The Official Newsletter of Just Hoops by Shoot-A-Way
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Transition Defense - Kevin Eastman
Drills of the Month - Jerry Krause
Chris Beard - Why I Coach
Articles of the Month
Trainer Article of the Month - Just Hoops Highlights: Virginia Reading Screens
Play of the Month - Virginia - Elevator Rip
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Transition Defense
-Kevin Eastman
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12 Basic Tenants of Transition Defense
- On the raise of the shot, the 1, 2 & 3 get back. They would rather give up a few offensive rebounds to have a better chance of getting their defense set.
- First 3 steps are most important in terms of sprinting back on defense (beat your man to 1/2 court)
- Must get "below the ball"
- We are guarding their team, not our match-up
- 2 guys back are in a tandem
- 3 guys back are in a triangle
- 1st big back protects the basket
- 2nd big back "loads to the ball;" with the goal being to take away any seams and to stop dribble penetration.
- No buddy. Find the ball. Don't find your match-up.
- Get to "shrink spots." Do not allow any seams.
- Make them throw 2 passes in transition.
- Use your voices and your fingers in transition.
6 things that players can do to make Transition Defense harder
- Complaining to the referee
- Missed shot followed by histrionics
- Celebrating a shot
- Instinct of going to the offensive glass
- Player gambles and misses
- Player falls trying to draw a foul call
10 things that hurt Transition Defense
- Lazy first 3 steps
- Lack of communication
- A "my man" mentality
- Crashing the boards
- Gambles
- Transition offense at the expense of transition defense
- Long, easy throw aheads
- Buddy running
- Drags or Double Drags
- Cross match-ups
- On misses, they guard who guarded them
- On makes, they guard their match-up
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Jerry Krause -
Shoot-A-Way Drills
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250 Shot Program
- Hands = "1-count shot." Everything positive to the basket after the catch.
- "Quick Stop" with footwork = quickest way to shoot
- Step 1 - Rapid Fire Shooting
- 5 spots, 10 shots, 15-18 ft'
- If dip = stand next to the shooter & place hand facing up where they catch the ball
- Step 2 - Shot Fake 1 Dribble pull-up
- 5 spots, 10 shots
- Have player keep eyes on the rim the whole time
- Step 3 - FTs
- 25 attempts
- Get on the spot the same way every time
- Same ritual every time
- Make sure you have the same starting point
- Same finish every time
- Step 4 - 3-point Rapid Fire
- 5 spots, 10 shots
- Step 5 - 3 point pull up jumpers
- 5 spots, 10 shots
- Step 6 - FTs
- 25 attempts
Timing & Spacing
- The guy with the ball controls the play. Off-ball players react to the movement of the ball.
- Maintain 15-18 ft' spacing
Zone Shooting
- On the flight of the ball round your cut so you are going towards the basket.
- Add a defender to closeout so you are working on game shots, at game spots, at game speed.
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"What we have found overtime is that male basketball players tend to have to low of an arch so you have to use the net to increase their arch."
-Gonzaga Assistant Coach
Jerry Krause
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Chris Beard - "Why I Coach"
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- Second to only his father, the most influential figures in his life were his coaches.
- The day-to-day grind - the bus trips, practices, locker room meetings.
- Coaching Philosophy - 3 commitments from Recruitment to Graduation
- Every player to graduate
- Win championships - unselfish player, playing on both sides of the ball, team chemistry & high character people
- Becoming a better person and achieving goals after basketball
- Team motto's
- "Tough times pass, tough people last."
- "The mental is to the physical as 4 is to 1." - Bob Knight
- Why play for him?
- Relationships - "It's all about the players. Day-to-day take care of the guys."
- No mind games. Tell the guys the truth.
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Heartbreak didn't change Tony Bennett. Neither will his greatest triumph.
By: Jerry Brewer
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- During a break from the hugs, the kisses and the screams of joy, Tony Bennett gathered his team for one last locker room address. It was about 35 minutes before midnight. Bennett, modest as ever, needed to make a plea.
- “Put your arms around each other,” the Virginia men’s basketball coach recalled telling his players, coaches and staff. “Take a look at every guy in here. Look at each other. Promise me you will remain humble and thankful for this. Don’t let this change you. It doesn’t have to.”
- But he won’t let the national championship change him. He won’t let it change his program. Just as he showed over the past year while handling the lowest low, he will live the highest high with grace and perspective.
- There will be no snarky retort, no thanking the haters. There will be no consideration that, as a champion two months before turning 50 and an owner of 323 victories in only 13 seasons, he’s on the fast track to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. There will be no me in the celebration.
- From a journalist’s perspective, it can be frustrating to deal with how rigid Bennett is about publicity and fame. It’s also refreshing. He only gives so much of himself, and when he’s available, he is engaged and affable.
- Bennett received a text message from Dabo Swinney, the football coach of the reigning national champion Clemson Tigers.
- “Let the light that shines in you be brighter than the light that shines on you,” it read.
- Some programs claim to be spiritual, but under pressure, the curse words start spewing, and the demand for intensity, for playing with rage, becomes the motivational crutch. But that’s not Virginia. That’s not Bennett.
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ND Coach Muffet McGraw Says 'We Don't Have Enough Women in Power''
By:
Charlotte Carroll
- Muffet McGraw gave an impassioned speech on women's equality at Thursday's Final Four news conference after she recently said she would not hire another male coach for her staff.
- "How are these young women looking up and seeing someone that looks like them, preparing them for the future?" McGraw said. "We don’t have enough female role models, we don’t have enough visible women leaders, we don’t have enough women in power. Girls are socialized to know when they come out, gender roles are already set."
- All these millions of girls who play sports across the country, they could come out every day, and we’re teaching them some great things about life skills. But wouldn’t it be great if we could teach them to watch how women lead.
- Maybe it’s because we only have 10 percent women athletic directors in Division I. People hire people who look like them, and that’s the problem."
- According to a recent ThinkProgress article on McGraw, the percentage of female-led women’s college basketball programs had dropped to 59 percent in 2018 from 79 percent in 1977.
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TRAINER ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
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Virginia Cavaliers - Reading Screens
Understanding how you are being defended allows any offensive player to stay one-step ahead throughout the possession. Teaching points throughout this clip shows us the importance of turning a Flare screen into a Back-screen if the defender goes over top. If a defender "shoots the gap" vs a Down-screen, the cutter must get to the level of the screen & pop-back off of the screener's back. The toughest players to defend are those who can score with & without the basketball.
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APRIL 2019 VOL. 17
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