So the score is tied at 26 at halftime. Yeah, I know, a real offensive explosion. And one team had this kid who had been carrying his team the whole first half. He was getting a lot of his stuff from put-backs and slipping in from the short corner. A great strategy when playing against this wide, gappy 2/3 zone.So I was quite interested in what kind of adjustments each coach would make. I had my suspicions, but reserved judgement until I saw it for myself.
Sure enough, the other team doubled down on the short corner and took away his lane to the basket. He was stuck from then on and the other team cruised to a 20 point win. So what does this mean to you? The youth coach?
First, if all you teach is a pattern offense, your guys will only know how to run patterns off of it. Not how to make plays from it. It would have taken a simple adjustment to their offense to keep this kid going. Just get out of the pattern and play basketball. Second, this story is a great example of what you can do as a youth coach to better your team. Move your guys around the floor to put them in the best position to succeed. If all you do is have them run through a pattern, then that's all they know. But if you teach them how to make a play, then you can put your guys anywhere, against the weakest defender for that guy, and he will make plays.
Again, and forgive me for hammering this home so much but this is critical, plays and patterns do not score. Players making plays score.
Sure enough, the other team doubled down on the short corner and took away his lane to the basket. He was stuck from then on and the other team cruised to a 20 point win. So what does this mean to you? The youth coach?
First, if all you teach is a pattern offense, your guys will only know how to run patterns off of it. Not how to make plays from it. It would have taken a simple adjustment to their offense to keep this kid going. Just get out of the pattern and play basketball. Second, this story is a great example of what you can do as a youth coach to better your team. Move your guys around the floor to put them in the best position to succeed. If all you do is have them run through a pattern, then that's all they know. But if you teach them how to make a play, then you can put your guys anywhere, against the weakest defender for that guy, and he will make plays.
Again, and forgive me for hammering this home so much but this is critical, plays and patterns do not score. Players making plays score.
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