{"id":6978,"date":"2012-01-21T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T20:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2016-01-18T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:19:40","slug":"basketball-plays-jeff-van-gundy-transition-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/basketball-plays-jeff-van-gundy-transition-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Plays | Jeff Van Gundy | Transition Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeff Van Gundy’s Basketball Plays<\/h2>\n

I am going to talk about a bunch of different things.\u00a0 I am going to talk about my basic philosophy and how I believe that it is important to have your team can repeat back to you.\u00a0 The first four things that I have are quotes from coaches and even Albert Einstein.<\/p>\n

I really like Albert Einstein\u2019s first statement and I always try to do this quote.\u00a0 \u201cBeing as simple as you can\u2026.. And no simpler\u201d. You can be really simple and just run one offense and one defense.\u00a0 I think that is too simple.\u00a0 I think most coaches make this mistake and that is not narrowing down to the most basic concept that you need to achieve each day and we waste practice time on needless drills.\u00a0 We try to waste too many possessions in a basketball game trying to trick people way too much.<\/p>\n

I was an assistant coach and we were coming in to play the NBA Houston Rockets.\u00a0\u00a0 They beat us in the NBA Finals. We had an old assistant coach named Dick Harter and he would have been a great coach in any sport.\u00a0 We were double teaming Hakeem Olajuwon <\/em>the first three games and doing a great job, but game four then he started to bust our ass.\u00a0 Pat Riley was the Head Coach of the NBA New York Knicks and was so frustrated with Hakeem Olajuwon<\/em>.\u00a0 Pat Riley said what we are going to do with him.\u00a0 Dick Harter said that we would \u201csubstitute\u201d.\u00a0 We are the New York Knicks and not the New York \u201cTricks\u201d.<\/p>\n

I am not sure that you have to be that simple, but being simpler is better.\u00a0 A quote from Bill Parcells is \u201cYou have to know what loses\u2026.. Before you understand what wins\u201d. I really believe that.\u00a0 I think that most players don\u2019t understand what loses games in any sport.\u00a0 You have to know what gets you beat.\u00a0 You don\u2019t beat yourself then you will over-achieve.<\/p>\n

Bill Walsh had a third quote that is my third one.\u00a0 \u201cYou have to get players to do what they don\u2019t want to do in order to achieve what they want to achieve.\u201d In a basketball sense, then you have to get them to guard which they really don\u2019t want to do.<\/p>\n

The next one is a Tony Dungy quote.\u00a0 \u201cYou can be uncommon as an athlete.\u00a0 Be born with un-natural athletic ability or be un-common with doing what every should do or won\u2019t do\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 I have a daughter that is a sophomore and I tell her what I think.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She thinks that I know nothing about nothing.\u00a0 She tells me that I can\u2019t shoot.\u00a0 I tell her that you haven\u2019t earned the right to be upset.\u00a0 You haven\u2019t practiced on your jump shot.\u00a0 You don\u2019t deserve to be upset.\u00a0 She thinks that she is supposed to make shots since she plays in the game.\u00a0 She hates Tony Dungy because I quote him all the time.\u00a0 What could you do and should you do to be a better shooter?\u00a0 You could practice before or after school\u00a0\u00a0 just turn off the Facebook, the phone, the music, and go to the gym.\u00a0 Just get better.<\/p>\n

The last one is this quote.\u00a0 It is great for high school coaches that want to coach on the collegiate level.\u00a0 \u201cKnow who you can coach successfully\u201d.\u00a0 Larry Brown said that a long time ago.\u00a0 I don\u2019t come to the conclusion that I don\u2019t do \u201csoft, selfish, or stupid\u201d well.\u00a0\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean stupid like as academics.\u00a0 One of the smartest players from the NBA New York Knicks taught me this stuff.\u00a0 We would have older men trying to get autographs to sell them all the time when we got back home.\u00a0 They would bring their kids at 3 am to get autographs.\u00a0 They wouldn\u2019t care if their kid had school the next day.\u00a0 Not a big priority for them.\u00a0 This kid runs up to this great player and says, \u201cCan I have your autograph?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Sure what is your name, \u201cMarc with a C\u201d?\u00a0 The great player wrote \u201cMark with a K\u201d.\u00a0 My point is that you don\u2019t have to be a rocket sciences, but just a smart player.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t make that up.<\/p>\n

