basketball training

Game day tactics

Team split into 2 talls, 2 smalls, 1 mid.
Mid floats as small-tall
Defense
Talls move fast on transition from offense to defense to man the rim.
Smalls harrass ball carriers - no guarding.
Push ball carrier back to edge of court to half way line.
If carrier cornered. Mid to join.
Force ball carrier to turn their back.
Talls man on man on talls.
If ball is passed to tall - force ball back to half court or reset to zone.
If opposition playing aggressive in zone - reset to zone defense.
Offense
Smalls carry ball from defense and distribute to leading & cutting talls
Smalls work as unit with mid - do not abandon in back half
Smalls remain as unit coming in.
Non ball carriers talls and mid make cuts - every two, to three seconds within 3 meters.
If talls blocked shot, or failed shot - jelly fish back out. Reset.

Repeated attempts under the rim, lack of pushing ball out, lack of body work, lack of one shot focus
Lack of zone defense - ARMS UP
Too much muck around - lack of drive.

Paint corner layup. Knock out.
Bounces - so further out, 2 steps layup knockout.
Silent Netball - no paint, shoot from outside paint inside 3 point. Everyone must go in to get loose ball and end up in paint.
Jelly Fish Drive - shoot only in paint 3:5 - smalls must come in to receive, cross with talls and talls come back in smalls back out.
Back slaps
Free ball.

2026-08-01 vs Banyule U13 Boys 03

Defense 1

Initially opposition small players were allowed to be free in space outside defensive players. Gave them time to shoot 3 pointers or pass to talls inside who scored.
Responded with our smaller players harassing instead of guarding. Asked players to double or triple team them to block passes and shots and force turnover.
Need to ask taller players left in key to zone defend as unit for loose pass.
Talls must hard guard opponents in offense.

Tall players to attack rebounds in defense as hard as offense. No second chances.

Offense 1

Attack rim on fast break with all players
When fast break fails set up, slow down. Round the world. Train lateral cuts across top of key.
Repeated rebounds from under rim cost points.
Talls under rim, rebounds to come out - "Jelly Fish"
Smalls closer in, pressed 1-2 meter from key.
Passing, bouncing. Bad, lazy passes into the key cost plenty.
Take our time to find a good chance. Slow it. Use bounce.
No wild shots.

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