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Joe Haefner
This competitive motion offense drill teaches your players how to attack & come off screens, how to cut & move to get open, and how to make good decisions and take good shots. They also learn how to create shots for others, how and when to set screens on and off the ball, how to create space, when to clear out, and how to recognize “Gretzky” opportunities where an extra pass is needed. As you will read below with the “Get” series, it’s also a great tool to use during games… |
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Joe Haefner
Check out this article to learn about what Steph Curry did and some myths about early specialization… |
By
Joe Haefner
I really believe the tips and advice offered in this article can save your season. You can even end your season with parents giving you high fives after the last tournament. How do I know? It happened to me. Now, let me explain why I’m writing this article. I just received an email from a… |
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Joe Haefner
These two drill variations will help you beat trapping defenses. I really like to use this drill because it forces your players to practice passing out of traps. In practice, I found that my guards knew the trap was coming. So they… |
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Joe Haefner
Forty year college & high school coaching veteran Will Rey explains how zone defenses can help prepare you for playoff basketball. |
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Joe Haefner
Here is a tip that will help you get more steals on the skip pass with your 1-3-1 zone defense. In fact, you can use this tip with other zone defenses too. That’s because when the ball is in the corner, zone defense alignments are very similar for… |
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Joe Haefner
In the summer of 2009, I was asked to help coach some games for a 3rd grade boys’ team. We didn’t have any practices. It was just a fun way for the boys to gain experience. I immediately noticed one terrible habit. There was practically no passing and… |
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Joe Haefner
This drill will help your players identify scoring opportunities, work on skills necessary to effectively run a motion offense, and get warmed up at the start of a practice. In addition to working on skill-building, this drill will help develop your players’ IQ and quickly adjust to… |
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Joe Haefner
For the past 14 years I have began every basketball season by conducting a parent meeting. Every one of those meetings had one goal… |
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Joe Haefner
This is another great defensive drill that works on scrambling, communicating, helping on defense, and… |
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