⛹🏽TSF 80: Summer Non-Negotiables ☀️


What’s up, internet basketball junkie?

Memorial Day usually marks the unofficial start of summer — and for coaches, it's the perfect time to start laying the foundation for next season.

Now is when great programs separate themselves.

In the Summer, I know you can't do everything, so I ask players for 3 things.

Every time we take the court as a team, we will…

  1. Push the Ball – on a miss or a make
  2. Over-Communicate on Defense - within our defensive scheme
  3. Play Hard and Play to Win

EVERY TIME – NON-NEGOTIABLE!

Hold each other accountable and take pride in these few things. Those don't have to be your three things, but from my experience boiling it down for the players makes for a more productive Summer overall. Now, let's dive in...

THE STARTING FIVE

🥇 Best of the Week There is a finite amount of "plays" a coach can have (although some coaches try to prove that wrong lol)... One of the things I value in the plays I choose is VERSATILITY, meaning the play can provide value in multiple situations. "Kentucky" is one of those plays:

PG - 🏀 The thing I love the most about Villanova's 1-2-2 Tempo Press is forcing teams to slow down that want to play with pace:

SG - 💪🏼 With patterned offenses, defenses will often try to "play the play"

That's when you flip the script on em, like THIS TWEAK out of Bruce Pearl's Auburn Flex Offense

SF - 🔫 CLICK HERE to view about a dozen clips of Rick Carlisle's Pacers running their "Pistols" action

Pistols/21 Series has become a staple of most of the NBA teams for quick offense out of transition over the last decade or so (Thanks to Coach Fawcett for posting the clips)


PF - 🏀 Bob Huggins did things his own way... The Press Virginia System was amazing, but there are so many unique elements to it that you only notice if you're paying close attention:

C - 🏀 What is "modern defense?" Coach Steed points out a few concepts from the OKC Thunder

And there isn't much better examples in today's game to study for modern defense than the Thunder

OFF THE BENCH

5️⃣ 5 youth basketball activities to grow your basketball program’s culture

🏀 End of game SLOB specials for between 5-10 seconds left

🎥 What am I working on? Promoting the two newest products - Villanova 1-2-2 Tempo Press and Auburn Flex... started working on the Bucky McMillen pressing system and EuroLeague subscription package... updating existing products with additional features (these updates will come for free if you already purchased the product receiving the upgrade - I'm preparing a Circle Motion upgrade, then a Deny & Disrupt film element, then a Powerhouse Program Building update)

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The new product flurry has come to a conclusion - it's been a fun stretch of writing, editing, diagramming, and creating videos...

It's time to turn my focus to promoting and updating the existing products.

To review here's the full stack of new products since March:

Villanova 1-2-2 Tempo Press Defense​
15 Strategies to Defend A Star Player
Press Virginia Defensive System
1-3-1 Multiple Defense System
5-High Ghost Offense
Bear Offense
Auburn Flex

Have a great week!

-Coach Hack

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