Here is what I believe in.\u00a0 I believe in pop quizzes.\u00a0 I make them recite back what we believe in.\u00a0 If they repeat the question back to me then.. Then I ask them do you not have a clue what we believe in.\u00a0 If they ask a simple question back to you then they have no clue what you believe in.<\/p>\n

Here is what I believe in:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Defend<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Low Turnovers<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inside \/ out play<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Best shot.<\/p>\n

That is what I recite back to my team all the time.\u00a0 Our goals\u00a0 in defense are that we have no layups, limit free throws, and limit three point attempts.\u00a0 If we did that then we will leave teams with contested two point jumpshots.\u00a0 You win that way.<\/p>\n

I became a high school coach after college and thought that I knew everything.\u00a0 High School coaches think that they know it all.\u00a0 I had a good team and was 1-7.\u00a0 I realized how important that it was to give my players a good plan.\u00a0 We had good players, but I didn\u2019t have a good plan for them.\u00a0 We were a tad slow, but smarter and better shooters than everyone.\u00a0 We would play athletic competition and I had them pressuring the ball and deny the wings.<\/p>\n

Everyone says \u201cball pressure and deny the wings\u201d everywhere I go.\u00a0 If you aren\u2019t more athletic then why would you would want to open up the floor and let people drive to the rim?\u00a0 Which leads to layups, free throws and foul trouble for your better players?\u00a0 It ended up bad defensively and 1-7.\u00a0 I thought I had all the answers, but had to change.\u00a0 I decided that we would pick up at the three point line.\u00a0 Help defenders had a foot in the paint. It seems simple, but very effective.\u00a0 We got good very quickly and didn\u2019t have the foul trouble.<\/p>\n

I watch my daughter play these fall games and can\u2019t stand to be around these parents.\u00a0 They know me and asked me why their kid isn\u2019t playing.\u00a0 I am honest with them and tell they she sucks.\u00a0 They can\u2019t understand why I would say that.\u00a0 Here is what I would tell my NBA players when they asked it.\u00a0 \u201cI feel that he gives us a better chance to win\u201d.<\/p>\n

How do you get more playing time?\u00a0 Give us a better chance to win.\u00a0 I am watching my little girl that is 5\u20195\u2019\u2019, slow, and can\u2019t rebound in her life.\u00a0\u00a0 Their team shoots and my little girl goes to the boards.\u00a0 She has never gotten an offensive rebound in her life.\u00a0\u00a0 The other team is getting numbers every time.\u00a0 The other team crashes the everyone to the boards too every time.\u00a0\u00a0 I told her after the game that she could help her team if she got back.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She says, \u201cI thought that you should follow your shot?\u201d\u00a0 I said listen, I have never heard that you should follow your shot except for an inside player.\u00a0 You heard that from the parents, right?\u00a0 Yes, daddy.\u00a0 It\u2019s a stupid thing like when parents say \u201chands up\u201d Are you kidding me?\u00a0 I can\u2019t believe that more coaches haven\u2019t killed parents.\u00a0 \u201cHands up\u201d is stupid, now \u201chands wide\u201d is ok\u2026 Who comes up with this stuff?<\/p>\n

It starts with Transition Defense.\u00a0 Your best defense is a good offense.\u00a0 Your best offense matches your defense.\u00a0 I guarantee that you aren\u2019t giving enough attention to transition defense.\u00a0 I am not talking about doing a bunch of drills.\u00a0\u00a0 I will tell\u00a0 you all that all the \u201c2-1, 3-2, adding a person in\u201d drills are good, but I think they more that you\u00a0 narrow down drill wise and up the responsibility \u00a0and level of accountability doing their 5 on 5.\u00a0 My big thing is transition defense.\u00a0 I am not giving up layups, limit our fouling, and limit three point attempts.\u00a0 Every shot is a contested two point shot.<\/p>\n

