Welcome to April, where most of us can turn from feeling, at times, a little like this the last few months of the season…
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To perhaps something a little more like this…
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As many of our basketball seasons come to a close, we would like to take a moment to reflect back on all the defensive schemes, offensive strategies and technical details we’ve covered over the past three months of breakdowns and newsletters that you may have missed while chasing that league title.
So cheers to offseason relaxing and learning…let’s get started!
* Each video also has that week’s paired FREE Newsletter linked below it.
???? Sito Alonso’s 5 Man “Spy” Defense ???? {SG Plus}
“A 2-part look into Murcia’s “Spy” coverage, dropping the 5 Man into centerfield to protect the rim while the four remaining perimeter players deny and press the ball.”
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???? Attacking the “Spy” Coverage ???? {SG Plus}
“Following up from our breakdown on the “Spy” coverage we looked at how teams are using spacing, screens, late rolls and more to attack the ball pressure and dropped big.”
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???? Attacking “No Middle” Defense ???? {SG Plus}
“Our collaboration with Coach, Taylor Tucker, on concepts & tactics teams can run to puncture a “No Middle” Defense.”
✚ Pair With: Our podcast with Coach Tucker on several of these solutions.
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???? The Art of the DHO – Adjusting and Opening the DHO ???? {SG Plus}
“Breaking down how teams are improving their DHO Offense through the use of lateral adjustments to force overs and reverse pivots to punish unders.”
✚ Pair With: Joventut Badalona’s adjusting the angle of the DHO to force an over.
✚ SG Plus Content ????: Xavi Pascual’s Off Ball Screening Techniques and Adjustments
✚ SG Plus Content ????: Defending the DHO – Deny & Under
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???? The Pro Lane – Ep 3 The Snake Dribble ???? {SG Plus}
“Our 3rd collaboration with Player Development program, The Pro Lane, analyzing the different solutions provided by the Snake Dribble based on the depth of drop from the big man. Breakdown also features drills coaches can implement in their practices to help build individual skills and team tactics to attack drop coverages.”
✚ SG Plus Content ????: Ep 1 The Reject and Ep 2 The Hostage Dribble
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???? Marquette – High Slot Flow Offense ???? {SG Plus}
“A detailed look into how Marquette initiates their offense to achieve their desired ‘High Slot’ spacing and the benefits derived from that initial spacing.”
✚ Pair With: Marquette’s 77 High Quad Spacing
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???? Tuomas Iisalo – Iverson Step Up Spacing & Execution ???? {SG Plus}
“A deep-dive look at German BBL Club, Telekom Bonn’s, terrific screening and spacing concepts within their Iverson Step Up Screen set.”
✚ Pair With: One of the Top 5 most listened to podcast episodes we’ve had with Telekom Bonn Head Coach, Tuomas Iisalo.
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???? Shuffle Cut Offense – Entries, Actions & Spacing {FREE}
“Our collaboration with Coach, Mark Alabakov, breaking down several base entries and actions within the Shuffle Cut Offense.”
✚ Pair With: Our podcast conversation with Coach Alabakov on the Shuffle Cut Offense.
✚ SG Plus Content ????: Alba Berlin’s use of the Shuffle Cut
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???? Preventing the Pocket Pass – Real Madrid’s High Collapse ???? {SG Plus}
“Our look at how Real Madrid protects their bigs in the drop coverage by sliding over the “High I” defender to collapse the pocket and prevent the pass.”
✚ Pair With: Our podcast conversation with Coach Pablo Laso on defending the PnR with Walter Tavares.
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???? Joventut Badalona – Collapsing the 4-Man Ballscreen Coverage ???? {SG Plus}
“A defensive strategy of collapsing the paint with the 4-man, regardless of position on the floor, behind an aggressive ball screen coverage from the 5-man.”
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???? The Argentina Break – Transition Execution & Variations ???? {SG Plus}
“Highlighting the merits of being able to capitalize early in transition by organizing a cross screen-down screen.”
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Thanks everyone for a fun first quarter of the year and we look forward to looking into much more interesting content as we head into the Spring and Summer.
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