Basketball Philosophy

Basketball Philosophy

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01. Defense – Michael Jordan Basketball Training – Defensive Philosophy

A Defensive Basketball Guide for Coaches: to Force Baseline or Middle

To Force Middle or to Force Baseline that is the Question…on defense a coach must choose between “fanning” the ball to the outside or “funnelling” the ball to the middle of the floor.

Hubie Brown calls this type of decision a philosophy question, but I would have to say for high school coaches it is determined by your talent. I would like to present two of the basic theories used by coaches that force the ball sideline as well as those that force the ball middle. My hope is that you have a better understanding and can make a decision about what is best for your team. If you want to learn more about our online coaching community, then go to Basketball Coaches Club (www.basketballcoachesclub.blogspot.com) or email me at coachdeforest@gmail.com.

Why would a coach want to force the basketball baseline?

· To take advantage of superior speed and athleticism against 60% of your opponents and 80% of your league/district opponents

· To take advantage of your superior bench and force them to play more players

· To take them out of running their set plays and make them make plays instead

· To force an uptempo game

· To force turnovers for easy points

· To keep the ball on one side of floor so that you know where your help is coming from

· To keep the ball out of the most difficult place to defend (Middle; where is your help?)

· To keep your players aggressive and with an attack mentality

· Less reliance on learning how to defend all the various screening/cutting situations because you are not letting them reverse the ball and run sets

· Your kids only have to learn one rotation on the baseline

Why would a coach want to keep the ball off the baseline?

· To keep your players out of foul trouble

· To limit the play of your bench

· To prevent dribble penetration of a more athletic/talented team

· To prevent easy post entry to the post from the wing

· To force the opponent to run plays and out execute your defense

· To stop easy scoring opportunities because of poor rotation

· To limit offensive rebounds because of rotations on defense to stop the drive

· To contain the basketball and make players shoot contested jump shots

· No longer have to teach deny-help-recovery and instead teach recovery because the defender always starts in help (not denying passes)

These are just some ideas about how a coach should choose between which defense will suit their talent and experience for a given year. Of course a coach should teach what they know, but at the same time, it is the responsibility of the coach to learn as much as possible in order to have options for their troops when they go into battle. Prepare them the best you can so that your team can achieve to the best of their potential because you put them in the best situation to succeed. Defense is the start of that and I hope this article has helped you to better understand the two basic philosophies of defensive play. If you want to learn more or join an online coaches club then go to Basketball Coaches Club (www.basketballcoachesclub.blogspot.com) or email me at coachdeforest@gmail.com.

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which basketball player influenced you the most?

basketball player whom you try imitating his gamestyle, game philosophy, passion, etc. a guy who you can say changed the way you look at the game.

Well Dirk Nowitzki would be the answer for me, but

I don’t try and play like him because I realize I am a guard and he has an advantage being that tall and being able to shoot, although I have tried the one foot fadeaway in many games and I was a spot up shooter when I first started who then developed an all around game much like Dirk. Up at the court I was nicknamed “set shot” when I first came on because all I EVER did was spot up shoot like Dirk when I first started but then I developed an all around game like him, but still have the same nickname and my best quality is shooting.
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What really got me wanting to answer this question was the “game philosophy” part of the question. Before Dirk came in the league I was pretty much neutral for every player and had no official favorite but when I saw Dirk, I saw a once in a life time skill set and I just thought it was unique the way he played/ plays. He does things and impacts a game in ways NO PLAYER EVER has before and it made me look at the game in a new way especially for bigmen. Dirk lures bigs away from the hoop so that teammates drive without being blocked and there has been no 7 footer that shoots as great as him and plays a skillful like a guard as him. The guy handles the ball from the perimeter and dribbles through traffic like a guard and I even see him have screen set for him occasionally to pass off pick and rolls and for a 7 footer to have some skills like that is extremely unique.

He is a guy that when you take one part of his game away something else opens up. You guard him with a bigman and he will use perimeter skills such as shooting and driving ability to allude him and if you guard him with a small he posts him up and gets easy shots. This creates mismatches all over the floor for teammates and everyone that plays with him and his skillset gets better.

Kidd’s three point % increased dramatically playing with Dirk and the same for Terry and now even Butler and I learned so much things from the way he plays and it changed the way I look at basketball and bigman forever and that is majority of the reason he is my favorite player because he brought something unique to the table.

I mean with Kobe, I seen his type before, a Jordan type, with LBJ I have seen a Magic, Robertson already, and the Shaq to Wilt etc. but Dirk came with a once in a lifetime skill set like I said and with all of the above that is why he is the most influential player like I said and why I appreciate his game more than most people seeing a 7footer that skilled, mobile, and clutch

AND has the ability to shift the defense without touching the basketball and is arguably the biggest mismatch ever.

Great question.

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