Scoring Without the Ball: Mastering Off-Ball Movement for Effective Scoring Introduction Welcome to our comprehensive guide on Scoring Without the Ball, a game-changing program designed to enhance your team's ability to score through effective off-ball movement. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of Scoring Without the Ball, providing you with expert insights, advanced techniques, and detailed breakdowns to help your team become exceptional scorers without possessing the ball. Whether you're a coach, player, or basketball enthusiast, this guide is your key to unlocking the full potential of scoring without the ball. Understanding Scoring Without the Ball Scoring Without the Ball focuses on developing players' ability to create scoring opportunities through intelligent off-ball movement. It emphasizes the importance of reading the defense, setting screens, making cuts, and utilizing spacing to get open for scoring opportunities. By implementing the principles of Scoring Without the Ball, your team can gain a significant advantage by becoming more dynamic and effective scorers, even without direct possession of the ball. Key Principles of Scoring Without the Ball 1. Reading the Defense Scoring Without the Ball begins with developing players' ability to read the defense. Players learn to analyze defensive positioning, identify weak points in the defense, and make intelligent decisions based on these observations. This understanding enables players to position themselves strategically and exploit scoring opportunities through effective off-ball movement. 2. Setting Screens and Creating Space Scoring Without the Ball emphasizes the importance of setting screens and creating space for teammates. Players learn proper screen-setting techniques, such as timing, angles, and communication. By setting screens and creating space, players not only provide scoring opportunities for themselves but also create openings for teammates to receive passes and score. 3. Cutting and Movement Scoring Without the Ball focuses on developing players' cutting and movement skills. Players learn to make sharp cuts, change speeds, and utilize misdirection to get open for scoring opportunities. Effective cutting and movement create confusion for the defense, opening up scoring chances for players without the ball. Implementing Scoring Without the Ball To successfully implement Scoring Without the Ball, teams must focus on key strategies and techniques. Let's explore some of the essential elements that will enhance your team's scoring without the ball: 1. Communication and Court Awareness Emphasize communication and court awareness among players. Encourage players to communicate their intentions, call for screens, and signal when they are open. Developing a shared understanding of each player's movements and intentions enhances the effectiveness of off-ball scoring opportunities. 2. Practice Off-Ball Drills Design off-ball drills that replicate game situations and emphasize scoring without the ball. Incorporate drills that focus on cutting, setting screens, and creating space for scoring opportunities. These drills allow players to develop the necessary skills and develop a better understanding of off-ball movement principles. 3. Spacing and Timing Teach players the importance of spacing and timing in off-ball movement. Players should understand the optimal spacing on the court, as well as the timing of cuts and movements to create scoring opportunities. Emphasize the need for proper timing to exploit defensive gaps and open passing lanes. 4. Study Game Footage Incorporate the study of game footage into your training sessions. Analyze successful examples of off-ball movement and scoring without the ball. This analysis helps players understand the principles in action and provides them with visual cues to enhance their own off-ball movement. The Benefits of Scoring Without the Ball Implementing Scoring Without the Ball offers numerous benefits that can elevate  your team's performance and enhance their overall scoring capabilities. Let's explore some key advantages: 1. Increased Offensive Options Scoring Without the Ball expands your team's offensive options by creating additional scoring opportunities. When players develop effective off-ball movement skills, they become threats even without direct possession of the ball. This forces the defense to focus on multiple players, creating openings for scoring and facilitating a more diverse and unpredictable offense. 2. Improved Offensive Flow Scoring Without the Ball enhances offensive flow by promoting seamless player movement and ball circulation. Players who excel in off-ball movement constantly create openings and draw defenders away from the ball handler. This opens up passing lanes, facilitates quick ball movement, and increases the chances of finding open teammates for high-percentage shots. 3. Enhanced Team Chemistry Scoring Without the Ball fosters better team chemistry by encouraging players to work together and rely on one another's movement and positioning. When players understand how to create opportunities for their teammates, they develop a deeper sense of trust and cohesion. This cohesion leads to improved passing, communication, and overall teamwork on the court. 4. Defensive Challenges Effective off-ball movement presents significant challenges for the defense. When players are constantly cutting, setting screens, and creating space, it becomes difficult for defenders to maintain proper positioning and coverage. This creates mismatches, confusion, and defensive breakdowns that can be exploited for scoring opportunities. 5. Individual Player Development Scoring Without the Ball promotes individual player development by emphasizing skills such as reading the defense, cutting, and setting screens. Players who excel in off-ball movement become well-rounded offensive threats, capable of scoring in various ways and making a significant impact on the game, even without being the primary ball handler. Conclusion Scoring Without the Ball is a game-changing program that enhances your team's ability to score through intelligent off-ball movement. By implementing the key principles, strategies, and techniques outlined in this guide, you will equip your team with the tools necessary to become exceptional scorers without direct possession of the ball. Remember, mastering Scoring Without the Ball requires practice, communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement. So, embrace the art of off-ball movement, unlock your team's full potential, and watch as their scoring capabilities reach new heights. The path to basketball excellence starts with scoring without the ball!

