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Principles to attack any zone defense:
The 2-3 zone defense is zone defense which we faced on Sunday and will
see most often. It is designed to stop drives to the basketball. The
2-1-2 zone, which we see sometimes, is the same as the 2-3, except
that the middle low defender is positioned a little higher in the
paint. Good outside shooting will rip this zone apart. If everyone
works hard on shooting in the off season, next year we will be a
pretty good outside shooting team.
In the mean time, we must learn to execute our offense well, be
patient, make the zone shift, and work the ball inside. Basically we
can beat the zone by quick passing and movement, and avoid unnecessary
dribbling. If we use our 4 out with a runner or our 3 out with a
runner and a high post, and keep passing the ball quickly, we will get
someone open for a good shot.
- Beat the defense up the floor. Run the ball down the floor and get a
lay up BEFORE the other team gets their defense set.
- Be patient on offense, but take the first open, good percentage
shot. Keep good spacing. The closer together you get, the more
effective the zone. Spread them out. Make them cover a lot of ground.
- Move the ball intelligently. Don't drive in to a wall of defenders.
Avoid unnecessary dribbling as it allows the defense time to adjust or
reset. Drive in to the GAPS. Drive and kick out open man or drive and
dump to runner.
- Use ball reversal and pass fakes. Remember FAKE a pass to MAKE a
pass. Move the ball. Don't catch and dribble. Play No Dribble. Pass,
pass, pass, to move the defense. Pass, pass, pause, pass, pass, pause
also works.
- When you recieve a pass, peak at the rim first. Then look inside at
the post and at the runner. Then you skip pass, pass and cut, or
dribble at to send some one in to a gap or reverse dribble to call for
a pick set on one of the top defenders or crab dribble for a hand off
and roll to basket for a give and go. Use reverse dribbles, bounce
offs, dribble at, dribble handoffs, too. Don't get stuck on only pass
and cut.
- After four or so passes get ball to the short corner runner. After
every reversal the player in the short corner will open. If wide open,
the short corner player can take one step to the basket for a lay up
or take a jump shot. Runners must stay behind the defender's head at
the back of the zone and hustle to stay ball side. (Runner rules: Run
the baseline and always be in ball-side short corner when ball is on
the wing. When the ball is at the high post, duck under the zone into
the paint for the pass down low.)
- Find the post player in the high post. They can turn and shoot,
drive to the basket around the post defender, pass out to an open
wing, or dump down to the runner. (High post rules: Move with the
ball. Always have your numbers point toward the ball. Ball at top, be
at the free throw line. Ball on the wing, be just below the ball-side
elbow. Ball in the corner, cut down to the low block. Look to score,
or pass inside or opposite wing.)
- Cutters go where they ain't! Cutters hook in to the gaps and look
for ball. HOOK and LOOK. Show your numbers to the ball.
- Screen the zone. Ball handler can use a reverse dribble to call for
the pick and drive in to the gaps. Cutters can set screens for ball
handlers instead of filling out. Cutters can also screen for the post
player or screen for the person on either side of the ball handler.
- If you have an open look on a catch, shoot the ball. Take open shots
even if they are outside shots.
- Drive and let them foul you and send you to the line.
- Get in and grab all offensive rebounds and put the ball right back
up. Attack the glass from the weak side. Thats where the rebounds are.
We are the Framingham, Ashland, Dover and Sherborn developmental girls basketball program of New England.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
First Aid Clinic
Kelly Clark came to teach the girls about first aid including the use of an EPI Pen, CPR and AEDs.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Game 7: Jan 26, 2014, Framingham - 31 Reading (RED) D4N - 33
Game 7 Report Card Reading (RED) D4N
The girls played much better than I expected on Sunday after Thursday's scattered, unfocused practice. Winning would have been nice however coming up 3 points short is a great lesson in preparation. We are now tied for second place in D4W with 4 wins and 3 losses.
We have the tools needed to attack a zone. I will spend the next few weeks reminding the girls of such as in the second half of the season that will be all that week will face.
