David Blatt on Coaching Basketball
David Blatt is one of the most successful American coaches in European basketball history and is the former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spoke at…
David Blatt is one of the most successful American coaches in European basketball history and is the former head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spoke at…
Coach Jim Boylen talks about his basketball defensive system and how to recreate an NBA defense. This defense is what they did at Michigan State…
I did a one day clinic in Brantford, Ontario that covered a variety of topics. I wanted to share my notes with you. I have…
I originally started writing this blog as a summary of a FIBA Coaching Library video on Defensive Transition by Andrej Lemanis. Coach Lemanis is the…
Defensive transition is always messy. It rarely unfolds perfectly the way we teach it. That is why we do no breakdown drills to develop transition defense. We use a games approach to coaching where we play a lot of 5-on-5 and 4-on-4 with multiple trips. This creates natural transition defensive situations to coach. One of the problems with breaking down transition defense is that it often creates unrealistic scripted situations that do not happen in a game. Here is a sample games approach 5-on-5 drill we use to start three trips. 5-on-5 Closeout ReboundingRegardless of what I teach in our transition defensive system, it never happens perfectly that way.