Hoops Companion Newsletter - October 2022

Welcome to the 4th quarter!

It’s the 4th Quarter - only 3 more months left in 2022!

Although you’re in the midst of football season, it’s time to start thinking about your team and program and how this season is going to look.

Hopefully you’ll find a thing or two in this post:

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MOST POPULAR TWEETS FROM SEPTEMBER

1. 250 Shot Workout

2. THREAD: 8 Ball Screen Sets To Attack a 2-3 Zone

3. Double Dive Zone BLOB

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HOOPS COMPANION POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER

1. Pocket Plays and Special Situations

2. Flowing From Transition To Your Base Offense

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PLAYS OF THE MONTH

1. JMU BLOB - Back Cross

   𝙸𝚍𝚘 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 @IdoBasketball

   JMU BLOB - Back Cross

2. Chicago Sky ATO

   Coach Tony Miller @tonywmiller

   Sky like to start games/halves off with that stagger then immediately screen Candace Parker into the post where she can score or act as a playmaker/passer with an inverted court. #WNBAPlayoffs

   

3. Creative Hammer Set from Rio Grande Valley

Connor Harr @HarrConnor

Rio Grande Valley Vipers: Uphill DHO Hammer

Honorable Mention:

• Peel Switching

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DRILLS OF THE MONTH

• Face to Face 1v1

  Dennis Gates @coachdgates

  We call this drill “Face to Face.” We are working on quick decisions and finishing moves before the defense can react. We try to focus on high finishes when possible to work on scoring over length and shot blocking. #MIZ #WhiteboardWednesday

• Motion Shooting (UCLA Women)

Cori Close @CoachCoriClose

Motion Shooting: Drive and Kick reads out of the DHO today. Dribble, pass, shoot, rebound, footwork all included at game speeds. Great work & design @CoachTonyUCLA #GrowOurGame #DoTheWork

3. 99 Shooting Drill

Jared Berggren @jberggren40

99 Drill • 1 shooter, 1 rebounder, shoot all 3s moving around perimeter •+3 for a make •No change for 1 miss •Every time you miss 2 in a row (or more) is -3 •Shoot until you score 99 • Record your time Best time I’ve had a player get is 2:32 Try it out!

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COACHING LINKS/ARTICLES

• 11 Rules for Attacking a 1-3-1 Zone

• Different Ways to Play Open Gym

Chris Abaray @ChrisAbaray

Different ways to play pickup at Open Gym. Ways for players to find different challenges in the games.

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LEADERSHIP/GROWTH LINKS AND THOUGHTS

Dawson Dickson @DawsonDickson_

Are you addicted to the process?

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HOOP THOUGHTS/CONCEPTS/IDEAS

• Key or 3!

Positive Residual @presidual

One of my favorite charts of the season, showing how Becky Hammon turned the Aces into WNBA champions in her first season as head coach. In 2021, Vegas took just 19% of their shots from 3, last in the league. In 2022, they were top-3 at 38%.

• Fast Break Tips

Coach Battenberg @TerryBattenberg

5 Reasons your Fast Break is going no where: 1. Team is not in condition - mentally or physically 2. Fundamentals are poor - turnovers 3. Players don’t sprint the lanes consistently 4. Point guard dribbles too much instead of passing ahead 5. Poor shot selection at the end

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NON-COACHING STUFF

• How a Basketball Is Made

  How Stuff Works @HowStufWorks

  This is how basketball is made

  • A great question to ask your kiddos if you’re a parent:

  Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar

  I started asking my 12 year old son ‘who did you help today?’ instead of asking ‘how was school?’. He now starts his stories with ‘I held the door’, ‘helped a friend with math’, or ‘asked someone to sit with us at lunch’. He now proactively shares how he was helpful at school.

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BOOKS I’VE READ OR I’M READING

TBA

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IF YOU’RE GOING THROUGH IT…

Keep going.

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WHAT’S COMING IN OCTOBER?

• Creating a Game Plan for Your Season

• Attacking the 1-3-1 Zone

• ATO Sets

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