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How to Teach Transition Offense at the Beginning of the Season

November 5, 2016 by Jeff Haefner 2 Comments

This is my first official week of basketball practices — this week I have practices with 4th grade boys, 6th grade girls, and high school varsity boys… That’s a wide range of ages!  Yet I teach them all our transition offense the exact same way.  I start teaching our 4th graders the same way I […]

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Our Transition Offense. Super Simple.

October 7, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

We run a really simple transition offense.  I run this with our 3rd and 5th grade youth teams.  I also plan to run this with our 10th grade high school team this year. In the half court, we run a 5 out motion offense.  I mention this because I think it’s important for your transition […]

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I’m a basketball coach, skill development trainer, and Co-Owner of Breakthrough Basketball. I currently live in Marion, Iowa with my wife, two kids, and our golden retriever (Izzy).

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