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PostPosted: 14 Dec 2017, 20:02 

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I have a fairly good gr 7/8 boys team this year. In practice they execute in the half court really really well but when we scrimmage full court they have difficulties. I am afraid this is going to carry over to games. The spacing is gone, the decision making is gone and it's like they forget what to do. I think a lot has to do with them always trying to be too fast. Any suggestions to help with this? The offence and defense are equally bad.

We are currently running a 5 out motion offense as well as some screen and rolls. We are also practicing a 1-3-1 to help counter act the teams that run a zone defense. For our defense we running primarily man to man but they do know how to play a 2-3 zone.


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PostPosted: 15 Dec 2017, 14:12 
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I would spend more time in practicing scrimmaging full court and then hold them accountable to run the offense and defense the way they do when scrimmaging half court. Blow the whistle and yell freeze to teach and keep emphasizing. You always have slippage when adding defense, moving to full court, and then going to games. You start fixing things in practice and then continue fixing during games and during film sessions. Sometimes if players see things on film they realize how they need to get more focused in games.

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PostPosted: 15 Dec 2017, 14:14 
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Something else we do is allow players only three dribbles on each catch. This forces them to run the offense. You can let the PG bring the ball up but they can't score... they must enter via pass. Then enforce a dribble limit.

You can also require lay ups only until 5 passes.

Lay ups only until 2 ball reversals.

Lay ups only until 1 post touch.

Lots of different rules you can implement to get them running things how you want.

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PostPosted: 18 Dec 2017, 17:05 

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Good suggestions from Jeff.

In terms of transitioning from defense to offense off a missed shot or defensive rebound, you can slow it down if you're not comfortable with your fast break game. There's really no reason to fly down the court if you're not looking to score off a fast break. I'd rather see a team control the ball and run their offense than a team screaming down the court and turning the ball over. I'd slow it down on the offensive transition until you see what you want in terms of them setting up and running the offense.

In terms of spacing, it's usually better to over exaggerate a bit so they understand what you mean by "spacing". Jeff is correct, have to run it in practice, stop practice when the spacing is incorrect and drill it into their heads.

Conversely, they ALWAYS need to be sprinting back on defense. The first two down court can call "hi" and "low". Low sets up around the free-throw-line and hi is above free throw line. Those two are doing everything in their power to defend the paint.

This guy has some good points on transition defense:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/haefner/how-to-get-all-your-players-sprinting-back-in-transition-defense/

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/defense/tear-butt.html

When you want some fastbreak drills:

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/transition-fast-break-drills.html


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PostPosted: 18 Dec 2017, 17:16 

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Thanks for all the advice! I will definitely use it. We have our first game this Thursday so I'll let you know how it goes!


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