Comments on: Who Works Hard Without The Ball? http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/470/who-works-hard-without-the-ball/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:59:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Freshwater http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/470/who-works-hard-without-the-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Mike Freshwater Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:46:24 +0000 http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/?p=470#comment-3709 All great suggestions. I would also add a few things: * Do a closer look at results in terms of how effective different defenses are. Measure how many times you might have run a defensive \'special\' like your 1-3-1 trap and document what happened. Did they score? Did you force a turnover? Were your rotations consistent? * To expand on what Bill said about offense, look at the back side (off the ball) of your motion offense. Is there purposeful action or standing around, etc? * Watch what your kids do on the foul lane when rebounding free throws from all the positions on the lane. Look at how you outlet the ball on makes and/or misses. How many offensive rebounds did you get off misses? Do you need to emphasize this more during the season? * Bill said, watch what you do during games. I would add look at the whole bench. Are the players there paying attention or goofing off? What they do is almost always obvious to spectators during the game. Using down time to watch video of games past for the purposes of looking for things that you don\'t necssarily notice normally is a great idea for improving your team year over year. All great suggestions. I would also add a few things:

* Do a closer look at results in terms of how effective different defenses are. Measure how many times you might have run a defensive \’special\’ like your 1-3-1 trap and document what happened. Did they score? Did you force a turnover? Were your rotations consistent?

* To expand on what Bill said about offense, look at the back side (off the ball) of your motion offense. Is there purposeful action or standing around, etc?

* Watch what your kids do on the foul lane when rebounding free throws from all the positions on the lane. Look at how you outlet the ball on makes and/or misses. How many offensive rebounds did you get off misses? Do you need to emphasize this more during the season?

* Bill said, watch what you do during games. I would add look at the whole bench. Are the players there paying attention or goofing off? What they do is almost always obvious to spectators during the game.

Using down time to watch video of games past for the purposes of looking for things that you don\’t necssarily notice normally is a great idea for improving your team year over year.

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