Basketball Project VII: forth and fifth trainings for trainers

After discussing about main individual skills, time came for tactics. We did two sessions. We were not able to talk about many things, but discussion about the few of them was really interesting.

The first one was about man to man defense. Using the coach board, we set up several rules for defending, as orientating towards the side, defending aggressively in one-pass distance, being ready for rotations when you are in two-pass distance… We talked about them, they were very participative giving other ideas, and then we applied everything in 3 on 3, and then in 5 on 5.

The second consisted on transitions. We first discussed about the number of players who should try to get offensive rebound and the number of them who should go straightly to defense (defensive transition). Then, we did an exercise for practicing one of the models. Javi took over offensive transition. He explained a model, and we did an exercise for practicing. We finished with 5 on 5 applying both parts.