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Practical Coaching Advice and Special Situations Basketball With almost four decades of coaching experience under his belt, former Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg has used his knowledge and insight to become one of the premier college basketball analysts in the nation. Throughout his career, he has been able to learn from some of the best in the business. In this special situations basketball video, he offers up some advice to those coaching today. Coach Greenberg shares with you some powerful lessons that will help mold your coaching philosophy. He talks about how to build relationships and build a culture within your program. Greenberg also demonstrates a number of drills to help your transition offense as well as his press offense and sideline out of bounds plays. Progression Drill Coach Greenberg shows you how to create 2-on-1 situations against the best transition defenses. Players work through a progression of advantage situations all the way up to 5-on-4. Greenberg also shows you options for creating space and scoring without an advantage in 5-on-5 fast break situations. All of these concepts are taught and practiced in the Progression Drill. Press Offense Coach Greenberg places an emphasis on breaking press defenses. He shares four drills you can use to break down your press offense. The drills work on the key fundamentals like pivoting and ball faking as a means to fight on-ball pressure. Also included here is the 2-on-2 drill, which teaches your point guard how to get open to accept an inbound pass against aggressive denial defense. The 5-on-5 drill demonstrates Greenberg’s favorite way to defeat the full-court press. As you will see, it is simple and creates easy outlets against defenses that like to trap. Sideline Out of Bounds Plays Coach Greenberg teaches two plays that each have a variety of scoring options. You will see how each play can then flow right into different offensive concepts. Greenberg likes the use of dribble hand-offs and these plays use them. They also use post ups, flare screens, wide pin downs, lobs, and more. Greenberg is a great teacher of today’s game. He offers some excellent insight learned from some of today’s top coaches. You are sure to find something that can help you build a successful program. Rent this special situations basketball DVD today.

