Comments on: The Easy Way to Teach Basketball Offense

By: jijo

jijo — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:19:10 +0000

it’s very good article ,ihad been a player before 3years .now i would like to be a coach these things r in my mind and i give more concentrate to defence,i don’t want to know how my players take basket i just want the counted basket

By: jessedziedzic

jessedziedzic — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:40:43 +0000

Thats some educative read.

By: Coach Chris

Coach Chris — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:56:56 +0000

The Magnet Motion Offense System of BAsketball. SSi Defense Sequence System.

By: Coach King

Coach King — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:56:41 +0000

Thank you Don, I have asked alot of people for advice and this is the best I’ve heard. Alot of my players don’t have older brothers or sisters so they don’t have the background of basketball and it’s all so new to them. I do make sure that I have patience with the players because I don’t want to discourage any of them and I always keep positive and encourage them to do the best that they can do.

By: Don Kelbick

Don Kelbick — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:19:32 +0000

Your issue is not unusual. You are dealing with kids who do not have much background or experience. The have not had time to develop instincts or decision making hierarchy based on the limited perceptions that they have. In addition, they are still developing life skills such as space and time relationships. They cannot yet figure out how long it takes for players or the ball to move from one place to another, the effects of spacing and what the results might be. The issue is not how quick they are, but how quickly they process information. That only comes with experience.

First, you need to have patience. It takes a long time to develop the experience needed to act on those perceptions. But more importantly, this is a major reason I don’t like set plays for younger kids. As a coach, you want to teach they to play, not learn plays. It might take longer, but at this age, you have to allow them to experiment and discover things on their own. Once they have that experience, they can adapt to anything.

Compare this to your own kids. How long did it take them to learn to walk, to ride a bike, to play an instrument or to learn the alphabet or count? Why do you think basketball is different? No one was defending them when they were learning to count.

By: Coach King

Coach King — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:59:37 +0000

I could use some advice..I coach 6th grade girls basketball and when we do the offense without defense they run the play perfectly but as soon as I put the defense on they all run to the point guard to get the ball instead of running the play. It’s like the forwards can’t seem to get open so they run to the ball instead of getting open. I think that they are not quick enough to get open and that’s the problem but not sure..Anyone have any good advice for me???

By: Ken Sartini

Ken Sartini — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:57:00 +0000

This is something I saw Kevin O’Neal do when he was at Northwestern… he had 3 groups - they ran everyone of their sets without a D at the beginning of practice, everyone got a rep on every set. I used that after that… kids do get to understand things when they get enough reps.
GREAT article Don - good advice for all levels.

By: Coach G

Coach G — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:20:27 +0000

I used the 3 man weave , which I think can be very affective when it comes to open court fast break. Leading your teammate with good passing enabling him to keep his strive to the basket, without breaking his momentum .also as jeff mention the last person to touch the ball plays defense, which in my opinion creates defense awareness, totally alert of what happen on the court.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:03:57 +0000

I like 3 man weave, I stress making a good “lead” pass to your teammate. What I also do is weave down and 2 on 1 back. The person who makes the last pass is on defense, the other two are on offense. Also, when playing bigger players, boxing out is huge, you cannot allow ANY second shot opportunities.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:34:52 +0000

Advice for Gloudy,

I have Coached for several years against teams that were taller and more talented- however, we had heart solid defense and a will to win- instill confidence in your players- re-emphasize defense- blocking out is key - taller players they will go over there backs and the refs will call it. Get them in Foul trouble early by driving to the basket etc.

Also, if their man is unable to get the ball they can not score. Take them out of their game while playing yours. All players including tall players hate to be touched and are bothered by players that play a swarming defense. Keep talking as a team on the floor and if you are quick press them if you can to interupt again their game plan.

Finally, if there offense starts always with a pass in from their point guard I have also tried a box in one on their point guard making it difficult for them to get a easy pass into thier bigger players and then with the others in a zone type set we were able to box out better.

Good Luck