Official Armchair Coaching thread (Pt 2.)
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:36 am
New Era, new version.
This thread is used for breaking down line-ups, plays, X and O's, virtual scouting reports, visions of how things can be run on either offense or defense, maximizing strengths minimizing weaknesses, consolidating background info and research on the coaching philosophy (etc) of the HomeTeam as well as Opponents.
Feel free to drop the nigh-interminable iterations of line-ups and the like until your fingers run out of feeling. I'd personally like to see breakdowns of plays run, diagrammed in MS paint or whatnot. Or descriptive passages imagining how certain lines might play with each other. Tactics and strategy.
To start. A quote from a Flip Saunders DVD teaching his preferred match-up zone:
This thread is used for breaking down line-ups, plays, X and O's, virtual scouting reports, visions of how things can be run on either offense or defense, maximizing strengths minimizing weaknesses, consolidating background info and research on the coaching philosophy (etc) of the HomeTeam as well as Opponents.
Feel free to drop the nigh-interminable iterations of line-ups and the like until your fingers run out of feeling. I'd personally like to see breakdowns of plays run, diagrammed in MS paint or whatnot. Or descriptive passages imagining how certain lines might play with each other. Tactics and strategy.
To start. A quote from a Flip Saunders DVD teaching his preferred match-up zone:
Through years of development, Flip Saunders has designed one of the NBA's most feared defenses. Coach Saunders unpacks his successful match-up zone defense. He begins his presentation by detailing the benefits of this type of defense. His reasons include its ability to develop player's communication on the floor, stopping great scorers, great scoring teams, employing man defense principles, difficult to scout and can be used with big and small teams.
His general match up rules are:
Never leave the dribbler,
never let the offense penetrate by dribble or pass,
encourage ball to corners,
switching cutters and
contest all perimeter shots.
Triangles are the basis of player position in Saunders' 1-2-2 match-up zone. The basic rule is the farther your man is away from the ball, the flatter the triangle. Position is based on the ball and the position of your man at a given time. Strategy against the overload and pick and roll are demonstrated also.
The match-up is a successful zone that can be played aggressively without fouling a lot. Therefore, you can play good defense while keeping the opponent off of the foul line.