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FROM BILL RUSSELL: "The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot." FROM CHUCK DALY: "Defense can't guard two things in a row." And more from Daly, "The first shot does not beat you." FROM BOB COUSY: "Keep mediocre talent on a tight rein. Unleash superior talent, and let it run." FROM RICK PITINO: "Teaching transition defense is the most difficult thing to do as a coach." * Never underestimate the power of "peer pressure." A player is late for practice and you run him/her 10 laps. He can accept that with no pressure. However, you run the entire team 10 laps to "help him/her remember to be on time" and he/she has to face the peer-pressure from his/her teammates. Peer pressure is far stronger than pressure exerted by a coach. BASKETBALLSBEST CONGRATULATES COACH BILL SELF AND THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS AND PAT SUMMIT AND THE TENNESSEE LADY VOLS FOR WINNING THE 2008 NATIONAL MEN'S AND WOMEN'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS! FEATURED QUOTES: * "Anytime you get more out of yourself, you get more out of anything or anybody you come in contact with."...unknown * "You can tell the value of a man by the way he treats his wife, by the way he treats his subordinates and by the way he treats someone who can do nothing for him."...Ken Babcock * "The more they trusted me, the less I could afford to make a mistake."... Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director (b. 1950) "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."...Robert F. Kennedy "Experience is the name everyone gives
to their mistakes."…Oscar
Wilde SPECIAL STRATEGY IDEAS:
If you have a 15-20 point lead at half-time,
identify specifically what you have been doing on offense which created
this lead; your inside game is working because....or, your fast break
is working because. Continue with that exact execution. Caution your
team to not "let up" and stress the importance of the first
five minutes of the second half. Remember, the opponent will be hurrying
on offense and pressuring on defense. If you maintain "patience"
on offense, you will force your opponent to play "catch up basketball"
(the worst kind of basketball to play). However, avoid playing the
second half as if you are "protecting" the lead....this
leads to a lack of aggressiveness, few drives to the basket, and no
inside scoring. When you are trailing by one or two in
the last few seconds of a game, make sure you run a play that is
NOT complicated and that might result in a bad pass or mistake.
As few passes as you can make the better to get the ball in the
hands of one of your scorers. Then, give him room to operate off
the drive if he is not open for the shot. When that player receives
the ball, DO NOT SCREEN for him since a screen will allow a double-team.
A ball screen in this situation will also cause your ball-handler
to have to make a decision, something you would like to stay away
from. (GW) * Changing defenses often bothers good offensive players for it moves them out of their rhythm. * Show something on defense....do something
else. Show a man for man, on first pass go zone. Show a 2-3 zone,
on the first pass go 1-3-1. This was classic strategy used by Rollie
Massimino when his Villanova team won the national championship. * Be alert for defensive substitutions late in the game. You score to take the lead, call time out and get your better defenders into the game. If you are shooting a free-throw, you can make the substitutions without calling a time out. When you have a star shooter that your opponent is trying to stop, let him rear screen on cutters going to the basket. This will get him open better than downscreens or crossscreens. MORE STRATEGYAND
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