The 3rd Quarter Review {2024}

The 2024-2025 season is upon us, and before we’re all back in the grind of endless hours with our teams in gyms, on road trips, and film sessions, we want to reflect on a some of the most viewed content on SGTV you may have missed while squeezing in some last second pre-season family time.

Below you’ll find a short recap accompanied by the video, newsletter, and extra added content for each concept that was explored that week.

Best of the “Film Room”

🥇 TJ Saint – Dribble Point Offense & Spacing

“Coach Saint joins us in the “Film Room” to discuss his “Cluster” & Euro spacing, the Dribble Point offense, and actions he uses when playing small.”

✚ Pair With: Our podcast conversation with Coach Saint.

🔒 SG Plus Content: Our “Film Room” session with Baruch Head Coach, John Alesi, on the Point Offense.

🗞️ Newsletter​ {Part 1}

🗞️ Newsletter​ {Part 2}

🥈 Jimmy Oakman – Play After the Play & “Dead Corner” Solutions

“G League Coach Jimmie Oakman joins us in the “Film Room” to discuss a variety of offensive concepts and actions teams are running to maintain offensive flow and when non-shooters are spaced in the corners.”

🔒 SG Plus Content: Coach Oakman’s clinic on “Attacking the Switch & 5 Out Delay Concepts”.

🗞️ Newsletter​ 

🥉 Stephen Halstead – Grace College Post Efficiency

“Grace College Assistant Coach, Stephen Halstead, joins us in the “Film Room” to break down how they’ve weaponized the post within their motion offense, and the concepts they use to exploit mismatches.”

✚ Pair With: Our podcast conversation with Grace HC, Scott Moore.

🗞️ Newsletter

Honorable Mention

Bernie Holliday – The Trusting vs Training Mindset

“Bernie Holliday, Director of Learning and Mental Performance for the Pittsburgh Pirates, presents on the “Trusting vs. Training Mindset,” focusing on the idea that the mentality required to develop skills is different from the mentality needed to let those skills out.”

✚ Pair With: For more context on these training mindsets, listen to our podcast conversation with Bernie Holliday

🗞️ Newsletter

Most Viewed “Deep Dive” Breakdowns of the Quarter

🥇 Mody Maor – “Dead Corner” Inverted Screening

“A look at Mody Maor’s use of the inverted screen within their “Play after the Play” concepts to address “Dead Corners” and enhance offensive pace.”

✚ Pair With: To hear Coach Maor discuss this concept, listen to our podcast conversation.

🗞️ Newsletter

🥈 The “Hot Stove” Screen

“Highlighting how subtle hand placements and quick push-offs in the PNR can create speed, separation, and punish defensive switches—adding to a growing list of small but impactful micro-skills used by elite teams and players.”

🔒 SG Plus Content: Our breakdowns on subtle screening adjustments when screening off the ball or in a DHO.

🗞️ Newsletter

🥉 2-3 Zone Triple Switch

“A 2-3 Match Up Zone designed to neutralize the ballscreen through the use of the Triple Switch.”

🔒 SG Plus Content: Our Multiple Defenses breakdown of the 1-3-1 Half Court Trap back into a 2-3 Zone, matching up on high post catches.

🗞️ Newsletter

Honorable Mention

Oded Kattash – Multiple Bigs Transition Spacings

“A deep dive into Maccabi Tel Aviv Head Coach, Oded Kattash’s, transition concepts and actions based off how the location of the two bigs. Breakdown includes empty side drag screens, corner filled transitions, and two trailer transitions.”

🔒 SG Plus Content: Alabama Assistant Coach, Ryan Pannone’s, clinic on Coach Kattash’s “3 Out 2 In” PNR Offense.

🗞️ Newsletter