Our next "big" games are Mansfield (6 wins, 1 loss) on Feb 23 and undefeated Weston on March 2. Between now than then we play Wayland (1 win to Natick, 5 losses), Reading (WHITE) (2 wins, 3 losses - Sunday's game isn't posted yet), and Sudbury (4 wins, 2 losses). I like that we have our two toughest match up right before the league tournament.
I had a parent comment that our defense looked pretty good except for the lack of recover after helping. (Said parent was too kind to mention the lack of rebounding.)
We are still slow (for the most part) to recover on Defense. This is a new concept for most of the team. That will come with experience. I was happy with our defense yesterday. They did well what they know to do. The other team had five different players score and only on to make more than 2 baskets. That one player, however, was key. She dropped 14 points on us, 4 each quarter except the 3rd.
Our supplemental defenses are not even a work in progress. I need to add a diamond and one to stop players like # 21 and a triangle and two to stop teams with 2 shooters. It will still be DD (our main defense which is a man zone hybrid) BUT only 4 or 3 players run the DD while the a defender or two plays Havoc on the shooters. Being great at these is a year or so away as we are that far away from being good at Havoc.
We need to work, work, work on Havoc for stalls at the end of games and to be able to do well at the diamond and one and the triangle and two. Havoc is what we call our soccer style man to man. Our help and recover man to man we call Chaos, which the girls are just learning. You might not see it in games until this summer. We are still terrible at both. I have yet to add a zone. When I do it will be an aggressive risk taking corn trapping 23 and a wall the middle 32..
We will continue to review traps in the corners and at the half line in the half court and at the side lines during our press but we are a year from being fair at trapping. Once we can trap and have master Chaos, we will be ready to learn 23.
On offense, I need to reinforce that attack means beat the defense down the floor and get the lay up and, if the defense is set, move on to five out, four out or three out (what ever that shift is assigned to play). That attack option is open every transition with either Tayja or Vienna bringing the ball down the floor as both have the speed, aggression and ball handling skills to beat the defense. I also need to reinforce the need for EVERYONE to run wide of the ball and try to get ahead of the ball.
Tayja's hero ball killed us in the fourth quarter. In her immaturity she thinks attack means thoughtlessly driving to the basket which works against man to man. Her lack of focus had her flinging threes when there was still 1:30 on the clock when all we need was a 2 and a stop to tie. Normally she is great at clock management and knowing how much time we have on the clock. Tayja was also playing mad in the 4th quarter, which is not normal for her. All the girls were pissed about the opposing coach's poor behavior on the side lines. They will get plenty of time in the coming years to get used to it because in the higher levels of youth basketball, that ugly behavior from coaches tends to be the norm.
Another parent asked why I did not switch out of equal playing time to make sure that we won. As the other coaches behavior deteriorated, Jason and I talked about it briefly as we both thought it would be fun to "punish" him. I decided to stick to the normal plan since getting to play meaningful minutes is in the best interest of the girls. These games don't mean a thing. We are building for the future. Every player needs to play meaningful minutes to be prepared for High School Varsity when the games do count.
| Shots Taken | Shots Made | % | Rebounds | Defensive Grade | Challenge | Well Done | Goals for Week | |
| Jazlynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | Shooting. Rebounding. | Great mental Toughness | 4 rebounds 8 shots 1 foul line trip |
| Celine | 7 | 2 (foul shot 0 of 2) | 30% | 4 | B | Get ahead of ball | Good shot Selection. | Lay Ups |
| Chloe | 2 | 1 | 50% | 4 | B+ | Rebound! | Good job on ball defense | 6 rebounds |
| Hannah | 3 | 0 (foul shot 1 of 2 50% ) | 0 | 3 | A | Rebound! | Great drives to basket | 4 rebounds |
| Katie | 2 | 0 (foul shot 0 of 1) | 0 | 4 | B+ | SHOOT! Drive! | Inbounding the ball | 4 shots per game |
| Nilijah | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 Jump Balls per game |
| Sofia B | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | B+ | Stay in open floor. | Great Defense | 1 rebound 1 shot 1 jump ball |
| Tayja | 26 | 6 (foul shot 8 of 10 80% ) | 23% | 10 | B | Inbounding the ball Hero Ball | 5 trips Line! 8 out of 10 made! | 6X foul line 1 3-point shot LAY UPS! |
| Sophia F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | B+ | Call for ball! | Great defense | 2 shots per shift |
| Brooke | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | B | Shoot. Reaching. Look ahead. | Good defense | 1 rebound 1 give & go 2 DRIVES per shift |
| Vienna | 2 | 1 | 50% | 7 | B | Drive! | Good Rebounding! | 1 drive to basket per shift |
| Paige | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | B+ | Call for ball. Stay off floor. | Great defense on & off ball | 1 shot per shift |
| TEAM | 58 | 11 | 19% | 38 | B | Press break Turnovers RUNNING in Transition Rebounds | Focus | Everyone shooting. 8 people making a basket. 2 trips to foul line each quarter. |
The girls played much better than I expected on Sunday after Thursday's scattered, unfocused practice. Winning would have been nice however coming up 3 points short is a great lesson in preparation. We are now tied for second place in D4W with 4 wins and 3 losses.
