In this article I'll describe a few quick tips on teaching your team a basketball basketball offense. The tips below can be useful for youth basketball coaches all the way through the college game. basketball you already know, the design and complexity varies from one basketball play to the next. Therefore, it's important to begin by choosing a play which won't be too complex for the team you coach. Once you have chosen a new offense to implement into your playbook you'll need to come up with a few rules to help your team understand the basketball play. These are just a couple of the important factors I'll talk about in this article.
1. Choose A Play Which Isn't Too Complex For Your Team.
This seems obvious and basically goes without much discussion, however, I want to touch on one aspect of the complexity issue. Since a basketball team is composed of five players on the court at any one time, we have to make sure each of the five players understand their roles in the play. Basketball players have different basketball IQ's. You could have a team of twelve players and eleven of those players could learn an offense very easily, however, If one of the five players you'll have on the court doesn't understand the pattern then the offense will be crippled. If this is the case you'll have to make a decision about weather or not to use the play. If you decide to use the play then you'll either need to sit out the player who doesn't understand it or spend extra time teaching him/her the pattern. This brings us to my second tip.
2. Develop Some Simple Rules For Your Team To Follow.
In my animation of the Flex Basketball Play I've included a few basic rules you can use to teach the offense to your team. For example, in Flex if a player sets a screen he/she will next get a screen. I just set a screen so now I'm going to get a screen from another player. These types of rules can be developed for most offenses and the rules really help players develop a pattern of thinking for a new play.
It's common for basketball players to get stuck while learning a new play. Many plays involve a great amount of movement and a few simple rules will help add some reasoning to their next move.
3. Walk Through The New Offense Without A Defense On The Court
When first implementing a new basketball offense it's a best practice to start out with a walkthrough. Line your players up in their respective starting positions and walk them through the aspects and patterns of the play. This is a good time to talk about the simple rules you've come up with to help them understand the pattern and timing of the play.
During the first few breakthroughs don't use a defense. Let your offense run the play a few times or in some cases many times to pick up the basics before using a defense to guard them.
Once the walk through starts to go smoothly you can add the defensive players and continue the walking speed as you gradually pick up the pace until your team is ready to run the new offense at full game speed.
We've talked about a few basics of teaching a new basketball offense which I hope you'll find useful during the season. Remember players will have different basketball IQ's just as they have different intellectual IQ's. It'll take some players longer than others to learn a new offense. I'll continue to add articles about this topic throughout the year because I know this is an area both coaches and players struggle with.
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