Stop Reading The Defense… Do This Instead

Don Kelbick explains in more detail in this video clip from his Attack and Counter Skill Development System.



As you can see, the main points that you take from this video are...

  • Do what you do best. Do it immediately.
  • Immediately counter if the shot is taken away.
Let’s break this down a little bit further...



Do what you do best. Do it immediately.

Why does this work so well... It steers you towards things you are successful and confident at.

It eliminates indecision and improves reaction time which allows you to attack the defense while they're still scrambling and out of position.

If you think about it... isn't the defense forcing you to do that because you won't have as much success? That's what coaches do. They scout the opposition. Then they try to force the opponent to do things they're not good at.

So why would we let them steer us towards something we're not as good at... something where your success rate will be lower? Do what you're good at.

Own the situation... it's a mentality too.



Immediately counter if the shot is taken away.

As mentioned in the video, think about what happens when you attack immediately... and do what you're best at.

Well, your move happens more quickly now.

To stop your move, the defense has to commit. This takes more speed and momentum to stop you.

This forces them out of position.

And then BAM... you hit them with your footwork counter.

This makes it very difficult for the defense to stop, change directions, and defend your counter.

If you think about the other principles mentioned in the education series on the Attack & Counter Skill Development System...

Now, you add the “Do What You’re Good At” & “Attack Immediately” principles into the mix. Then through playing the game, studying the game, and countless repetitions, your decision-making continues to get better without sacrificing an aggressive, confident mentality.



Attack Immediately and Making The Wrong Decision… And Why Being Wrong Is Right... Dwyane Wade and James Harden

Here is another really positive benefit that you might notice.

When you combine the attack mentality with a fearless mentality, which Don Kelbick does, even when you make the “incorrect decision” from an academic standpoint, good things still happen.

So you can “be wrong” and still be right because you or your team still scores or gets a high-percentage scoring opportunity.

If you study Dwyane Wade and his Euro step move, you might notice the same thing. Don’t get me wrong, Dwyane Wade made the right decision plenty of times. However, there were also times that the defender would pre-mediate the move and position themselves perfectly. But somehow Wade would still score, get fouled, or sometimes both… even when the defense knew what was coming.

It was Wade’s mentality of attacking and his aggressiveness. “It doesn’t matter if you get in my way, I’m still going to score.”

In today’s game, it couldn’t be any more apparent than with James Harden. He’s going left and he’s going left hard. You practically have to position your chest on the side of his left shoulder to stop him.

In fact, study all players and the moves they scored on. You find similarities.

Their aggressive, attacking mentality made them great.

Also, by attacking immediately, you take advantage of the small gaps and small advantages. When you first catch the ball, you have your biggest advantage. The defense is still moving. If you wait for them to position themselves, the advantage disappears. Attacking immediately enables you to take advantage of the gaps and advantages.

That’s why you play better when you attack immediately, even if you make the correct read 70% of the time compared to not attacking immediately and making the correct read 100% of the time.



How A 4.3 GPA "Intelligent" Player & Johns Hopkins Graduate STOPPED Reading The Defense And Started Attacking... Then Turned Into An All-Conference College Player

I coached a player named George Bugarinovic who had a 4.3 GPA and graduated from Johns Hopkins University for a medical degree. Yeah... he is super intelligent.

When we went over game film and strategies during practice, he knew how to do things.

However, he had a big problem. He thought way too much and reacted indecisively. In fact, he looked like a robot trying to read the defense.

Over time, coach Dwight Williams did a great job of getting him to attack and be more decisive. He told George to stop thinking so much.

And it worked... George went on to have 10 points and 20 rebounds in the 6A Kansas state championship game. The game went down to the wire and we ended up losing to powerhouse Wichita Heights. I think they ended the season ranked #12 in the country and won four state championships in a row.

And George battled future NBA draft pick Perry Ellis who starred at Kansas and Evan Wessels who played at Wichita State. No easy task!

George rode this momentum and went on to become an all-conference player in college at Johns Hopkins University. He even won the prestigious Jostens Award Trophy awarded to only one male athlete in the country.

Additionally, this concept helped me when training a player named Kyle Wolf. Kyle developed into a High School Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Missouri. His freshmen year, he started some games and was a contributor to a National Championship team at the University of Central Missouri. In 2016, he even set the school record for 9 three point shots made during one game.



Even if you think we're bonkers...

Even if you think "Attack Immediately", "Do What You're Good At", and "Mapping" are not for you, it really doesn't matter.

If you ignore the mentality and just focus on the way that he teaches skill development, footwork, and counters, your team will still improve quite a bit.

Just the skill development side of his system...

  • Develops basketball moves faster and accelerates and simplifies skill development.
  • Teaches you how to use inertia to improve accuracy and shooting range.
  • Helps you beat their defender off the dribble by being more effective with their feet.
  • Reduces travels by developing better balance.
  • Develops better strength to finish through contact.
  • Develops counter moves that lead to more scoring because it takes advantage of the positioning of the defense.
  • Focuses on progressions and drills that happen the most frequently during games. That way, you're not spending time on things that happen infrequently or other fluff.
  • Improves shooting percentages by focusing on progressions that are the most efficient shots.



How To Get Better... Almost Immediately

If you want to learn more, check out Don Kelbick's Attack & Counter Player Development System. He shows you how to learn the system step by step.

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