We have the tools needed to attack a zone. I will spend the next few weeks reminding the girls of such as in the second half of the season that will be all that week will face.
Our next "big" games are Mansfield (6 wins, 1 loss) on Feb 23 and undefeated Weston on March 2. Between now than then we play Wayland (1 win to Natick, 5 losses), Reading (WHITE) (2 wins, 3 losses - Sunday's game isn't posted yet), and Sudbury (4 wins, 2 losses). I like that we have our two toughest match up right before the league tournament.
I had a parent comment that our defense looked pretty good except for the lack of recover after helping. (Said parent was too kind to mention the lack of rebounding.)
We are still slow (for the most part) to recover on Defense. This is a new concept for most of the team. That will come with experience. I was happy with our defense yesterday. They did well what they know to do. The other team had five different players score and only on to make more than 2 baskets. That one player, however, was key. She dropped 14 points on us, 4 each quarter except the 3rd.
Our supplemental defenses are not even a work in progress. I need to add a diamond and one to stop players like # 21 and a triangle and two to stop teams with 2 shooters. It will still be DD (our main defense which is a man zone hybrid) BUT only 4 or 3 players run the DD while the a defender or two plays Havoc on the shooters. Being great at these is a year or so away as we are that far away from being good at Havoc.
We need to work, work, work on Havoc for stalls at the end of games and to be able to do well at the diamond and one and the triangle and two. Havoc is what we call our soccer style man to man. Our help and recover man to man we call Chaos, which the girls are just learning. You might not see it in games until this summer. We are still terrible at both. I have yet to add a zone. When I do it will be an aggressive risk taking corn trapping 23 and a wall the middle 32..
We will continue to review traps in the corners and at the half line in the half court and at the side lines during our press but we are a year from being fair at trapping. Once we can trap and have master Chaos, we will be ready to learn 23.
On offense, I need to reinforce that attack means beat the defense down the floor and get the lay up and, if the defense is set, move on to five out, four out or three out (what ever that shift is assigned to play). That attack option is open every transition with either Tayja or Vienna bringing the ball down the floor as both have the speed, aggression and ball handling skills to beat the defense. I also need to reinforce the need for EVERYONE to run wide of the ball and try to get ahead of the ball.
Tayja's hero ball killed us in the fourth quarter. In her immaturity she thinks attack means thoughtlessly driving to the basket which works against man to man. Her lack of focus had her flinging threes when there was still 1:30 on the clock when all we need was a 2 and a stop to tie. Normally she is great at clock management and knowing how much time we have on the clock. Tayja was also playing mad in the 4th quarter, which is not normal for her. All the girls were pissed about the opposing coach's poor behavior on the side lines. They will get plenty of time in the coming years to get used to it because in the higher levels of youth basketball, that ugly behavior from coaches tends to be the norm.
Another parent asked why I did not switch out of equal playing time to make sure that we won. As the other coaches behavior deteriorated, Jason and I talked about it briefly as we both thought it would be fun to "punish" him. I decided to stick to the normal plan since getting to play meaningful minutes is in the best interest of the girls. These games don't mean a thing. We are building for the future. Every player needs to play meaningful minutes to be prepared for High School Varsity when the games do count.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Game 6: Jan 19, 2014, Framingham - 36 Winchester - 19
Winchester scored 4 more than their average against us today. My weekly goal is to hold teams to under their scoring average.
