as a read out of a delayed/secondary break. It is now going to be a set-into-motion offense that we can use out of walk-up situations or when our guys need to be settled down.)

Before running though it 5 on 0, we had 5 guys at a time come over and watch the video. They got to see the set run in real time twice and slow motion once. My hope is that it gave them a feel for how the action should look and the timing involved. I then spliced in a few clips from the same game that are the type of shots we want to hunt in our early offense (first nine seconds of the shot clock).

I grabbed a few of our core guys that have proven to be our smarter/more respected players and asked them after practice for no-BS feedback on if the video helped. All three responded with very positive feedback, especially seeing type the quick reel of shots we talk about getting and the pace/spacing we need to get them. So that’s the what/why, hope the video inspires some positive thoughts for you.

-Brett