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7:43 pm
September 28, 2010


AT

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Hey Brian and fellow coaches,


Coach a girls varsity team, with in consistent foot work on the offensive end.  In the past I have done the “wave” drill where players dribble up to x line and perform various jump stops and pivot. This is kinda done as a warm up with no defense and all the jumps and stops are pre determined.  Not very game like.


Any ideas on how to make it more game like – reacting to a defender.  Should I go back to those block practices of jump stops intially and that go to more reactionary drills?


In addition there jump shot foot work is weak as well.  They have poor mechnics.  How do I bring this to their attention and is it a matter of rehearsing their foot work without defense and than adding in some reads.


Its been a while since I coached at this level so I am relearning some newer ideas any help would be appreciated


Thanks in advance

1:22 pm
September 29, 2010


180shooter

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I guess my first question:

Do the players know how to do a jump stop – are they able to demonstrate a jump-stop task when asked – or do they simply fail to execute the skill properly in a live situation or against defenders?

What is the specific problem? Can they actually perform a jump stop? Can they coordinate the jump stop with the reception of the pass? Can they coordinate the jump stop with the pick up of the dribble? Can they jump stop and land in a balanced position?

Same thing with shooting:

Is the problem the footwork or the footwork with other variables? Is the problem on the catch or off the dribble? Is the problem balance on the stop, squaring to the basket on the stop or something else?

8:25 pm
September 29, 2010


AT

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In response to the first question


Do the player know how to jump stop………..It seems they have a hard time when they are guarded. It seems that in as an isolated skill they do okay but when you add the demands of a defence and dribbling the ball and looking up they become off balance and not in control…like they are thinking about too many things.  I guess the skill may still be new to them so them are “thinking” too much about the entire enviorment and it overloading the capabilities?


As for the shooting………… It is a bit a booth, some players have footwork that is poor in shooting drills, bad foot postion over extended, they look off balance.

Other seem to collapse when having to dribble and turn a corner and shoot, as if they never thought about how to be on balance…they go off the wrong foot, shot falling backwards off balance, as if they rush to get the shot off without any concern about form just speed.


Does this help

10:04 pm
September 29, 2010


180shooter

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Personally, and many disagree on this idea, I would do drills that add contextual interference – that is, I would use defense in the drills or variable-type drills as opposed to standard block drills. Now, if they struggle, then I might stop a drill and use a block drill to review and then return to the original drill. I like to use passing games with no dribble. I do 2v2, 4v4, 5v5 as well as advantage games like 3v3 with 1 all-time offense or 5v5 with two all-time offense. 

Obviously, the focus is passing and cutting, but it forced players to stop on balance and use pivots to create passing lanes. 

Also, for an in-between drill, you can dribble to a defensive player who plays 1/2 defense, jump stop and make a pass to an unguarded player. This is more of a block drill, but it adds some contextual interference when stopping and passing. 

As for shooting, I'd simply start at the beginning. I move from the footwork for a basic standstill catch-and-shoot to moving straight to the basket to moving on a curve. I'd emphasize one at a time and work slowly. When working on shooting on a curl to the basket, I'd start with stationary shots and move to straight line and then to curls to reinforce the previous lessons over and over. 

11:09 am
September 30, 2010


AT

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Thanks


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