Double D, which we played in the first 1/2, was about a B. Double D is a hybrid man to man / zone, basically a match up zone, where we play the ball and not a spot on the floor.
Our second half defense was awful. Second half we played HAVOC - soccer style man to man. In the 3rd quarter we gave up 9 points after holding them to 8 first half points.
We also failed to trap even one time at the half court line.
Individual defense grades are only on how well we played havoc in the first half.
The girls were annoyed that we did not press hard until we were 20 points up. We talked about how it is important to me as a coach not to humiliate teams. Our offense did not struggle as much as I thought having inexperienced people bringing the ball up. Even with 33 turnovers, the girls had a respectable game.
Next week's starters:
Chloe for her B+ defense, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 40% shooting.
Katie for her B+ defense, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 40% shooting.
Paige for her B+ defense, 4 rebounds, 6 steals and 1 block.
Brooke for her B+ defense, 4 steals, 1 block and 1 assist.
Jazlynn for her B+ defense and 19% shooting including 100% on 3s.
Double D, which we played in the first 1/2, was about a B. Double D is a hybrid man to man / zone, basically a match up zone, where we play the ball and not a spot on the floor.
Our second half defense was awful. Second half we played HAVOC - soccer style man to man. In the 3rd quarter we gave up 9 points after holding them to 8 first half points.
We also failed to trap even one time at the half court line.
Individual defense grades are only on how well we played havoc in the first half.
The girls were annoyed that we did not press hard until we were 20 points up. We talked about how it is important to me as a coach not to humiliate teams. Our offense did not struggle as much as I thought having inexperienced people bringing the ball up. Even with 33 turnovers, the girls had a respectable game.
Next week's starters:
Chloe for her B+ defense, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 40% shooting.
Katie for her B+ defense, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 40% shooting.
Paige for her B+ defense, 4 rebounds, 6 steals and 1 block.
Brooke for her B+ defense, 4 steals, 1 block and 1 assist.
Jazlynn for her B+ defense and 19% shooting including 100% on 3s.
| Turn Overs | Shots Taken | Shots Made | % | Offensive Rebounds | Defensive Rebounds | Steals | Assists | Blocks | Jump Balls | Defensive Grade | Challenge | Did Well | Goals for Week | |
| Jazlynn | 3 | 8 | 1 (Made 1 of 1 3s) | 19% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B+ | Rebound. | Great catch & Shoot 3! | 4 rebounds 2 drives 1 foul line trip |
| Celine | 2 | 17 | 4 (Made 1 of 4 foul Shot 25%) | 24% | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | B | RUN! Stay ahead of Ball. | Good shot Selection. | Lay ups. 50% foul Shots. |
| Chloe | 2 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | B+ | Hands HIGH. Make them shoot over You. | Excellent SHOOTING!!! | 10 rebounds |
| Hannah | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Great job with STATS. Thank You! | 4 rebounds 4 dives |
| Katie | 6 | 5 | 2 | 40% | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | B+ | Bring the ball down only to top of key. | Excellent SHOOTING!!! | 1 trip to line |
| Nilijah | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 Jump Balls per game |
| Sofia B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | B | Move TOWARDS passed ball. | Good job bringing ball up. | 2 rebounds |
| Tayja | 2 | 14 | 6 (Made 0 of 2 FS / 1 of 1 3s) | 46% | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | B+ | If in the paint, SHOOT! | Excellent Shooting! | 80% fouls shots 5X foul line 1 3-point shot |
| Sophia F | 2 | 8 | 2 | 25% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | B | DRIVE! | Good job Shooting. | 1 Drive to basket. |
| Brooke | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | B+ | Pass to ANY open player. Eyes UP! | Nice Defense. | 1 trip to Line. |
| Vienna | 4 | 4 | 0 (Made 0 of 1 foul Shot) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | Drive to basket. Shot Selection. | Excellent Rebounding. | 2 trips to line |
| Paige | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | B+ | Put ARC on shot. Refs always Right. | Great defense & shot Selection. | 6 rebounds |
| TEAM | 33 | 76 | 17 | 22% | 22 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 10 | B on DD C- on HAVOC! D- on TRAPPING | Poor HAVOC. No mid-court trapping? TURNOVERS! Ball is GOLD! | Great job Talking. | 7 people making a basket. 2 trips to foul line each quarter. |
| Turn Overs | Shots Taken | Shots Made | % | Offensive Rebounds | Defensive Rebounds | Steals | Assists | Blocks | Jump Balls | Defensive Grade | Challenge | Did Well | Goals for Week |
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Game 5: Jan 12, 2014, Sun, Framingham - 37 Natick - 17
Because I had no worries about beating Natick, I gave all the girls assignments each shift outside their comfort zones. I had some push back. These girls HATE to try new things. I pointed out that they only have to do that job for 4 minutes. In the end everyone did their new jobs well. We had different players in bounding, playing the back on D, being in the post and bringing the ball up the floor. We ran our press break with some success. We had players showing mental toughness and maturity.