Quick Hitters & Flex Transition Offense Not every team is blessed with tremendous athletic talent or dynamic basketball players. There are plenty of programs around the country at all levels that must find an alternative means for creating scoring opportunities and, ultimately, points. Former George Washington University head coach Mike Lonergan does just that in this video sharing his approach to the Flex offense. The Flex is a system that has been used for years and has been proven to work. In this video, Coach Lonergan shows you how he used the system to win a national championship at NCAA Division III Catholic University in 2001. It’s the same system that helped Lonergan take mid-major George Washington to and NCAA tournament and also an NIT championship in 2016. Five Flex Transition Offense Sets that Flow Into the Flex Offense Different looks are invaluable to any offense in that they help to avoid predictability. Coach Lonergan will share with you, using on-court demonstrations, five different sets that can flow right into the Flex system if a quick score is not achieved. Beginning with 5-on-0, each set adds a new wrinkle to keep the defense on its toes. The core of these five sets is “Stay” which shows how the flex cut off a ball reversal is initiated. This option is then tweaked to produce “Push” which is a way to get the ball to your shooters via a screen-the-screener action. Lonergan shows you the three other sets which are ways to score off of dribble hand offs, high ball screens, and lob passes. Coach Lonergan then shows you how each of these plays is installed in something he calls the 14 Lengths Drill. The Flex System In this segment, Coach Lonergan lays out the entire Flex offense system. He uses a 5-on-0 approach to show you how spacing and timing are important. In this part of the video, Lonergan discusses each of the following: Four reasons why the Flex can be successful Four components necessary to create open shots within the Flex Three critical rules that guide players on who cuts and when Two approaches to advancing the ball from wing-to-wing if the defender denies the cross-court pass attempt Lonergan also shows you how to combat defensive pressure with the Replace and Back Door options. He also shares ideas for feeding the post, post seals, and the cutter roll back off of the flex cut. You will also see a down screen option to get your best cutters on the baseline. Quick Hitters for the Flex Offense The final part of this informative video is focused on quick hitting scoring plays. There are times when it pays to score quickly. All of the plays Lonergan shares begin with a 3-out, 2-in alignment but then flow right into the 4-out, 1-in Flex setup if a quick basket is not achieved. You will see each individual play as well as two additional sets that can help to create confusion among defenses. Rent this Flex Transition Offense DVD today.

Basketball Tempo : Playing with Pace and Flow If you can teach your team how to control and adjust to the tempo of a game, you control the game and that usually translates into more wins. Roy Rana, head coach at Ryerson University and Canada’s junior national team, shows you how to control tempo in this video. Coach Rana has broken down the game into layers of transition and describes how to maximize scoring opportunities in each layer. You will see how to get shots up in transition off of dribble penetration, open 3-pointers, and more. Pace of Play Coach Rana explains that teams can play at different paces and still flow right into their regular offense. For teams that want to score in transition, Coach Rana demonstrates how to use 80 percent of a team’s offensive touches to score within the first four seconds of a possession. For the other 20 percent, Coach Rana demonstrates the mid- or dead ball pace of offense. You will see how Rana uses a 5-on-0 drill to show players perfect scoring opportunities from the wing, and from dribble penetration as well as showing players how and when to throw the ball ahead. Basketball Transition Drills A number of drills are used to help players score in transition. Coach Rana demonstrates the Maverick Drill where players are put in an offensive advantage situation. They outlet the ball about the 3-point line and push the ball up the floor as quickly as possible. A half-court defense is used and players must learn to use speed to score quickly. You will see options for taking the ball to the basket as well as finding open 3-pointers. Transition Offense Sets Coach Rana presents five transition scoring sets and slows the presentation down to ensure understanding. The principles of the transition sets come from the San Antonio Spurs. The Trail Series emphasizes moving the ball quickly around the perimeter. These sets provide multiple chances for players to drive to the rim or kick the ball out for an open 3-pointer. The final segment of the 64-minute video features Coach Rana talking about the international game. He discusses the 24-second shot clock and how it is broken down into 8-second segments and what you team should be doing in each smaller segment. Whether it is the international level, junior high, or high school; Coach Rana’s fast-paced style of play is fun and allows players plenty of opportunities to score. Rent this basketball tempo DVD today.

