Ensure the first pass and reversal
Every now and then the other team does a great job of denying the first pass. This really hurts your team, especially if the team is young. The answer is to put in at least three ways to start the offense. It's also important to reverse the ball at least once when the other team is trying to deny entry as they will lose their enthusiasm if you reverse quickly out of the wing.
Some offenses, like the high post offense that Ken and Kathy Shields used so effectively at the University of Victoria had multiple options built in. I spent a year there and their teams did a great job of running their options. Opposing teams were forced to defend the offense and the Vikings would take advantage of overplay with good decisions. This illustrates the point that structure doesn't mean you stop thinking. Players who master the structure can make individual plays to take advantage of the defensive adjustments. I tell my players that we run our offense until it produces a scoring opportunity. You can stop using it any time you can score or you can make a pass to someone who can score.
You should have multiple entry options even if you are running a motion or read and react offense. For example, the dribble drive offense is based on penetration. It doesn't hurt to add a down screen option to a 1-2-2 set in case the defense is overplaying successfully.
The key is to keep your team's confidence up by having multiple ways to start the offense.
Some offenses, like the high post offense that Ken and Kathy Shields used so effectively at the University of Victoria had multiple options built in. I spent a year there and their teams did a great job of running their options. Opposing teams were forced to defend the offense and the Vikings would take advantage of overplay with good decisions. This illustrates the point that structure doesn't mean you stop thinking. Players who master the structure can make individual plays to take advantage of the defensive adjustments. I tell my players that we run our offense until it produces a scoring opportunity. You can stop using it any time you can score or you can make a pass to someone who can score.
You should have multiple entry options even if you are running a motion or read and react offense. For example, the dribble drive offense is based on penetration. It doesn't hurt to add a down screen option to a 1-2-2 set in case the defense is overplaying successfully.
The key is to keep your team's confidence up by having multiple ways to start the offense.
posted by Mike MacAdam at 4:55 AM
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