The first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs has been incredibly competitive and exciting, and provided some great #XsOs as well. With the high stakes of the NBA postseason, preparation is at an all time high for coaching staffs. Having scouted teams throughout the regular season, opponents will know each other’s strengths and weaknesses pretty…
NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight #XsOs
The best of the best #XsOs from the second weekend of the 2018 men’s NCAA Tournament: Top plays to install with your team. Hopefully, you have taken our advice on treating the NCAA Tournament as a free coaching clinic and used it as a professional development opportunity. There’s still time to catch up on all…
Plays YOU Can Use – Full Series
One of our most popular series, Plays YOU Can Use provides coaches at all levels with sets easily incorporated into any style of play. Blog Posts Plays YOU Can Use: Elbow Series Plays YOU Can Use: Ball Screen Sets Plays YOU Can Use: Pistol Action & Counters Plays YOU Can Use: Iverson Sets Plays YOU Can Use: Lob…
Plays YOU Can Use: BLOB Series
The importance of baseline out of bounds possessions can’t be overstated. It is my belief that we can gain a 6-8 point edge during a game, by simply winning the BLOB situations. This is especially true at the high school level. We take the time to scout our opponents BLOB sets, practice how we are guarding…
Plays YOU Can Use: Best 2017 BLOBs
In this week’s “Plays YOU Can Use,” I will share my two favorite Baseline Out of Bounds plays from the 2017 NCAA Tournament, as well as the 2017 NBA Playoffs. In next week’s feature, we will give you a series of “BLOB” plays, which you can incorporate into your own system. 2017 NCAA Tournament BLOBs…
Philadelphia 76ers – Out of Bounds Plays
In his first game of the season Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown ran two great out of bounds plays versus the Oklahoma City Thunder. The first is a sideline out bound plays that gets one of his skilled young players Dario Saric a nice look off of a dribble pull up. The second play is…
FastDraw #PlayOTD – UAB BLOB 4 Low Opp Duck
Play of the Day – UAB BLOB 4 Low Opp Duck In this BLOB option, UAB gets a quick post up flashing 4 up the lane line and having 5 duck in from the opposite block. FastDraw Diagram:
FastDraw #PlayOTD – Virginia BLOB 4 Flat Flex
Play of the Day – Virginia BLOB 4 Flat Flex Coach Tony Bennett called this play to use flex action out of a baseline out-of-bounds situation. The ball is thrown in to 5 flashing up the lane line. The point guard then sets a flex screen for 4 in the corner. If 4 isn’t open…
Four-Low BLOBs
Two baseline out-of-bounds plays from a pair of elite programs – Arizona and Texas A&M – featuring the four-low alignment. In these two baseline out of bounds sets from the Arizona Wildcats and the Texas A&M Lady Aggies we see the common theme of the four-low alignment. One features the seamless connection of inbounds to…
Connecting Inbounds to Your Offense
For “seamless” basketball, consider how to connect your BLOBs and SLOBs to your halfcourt offense as a whole. There are an abundance of options available to coaches for sideline and baseline out of bounds plays. Where do you start? How do you select what inbounds plays are right for your team or program? One criteria…
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