It is the toughest and most demanding position on the basketball court and Prolific Point Guard can help you master it. All the drills, skills, and concepts you need to become a dominant force at the point are contained in this 90-day program. The program consists of five workouts per week with each workout in the 60- to 90-minute range. The workouts follow a progression building off one another using intense “super-set” methods just like the ones used with college and professional players. You don’t need much in the form of equipment either. You can do the workouts on your own or with a partner in your driveway, a local court, or in a gym. The Prolific Point Guard system is five fast-paced workouts each building upon the last. You will watch live videos where each drill is explained step by step. You will see how to perform each drill as well why you need to do each one. Workout 1: focuses on introductory ball handling, finishing, footwork, and moving without the ball Workout 2: learn how to attack the rim and beat any defender no matter your skill set Workout 3: focuses on creating maximum space from your defender to shoot and to counter attack Workout 4: learn how to play through and beat pressure in half- and full-court situations and how to score using down screens Workout 5: the toughest in the program, players are challenged to react and be creative on the fly while being pushed to their conditioning limits Included in the system is the Teaching Secrets video, which is packed full of concepts and techniques designed to make sure you have the ultimate edge over your opponents. Learn the Stride Stop, the fastest, most efficient way to set your feet to score. You will also learn the Euro Step, Retreat Dribble, Glide Dribble, and much more. With Prolific Point Guard, you have access anywhere at any time to a workout that will build exceptional point guard skills. It is simple yet challenging and develops the type of elite skills that can take your game to the next level.

Basketball Practice Planning & Pyramid Drills Coaches at all levels must get the most out of their athletes at every practice. Each minute of practice is valuable. Former East Carolina University women’s basketball coach Heather Macy led her program to a huge turnaround with intelligent basketball practice planning that improved the efficiency and effectiveness of her practices. In this video, Coach Macy shares her thoughts on practice design as well as 11 drills that will help you improve various concepts on offense and defense. Transition Game Drills Coach Macy uses an offensive implementation pyramid to install her offense. The transition offense is part of the pyramid. Watch how Coach Macy establishes the fundamentals of her transition game with three drills that build on each other. The drills work to: Advance the ball under control and pass for a layup Perform precise execution of the outlet Beat any type of full-court pressure defense Defense Drills Using the implementation pyramid for defense, Coach Macy shows you three drills that teach the fundamentals she emphasizes in her half-court pressure man-to-man defense. These drills will: Improve your players’ technique on closeouts and pressuring a used dribble Train your players to disrupt passing lanes and deny cutters to the basket by closing their V angle Get your players to slow down an attacking ball handler and limit early penetration in transition “Interstate Offense” Drills Coach Macy teaches a key scoring option in her offense by playing through the high post. Two breakdown drills are presented to help demonstrate how perimeter players can play off passes to the high post with four different actions to choose from. The drills teach proper spacing and how to communicate on screens by “talking with the feet.” Players learn to make the right reads no matter how they are being defended. Mental Training Drills Three full-court drills are used to demand focus and precise execution at the end of a practice. Coach Macy uses these drills to give her team a gut check while also improving basketball skills. Coach Macy offers great drills and planning ideas to take advantage of practice time. It’s the perfect video for coaches at any level! Rent this basketball practice planning DVD today.

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Mike Rice: Re-Screening Motion Offense Former Rutgers University head coach Mike Rice took Robert Morris to two NCAA tournament berths by building a solid half-court man-to-man defense, scoring in the paint, and getting to the free throw line. In order to score in the paint and shoot plenty of free throws, Rice used re-screening in his offense. In this video, he reveals his offensive philosophy and how he used re-screening motion. Transition The easiest way to score in the pain is to do so off of the fast break. To be successful in transition, the biggest key is spacing the floor. Proper spacing helps players get a quick, clear read of the defense and how it can be exploited. The results are easy baskets shot from close range. To develop the fast break, Rice demonstrates a 5-on-0 transition drill. It is a continuous drill designed to help players perfect layups, jump shots, getting to penetration spots, and working on the next pass. Each of these is crucial to the re-screening motion offense. The drill also serves as a great warmup and gets players comfortable with playing at game pace. Re-Screen Motion Coach Rice’s offense produces easy looks at the basket. It is simple to learn and players don’t have to do much thinking. The basic idea is that a guard and a big man work together on one side of the floor using seven types of screening and reacting. To teach the offense, Rice starts with a 2-on-2 drill where the different screens and actions are taught. Players learn how to read and react to the defense and their teammate’s action. The whole offense comes together in a 5-on-0 Dummy Offense drill. Here, screening action occurs on both sides of the offense, the dribble is used to reverse the ball, and the offense works on communicating and working the ball to the post. Rice’s Re-Screening Offense is great for teams that don’t have a true post player and for teams that are skilled with the basketball.

