The Breakthrough Basketball Newsletter
Issue 10: December 20, 2007

Well this website is very helpful but, I would LOVE yall even more if you could have some more stuff that a person can do by themsevles.Just incase they don't always have a partner or don't play for a team but just some drills that in very a single person.

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With taller teams, we often front the post. Sometimes, teams with short, athletic players will press and try to push the tempo to keep the post players out of the game.

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the team we play sat. has two very tall girls and i have average height girls as post have a very short team should i use that to my advantage and spread the for and make there post come out and guard my not so tall post . my post can dribble and shot from the outside . but what kind of defence do run against the tall girls from the other team.

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Thanks for all !

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Hi Randy,

For press breakers, you can reference this page: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q1515.html

Other ways to improve press-breaking is to run overload drills. 3 defenders against 2 offensive players and the offense tries to bring the ball up the court.

Against the quick player, you may want to sag off of her or have the defenders off the ball be ready to provide early help. When she doesn't have the ball, you may want to deny all passes back to her.

Joe

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im having lots of trouble breaking a full court press the team we play sat. press the whole game or until they have a big lead does anybody have any suggestins or know what i can do and one more thing there point guard is very fast what kind of d should i run or do i just let my defender sag off of her

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im having lots of trouble breaking a full court press the team we are playing press the whole game or until they have a big lead any boby have any suggestins

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been playing basketball for 3 years now without a coach.thanks for the ebooks, cos i now have a coach.

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Thanks for your fantastic site. Using your skills and drills, inbound plays and heaps of other things made my u/14 girls go from being a 5th or 6th team in the comp to playing off in the grand final!!!!!

Keep up the good work and I'll keep telling other people about your brilliant site.

Australia Rulz

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i love your site.i learn basketball and teach to my player in iran.dont be tired and thanks.

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It's very Good ....

TQ for information ,I have nice day..

God Bless all

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Thanks for everything. This site made me a better coach.

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send me how to do conditioning.what is the mean of conditioning of Basketball.

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Awesome site!!! Great information especially for a new coach!! Thanks

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Dear team,

thank you once again for another excellent edition of porfessional yet easily accessible tips, tactics and strategies. Your guides are always informative presented in an interesting manner and offer great advice to all levels of coaches. Thank you very much for the wonderful service you provide.

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hi joe , i would like to thank you for the help you give for improving my baskeball,my relationship with my players .

god bless and thank you a lot

Maher

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I've always been grateful to the site and those subscibers for the information and comments. As a High School Coach i'm traveling to USA California Dec 2008 and developing a international network, and hopeful that i might ford communication with coachs before this date

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Very helpful plays and drills. Keep up the good work!

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More POWER... to The Breakthrough Basketball and to all the people behind this endeavor. love you guys. Happy Holidays

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please send passing drills

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Hai, i find your coaching techiques are very helpful to me as I am new at it. It help me to get a better views on how to choose the best strategy. Furthermore, most of the trainning methods are more game oriented so it make it easy for me to train the players in a game situation.

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thank you

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it's nice to read this, i like it very much and I learn so much. Thank You.

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as usual i'm overwhelmed by this outpouring of basketball coaching ideas. i am asking for a team to handle. come and try me with my breakthrough basketball.

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Great tips and drills, as a novice coach of a 5th grade girls team your site has been a HUGE help. Keep up the good work, always excited to get the newsletter!

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The same principles can be applied against any zone defense.

We have answered some of the questions about attacking a zone defense at the following links:

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q1518.html

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q1526.html

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q6-attackzonedefense.html

Here's another one about match up zones:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q1505.html

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Thanks heaps, all information so much appreciated, have a safe Xmas and New Year

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Looking at the offensive sets and talking about zones. What type of zones are these offenses going against?

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great stuff!

it's very hard to keep the young kids' attention.

it's nice to have new and fresh ideas for them.

thank you very much!

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Great website for new coaches:) Thank you for keeping me updated with new drills!

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Love the new twist on the drills. I have u-13 boys and they are always a little crazy at practice. They love competitions so the drills you sent this week will come in handy over the break when we have no games.

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With the terminology that we use, a "pick" and a "screen" are the exact same things. There is no difference.

So you could say "screen and roll" instead of "pick and roll." They mean the same thing.


In short, you should screen an "area" against zone defense and screen the "man" against a man defense.

Here's the answer that Don has provided about screening zones versus man:

"The second adjustment is to screen an area instead of the player. Since coverages change with ball movement, the defensive player who is defending a player when the ball is in one place, won't be defending with the ball in another area. For example, if you have a player on the block who you are going to bring to the wing, screening the player defending on the block will not be effective. You need to screen in the area on the wing where your player is going to cut to.

To be an effective screening team against a zone, you need to think as a zone coach, understand how the zone moves and what the coverages are and then screen, at the proper time, the areas where you want your offensive players to be effective."

You can find the rest at this question:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/qa/q1526.html

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Thank you! This is so helpful!

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This site is what I have been looking for. It
is great!

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A question: do you make a difference between a "pick"
and a "screen"? What is the difference if there is one?

Do you set a pick(screen) right on the man or on a spot?

Can you call "pick and roll" also "screen and roll"?

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I hope to receive many of your very interesting newsletters in 2008!
Thank you and best wishes!

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THX A LOT.ITS A VERY GOOD SITE AND IT WILL HELP A LOT

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I always look forward for your new letter, always supplies me with new inspiration.Especially those fun drills, which make practising much more attractive,martin from Prague

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Thank you. It's very good site

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Great drills - I am coaching a girls team with a lot of first time players, and although I played in HS & College this has been a great reference for me as a novice coach to refer to. I've used a number of your drills and the girls are picking up the skill and having fun at the same time. Thanks!!

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thank you . can i sent my opinion with drill & step that i used

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You are making good job here. We like that and follow your site carefully. Thank you for your good job.

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AWESOME website!!!!!!!!!!

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Thank you for all the help.
Excellent site, for help with your team.

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IT' S VERY GOOD SITE AND WE HELP US TO LEARN NEW THINGS ABOUT BASKETBALL.
THANK'S FOR ALL.

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VERY GOOD SITE FOR EVERY YOYTH COACH

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