For Transition Defense, You need to not turn the ball over, get reasonable shots, and get floor balance.\u00a0 Floor balance is an old fashion term.\u00a0\u00a0 We send back as many players as needed so we don\u2019t have transition layups, free throws, or three point attempts.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care if I have to send everyone back.\u00a0 I am not getting beat back.\u00a0 Everyone has a set amount of players to send back, but if we are over matched then I will send the whole damn squad back.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe that you can only send one or two players back for transition defense.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think that you can guard the transition \u201cthree point attempt\u201d with two.\u00a0 I believe that it must be a triangle.\u00a0 If you commit to transition defense then you must send three back at least.<\/p>\n

I had players in the NBA like Steve Francis.\u00a0 He was a nice guy and funny guy.\u00a0 I would be up his ass about driving it and getting back.\u00a0 He would say that it is hard to drive it to the rim and get bumped and knocked down\u2026. Still getting back.\u00a0 I would say that is why I pay you $14 million.\u00a0 Lol.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that damn hard!\u00a0 Let\u2019s say it goes to the wing and they shoot it.\u00a0 You have to ask yourself when you are sending your team back.\u00a0 We are going back on the raise of the shot.\u00a0 The offside two perimeter defensive guys are sprinting back to the block.\u00a0\u00a0 Every good transition offense will try to outlet it high than three point line and have a rim runner.\u00a0 They will push it down the floor.<\/p>\n

The top defender picks up on one step above the three point line.\u00a0 The ball side defense inches out to defend the three point attempt.\u00a0 X 3 steps in to cover the paint.\u00a0 X 4 will kick X3 out to guard the three point attempt.\u00a0 X4 will yell \u201ckick out\u201d and body the post player.\u00a0\u00a0 Even numbers are always to the advantage of the offense.\u00a0 The key to transition defense come down to good decision by perimeter players and great effort by your bigs.<\/p>\n

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X5 will \u201cload\u201d and try to help out the ball defender at the free throw line. \u00a0X5 will also help on any ball screens and talk.\u00a0\u00a0 The trail \u201cbig\u201d needs to help \u201chit\u201d the point guard.\u00a0 If we ever get the ball out of the point guard\u2019s hands then we deny it back.\u00a0 It\u2019s the only time that we do it.<\/p>\n

I want to get the ball out of a superior point guard\u2019s hands.\u00a0 The \u201cHit\u201d is when the trailer big comes over \u201cstunting\u201d and trying to get the ball out of the superior point guards hands.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want to get in a \u201ctrap and rotate\u201d where we over extend our defense.\u00a0 We want to come at the point guard very slow and decise where we get him to pick the ball up and throw the ball to a Big.\u00a0 We would rather have the Post player making a decision with the basketball than the superior point guard.\u00a0 We would stunt and get active hands and when the ball goes to the trailer \u201cbig\u201d,\u00a0 X3 will stunt at 5 when 5 attacks the lane.\u00a0 X3 tries to slow down 5 so that X5 can recover.<\/p>\n

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This is one of the few times that I would be in denial defense.\u00a0 When we \u201chit\u201d a\u00a0 point guard then we deny the ball back to him.<\/p>\n

I hate how most teams \u201cdeny\u201d.\u00a0 Something like up the line, on the line.\u00a0\u00a0 We always want \u201ccontact\u201d denial till the big man throws another pass. I don\u2019t think that 3 on 2 \/ 2 on 1 happens as much as 4 on 4.<\/p>\n

Good offense starts with getting the ball in the paint.\u00a0 Good defense starts with keeping the ball outside of the paint.\u00a0 We are in contact denial until the 5 man passes the ball away from the point guard.<\/p>\n

This is how we would drill transition defense.\u00a0 When we are going to drill transition defense then we are going to run 5 on 4 scramble.<\/p>\n

This is part 1 of a two part series on Jeff Van Gundy and Defense.<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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