We played three different defenses:
1. Double D our "normal" defense with is a zone / player to player hybrid where the girls play the ball and not a spot on the floor (B+)
2. Havoc - a soccer style player to player (C)
3. Chaos - a help and recover player to player (C-)
Next week's starters:
Katie - for her A defense and 10 rebounds.
Jazlynn - for her A defense.
Vienna for her B+ defense and 9 rebounds.
Celine for her B+ defense and her 44% shooting.
Paige - for her display of mental toughness.
We played three different defenses:
1. Double D our "normal" defense with is a zone / player to player hybrid where the girls play the ball and not a spot on the floor (B+)
2. Havoc - a soccer style player to player (C)
3. Chaos - a help and recover player to player (C-)
| Turn Overs | Shots Taken | Shots Made | % | Offensive Rebounds | Defensive Rebounds | Steals | Assists | Blocks | Jump Balls | Defensive Grade | Challenge | Did Well | Goals for Week | |
| Jazlynn | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | A | Rebound. | Excellent bringing ball up | 4 rebounds 2 drives 1 foul line trip |
| Celine | 2 | 9 | 4 (Made 0 of 2 foul Shot) | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | B+ | Rebound | Excellent Shot Selection | 4 rebounds 2 foul line trips |
| Chloe | 0 | 9 | 1 (Made 0 of 2 foul Shot) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | B | Rebound | AWESOME 4th quarter! | 6 rebounds |
| Hannah | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4 rebounds 4 dives |
| Katie | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | A | Stop feet. | Excellent Defense! | 1 trip to line |
| Nilijah | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 Jump Balls per game |
| Sofia B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | C | Defense | Good job Driving. | 2 rebounds |
| Tayja | 3 | 19 | 8 (Made 2 of 5 foul Shots 40%) | 42 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | A | Two hands on ball! | Excellent Rebounding | 80% fouls shots 5X foul line 1 3-point shot |
| Sophia F | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2 shots per shift |
| Brooke | 8 | 6 | 0 (Made 0 of 2 foul Shot) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | C | LESS Turnovers. Pass to ANY open player. Less dribbling. Eyes UP! | Hustled! | 2 rebounds |
| Vienna | 2 | 15 | 3 (Made 0 of 1 foul Shot) | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | B+ | Drive to basket. Shot Selection. | Good job Bringing ball up. | 2 trips to line |
| Paige | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | B | Rebound. | Showed much mental Toughness. | 6 rebounds |
| TEAM | 22 | 82 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 12 | B- | Look at BALL on cuts. RUN on cuts. Less than 10 TURNOVERS! Ball is GOLD! | Good job sharing ball | 7 people making a basket. 2 trips to foul line each quarter. |
| Turn Overs | Shots Taken | Shots Made | % | Offensive Rebounds | Defensive Rebounds | Steals | Assists | Blocks | Jump Balls | Defensive Grade | Challenge | Did Well | Goals for Week |
Next week's starters:
Katie - for her A defense and 10 rebounds.
Jazlynn - for her A defense.
Vienna for her B+ defense and 9 rebounds.
Celine for her B+ defense and her 44% shooting.
Paige - for her display of mental toughness.
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