Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition 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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December 22, 2013

Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition Offense

Adidas Coaching Clinic
September 29-30th Palms Casino, Las Vegas

Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition Offense

1. Full court pressure “D”
a. raise the level of expectations of your players
b. know other teams personnel

2. Tips for Success
a. Build Confidence, get players to work hard and they will do better
b. Hard work alone won’t guarantee success, but without hard work you won’t have success
c. It’s not the coaches job to make all the right decisions, but it’s the players job to make them work.
d. Read “Success is a choice” – Pitino (book)

3. Attitude
a. Talent – who are you surrounded by, surround yourself with talent
b. Teamwork – if the team is successful then the individual will benefit far more.
c. Tolerance – ability to get along, this needs to happen
d. You can control tempo in a game, Pearl does this with Defense

4. 1-2-1-1 Full Court Zone Pressure | Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition Offense
a. Makes you play hard
b. Exhausts your opponent
c. End of half is the most important
d. Disrupts other teams offense
e. Wants to be aggressive in the full court because turnovers will hurt more there
f. Builds chemistry
g. Let players sub themselves

Adidas Coaching Clinic
September 29-30th Palms Casino, Las Vegas

Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition Offense continued

5. Responsibilities – Bruce Pearl Uptempo Transition Offense
a. take away the quick corner pass with the 2 and 3 man
b. must know what the other team wants to do
c. Ballside has man principles, offside has zone principles
d. Ball side is the intercept position
e. The offside man is inside the lane with a foot and ready to pick ball
f. If you reach in you need to stay in
g. You need to read shoulders to see where the ball can go.
h. Key is to get into the press before the ball is in.
i. Work on 1 or two passes in practice
j. This is a one and done press, lucky if you trap once
k. Don’t press on missed shot.
l. Diagrams have everything drawn out. See attached

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