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2025 1st Quarter Review

With another season in the books, it’s time to pause and reflect before diving into offseason prep. After months of practices, road trips, and late-night film sessions, the offseason offers a chance to reassess and recharge. Below, you’ll find a recap of some of the most viewed SGTV content you may have missed during the grind. Each concept includes videos, newsletters, and bonus material to help you rethink and retool for next season. Let’s dive in! *Get unlimited access to all the content provided below by becoming an SG+ Member! Most Viewed Defensive Breakdowns of the Quarter 🥇 Joe Gallo – Extended Zone

Play the “Hits”

In the spirit of March Madness, one of the biggest gambling events of the year, we’re “doubling down” on what has become one of our most dissected defensive strategies of late—”Hits.” Over the last few years, we’ve amassed several different “Hit” strategies for coaches to consider as a way to gain an extra possession, play the expected PPP odds, and/or disrupt an offense’s reliance on primary shot creators. Originally introduced to us on the podcast by Coach Nate Babcock, who championed the merits of “Hitting” during end-of-quarter/halftime possessions as a strategy to take the offense out of their late-clock ISO/PNR concepts and bait

Preventing the Triple Switch

This time of year, it’s always worth a second, third, or even fourth look at offensive strategies aimed at attacking defensive switching in the ballscreen. This is especially true as teams begin facing opponents multiple times in a season, as switching can become a powerful tool to disrupt offensive flow and stymie sets or actions late in the year. In past newsletters, we’ve highlighted offensive strategies to exploit the perimeter mismatches, like “Drive the Wake” {🔒}… or through a variety of dribble pitches to attack the big on the perimeter {🔒}… Today, we’ll show some love to the bigs by highlighting a clever “short

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