Get better at basketball coaching Ralph Willard - Learn from Ralph! Your team can reach new heights! To be the best, learn from the best. You can make your opponent's defense harder! Coach Willard will teach you how to make your opponent think on offense and remove their strengths in this basketball DVD. With his man defense, he'll show how to make your opponent "think" on offense and take away their strengths. Willard will show you how to build your defense. He'll demonstrate how to switch, use weak-side help, change your defense mid-game, double the post, transition defense and many other things. Willard shows you his driving line series. This emphasizes the need to prevent offense penetration and allow for easy shots. Willard also discusses the 95% Rule to Victory. Willard is a basketball coach who has been known for his tough and stingy defense on the half court. You can win big games by taking your opponent's offense out of your game. 74 minutes. 2009.

When the opponent is weakest, you can learn when to attack! Learn how to use passing to speed up your break Your team can reach new heights! Learn from the best to lead your team to their best season! In each of his 30 years as a head coach, Coach Pearl's teams were the best in their league. His top scoring team averaged more than 101 points per game. His philosophy is to attack the opponent when it is weakest. This is when they are retreating from defense. Pearl explains the concepts, drills and teaching points that made Pearl's Volunteers an offensive force. After a missed or made by the opponent, transition offense is created. Transition basketball requires that the ball be in bounds quickly. The "circle", a technique that allows the point guard to open up for a quick pass from an inbounds passer, is used by transition basketball. The transition drill that is most important for transition is the 3-, 4- and 5-man fast break without defense. It is important to pass the ball as fast as possible. The drills include the 5-man break, 4-man break and 7 man break. Defenders are used for attempting to disrupt the break by mixing up coverage. 57 minutes. 2007

Offensive System: High-Low Motion Offense, 3-Out/2-In Offense, 4-Out/1-In Offense Learn two offensive styles that will fit the talents of any roster in this video from Chantal Vallee, head women’s basketball coach at the University of Windsor and the head coach of the Hamilton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. Coach Vallee provides you with a unique opportunity to learn the two motion offenses that make up her half-court offense. These offenses helped Vallee win five straight Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) women’s basketball national titles between 2011 and 2015. Get your notebooks ready as Coach Vallee pulls no punches in explaining her offensive system. Using whiteboard diagrams, on-court teaching, and player demonstration; Coach Vallee presents her offenses through breakdown drills and 5-on-5 scrimmages. If you utilize the motion offense, there is something in Vallee’s presentation for you. High-Low You will see how Coach Vallee is able to get the ball inside in the High-Low motion offense. Using position-specific drills, Coach Vallee breaks down the offense. Learn how the L-cut can get players open on the wing for scoring opportunities. Posts learn how to play off each other and get open at the high or low post. Using a 2-on-2 drill, Coach Vallee teaches low posts how to create angles, use footwork to seal defenders, and score at the rim. You will also see how to post up your point guard using a back screen entry into the offense. 4-Out Motion Vallee’s 4-Out Motion offense uses four perimeter players to create space. The rules of the offense are simple and provide a number of scoring options. Players can score through drives, back door cuts, off-ball screens, and pick and rolls. There are four methods for attacking with momentum from blast cuts. These are demonstrated as is the 4-on-0 Perimeter Movement drill which puts emphasis on integrating post flashes into the offense. A number of screening opportunities are created which opens up the rim. Coach Vallee’s system is proven and can work for any team no matter the talent level or style of play. Teams that play with size or with speed can add to their versatility by implementing some of what Coach Vallee has done. Become a more efficient offense today by introducing some of what Coach Vallee presents in this video.

