Xavier As the season wears on, it is very important to remind your team to stay with its strengths. In our case here at Xavier, one of those strengths is our ability to attack in transition off of a missed shot or a turnover. One of our main goals in the off-season has been to improve our transition game. Our team here at Xavier has a blend of speed and athleticism which allows us to make plays in the open court. Our biggest adjustment was to improve our spacing in transition. Unless we have a clear advantage (i.e. 3 on 2 or 2 on 1), our focus is to keep the floor spread with proper spacing The other concept that all good offensive teams possess is ball movement. Proper spacing, combined with efficient ball movement will help to build sound offensive execution. Teams that set a goal to obtain a high number of assists tend to get great shots and as a result, shoot a high percentage from the field. The drill shown below is one that we use to improve our transition attack. BLOCKOUT INTO TRANSITION (with 12 Second Shot Clock) The drill is played live 5 on 5 full court. The plastic rebounding bubble is placed over the rim of the offensive team ( White team) only. Their goal is to run their offense and take the best possible shot in 12 seconds. The defensive team will only be on defense for 12 seconds. The defense knows that there will be a rebound due to the bubble, so they must block out cleanly in order to attack in transition. At this point, the emphasis of the drill comes into play. As they attack in transition, the Blue team wants to push the ball and attack with great spacing and good ball movement to get the best shot possible. If a great shot doesn t present itself in transition, then their focus is to flow into their half court offense. At this stage of the season, you will find that the quality of your passing will determine the quality of your shots, this will, in turn, affect your team s shooting percentage. Keeping your transition offense sharp as the season progresses is an effective way to solidify your offensive execution. We hope you are getting a ton of easy baskets this time of year. Often times, they can be the difference between winning and losing. Best of luck in the post season.
Dave Wohl - NBA teams do a good job of guarding the first option on plays. Offensive teams that finish the possession well and deal with the shotclock the best, are hard to guard. - Don t get caught up in just running plays. Teach concepts. - On our sets we don t have a 2nd option. We go into a pick and roll game. Whatever your offensive style, make sure that all players understand your philosophy. Define roles on offense. Answer the question for the players, How can I feel value on offense? - When coaching the Lakers, Pat Riley defined each offensive possession in three parts: early, middle, end. For example, our transition game featured Magic Johnson pushing the pace, the middle part of the possession gave James Worthy an opportunity to post, and each shotclock would end with Kareem. He defined players roles at the end of the clock too. Herb Brown - I like to see players cross under the goal in transition. This promotes running the floor. Larry Eustacy - Lay ups come off of turnovers. Well coached teams get back on defense. In conference play, early offense becomes ineffective because of familiarity and scouting. - Keep it simple offensively vs. a zone. - Getting into the bonus early is an emphasis with me. Put a premium on getting the ball inside. This promotes fouling by the opponent. Jerry West - Pass the ball ahead in transition. - If 85 shots are attempted in today s NBA game, I am surprised! - Put your butt down to slow down. - Work on the intermediate game by self passing. Limit your dribbles when working on this part of the game. - Run pick and rolls at the end of the clock, have less passes, put the ball in your best player s hands. Don t run high risk plays at the end of the game. John Calipari - I have found that it is hard to score in transition with the secondary break. I spend a lot of time teaching secondary and my teams don t score off of it. - I want to emphasize the dribble drive with my team because my guards are my strength. - If my team doesn t have 12 or 13 turnovers, we re not being aggressive enough. - My goal as a college coach is to have 5 players in double figures. As an NBA coach, I wanted 6 players in double figures. - The problem with motion on offense is that the wrong player has the ball at the wrong time. It seems like your limited offensive players are always open.
5 on 5 Competition Drill 1) Defense starts with both feet in lane. Offense starts at 3 pt line. 2) A coach shoots 3) Defense sprints to block out outside the lane, stop progress. 4) Offense attacks glass. Don t run to a back. Keep it alive. 5) Defense converts if they secure the coach s shot. If the offense gets a rebound and misses, defense converts as well. 6) Only one conversion, then initial team inside goes outside arch. 7) Scoring Rules - Coaches let em play. Very rarely call fouls. - Defense needs a rebound and a conversion (score 2 s and 3 s) - Offense gets 1 point for each offensive rebound on initial end. - After offense gets rebound they can convert. (score 2 s and 3 s) - If offense get offensive rebound and converts, teams stay as - they were and coach shoots again. 8) Play for a certain amount of time (5 minutes, 10 minutes)
3 3 5 4 2 2 1 5 4 1 A 1 cuts around the 5, 4 stack. Then 2 follows 1 and screens in for 5. B 2 and 4 both screen in for 5. 5 pops out for a shot.
3 3 5 4 2 5 4 2 1 1 A 5 breaks out as 4 comes to the ball. 2 pops out opposite. B 1 back screens for 4. 4 turns out for a lob from 3.