Basketball Offensive Skills - Individual Musts Teaching players to produce high percentage shots should be a must in any program. Whitman College head coach Eric Bridgeland has been teaching his players well. Since taking over the Whitman program, Bridgeland has produced three Northwest Conference players of the year and has produced a 104-14 record over the last four seasons. In this video, Coach Bridgeland gives you a closer look inside how he develops his players’ individual skills and gets them ready for the next level of competition. You will see Bridgeland’s foundational drills as well as the advanced drills he uses to kick things up a notch. Basketball Offensive Skills - Foundational Drills Coach Bridgeland begins with form shooting and has his players get in a low squat stance to get power from the legs. Players hold their fingertips out and over-exaggerate their follow through to develop proper shooting technique. The Attacking Defenders drill pits players in a 1-on-1 where they use Coach Bridgeland’s direct drive concept. Players throw the ball out in front of them, chase it, and try to use as few dribbles as possible to get the ball into the paint. Athletes practice getting low and clipping the hip of their defender to create separation from the defense. Basketball Offensive Skills - Advanced Skills With the foundation laid, Coach Bridgeland moves into more advanced drills. In 2-Ball Shooting, players use a number of different actions to attack the paint and get to the rim. Rip and Go is a 2-on-1 drill that helps players read the defender. If a player can finish at the rim, Bridgeland requires them to do so. If the attacker is forced to pull up, the other offensive player looks to get out by the NBA 3-point line to create more space. The drill finishes with players using a jab and fake and other separation moves giving players the tools they need to succeed. The ASE Jump Shot drill teachers players to work on rising into their shot. Players relocate off of a baseline drive before taking a jump shot. Here, players also try and combine moves working on step backs, the rip and go, or any other separation move. Coach Bridgeland’s 58-minute video is an excellent skill development presentation. The drills you see here come from a coach that has sent six players to play professionally overseas in the last 10 years. Bridgeland’s attention to detail and emphasis on attacking the rim are skills that can help benefit any player in any program. Rent th is basketball offensive skills DVD today.

Muffet McGraw Offense : Notre Dame’s Offensive System Coaches yearn to look inside the playbook of national championship coaches. That is exactly what you can do in this video as Muffet McGraw, head coach of the 2018 NCAA women’s national champion Notre Dame basketball team, provides an in-depth look at the Fighting Irish up-tempo offense. McGraw was the 2018 AP Coach of the Year, winning the award for the fourth time in her illustrious career. In this presentation, Coach McGraw shows you a series of drills designed to help your team play at a faster tempo. She takes you through multiple options in the Princeton offense using whiteboard diagrams and breakdown drills. The Fast Break Coach McGraw begins with the fast break and shares four different practice drills designed to help you refine your transition offense. Players work against the clock and have timed goals. The drills demand perfection at a high rate of speed. You will see your team improve their ability to make quicker outlet passes, throw more accurate advance passes, and finish more consistently with layups in transition. Notre Dame’s transition offense is also broken down in a 4-on-4 drill to show you its quick-hitting actions. Coach McGraw shares a number of options in pistol action, drag ball screens, and high-low post feeds. To get player a bunch of pull-up jump shot reps, Coach McGraw shares the “Short Long” drill. It is a full-court drill that works the pull-up jumper in transition. McGraw’s Version of the Princeton Offense A big believer in the Princeton offense, McGraw shows you her version of the offense providing three options to deliver multiple scoring opportunities. The actions McGraw presents create backdoor looks and open jumpers off of different screens. McGraw shows you how each option flows into ball screens and high-low action for your post players. In the practice session in this 60-minute video, you will see how you are able to focus on the details of each play in game-like 3-on-3 situations. Coach McGraw has built one of college basketball’s most efficient offenses. This is the opportunity for you to learn from one of the best in the business. Rent this Muffet McGraw Offense DVD today.