Winning the close ones: the four scoring areas to look into.Quite a few basketball games are decided by 10 points or less, with every coach knowing exactly where the game was won or lost. Sometimes they will check the game and feel that they played well, but just didn't get the "little things" done. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are four areas in which coaches can add opportunities to score: the jump ball, free-throw transition, sideline sideline See on the sidelines. out-of-bounds, and out-of-bounds underneath the basket. Winning the Close Ones #1 JUMP BALL The opening tap is important because it can set the early tone of the game. It can provide an opportunity to score on the first possession. And put the opponents back on their heels, enabling you to get into a press situation. That is why believe in using a set design on the opening jump. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Let us assume that the opponents (X) set up in a diamond around the circle, as shown in the diagram diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. . If their jumper The simplest form of an on/off switch. It is just a tiny, plastic-covered metal block, which is pushed onto two pins to close that circuit. It is used to select a myriad of functions on a printed circuit board or on a peripheral device. is right-handed right-handed adj. Using the right hand more skillfully or easily than the left. , he will usually try to tip the ball back toward the left side. Knowing this, I set my players up in way that will enable us to get a quick score off the tip. Our #1 and #2 guards align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. on the left side with one defender between them. Our tipper (5) will direct the tap to whichever of them is more likely to gain control of the ball. We want the opponents to give us the inside position on our side of the court, creating a two-on-one situation for us. If we lose the tip, we will have our #3 and #4 players back on defense, with #5 close by to also provide defensive help. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As we said, we want to tip the ball between our #1 and #2 guards and have the receiver drive to the basket for the score. The other guard will fill the opposite side of the lane. That will give us a two-on-one advantage that hopefully will produce the score. If we score, we will immediately go into a full-court press full-court press n. 1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense. 2. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] #2 FREE-THROW TRANSITION Free throws offer a break in the game in which to catch your breath and then run a transition play to the hoop. A good time to run it is when the opponents are shooting the free throw (and hopefully missing). We look for the transition with quick passes up the sideline. Our #4 and #5 players set up on the bottom blocks of the free-throw lane, while our #2 and #3 guards set up on the high blocks. Our #1 guard aligns at center court. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If the free throw misses, we will rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective the ball and outlet it on that side to either #2 (as shown in the diagram) or to #3 if the miss rebounded to the other side. If the ball is outletted to #2, #1 will break to the ball-side sideline and #3 will release and sprint to fill the opposite lane. That will immediately give us a great two-on-one opportunity to score. #3 SIDELINE OUT OF BOUNDS When taking the ball out on the sideline, many teams will settle for "just getting the ball in." If the strategy dictates safety or caution, okay. Ordinarily or·di·nar·i·ly adv. 1. As a general rule; usually: ordinarily home by six. 2. In the commonplace or usual manner: ordinarily dressed pedestrians on the street. , you can play it more aggressively. Why not try to catch the defense napping with a set play? Check Diag. #3. Our #4 and #5 post players set up on the low blocks, our #2 guard starts at the top of the circle, and our #1 guard sets up on line with our #3 wing, who is taking the ball out. Our #4 player breaks to the corner to pull the defender with him/her, the #2 guard sets a back pick for #1, and #5 sets a second pick at the elbow very near; at hand. See also: Elbow . Our #3 wing will then have a nice entry pass to #1 (Diag. 4) for a drive or a shot. If the pass isn't there, we have #4 in the corner for an outlet pass or have #2 up on top as an outlet. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] #5 UNDERNEATH THE BASKET Out-of-bounds plays offer the perfect opportunity to catch the defense off guard. Every team should have a set play prepared for the occasion. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The coach should also make sure that the players execute the play at full speed. If they just go through the motions, the play won't work. Diags. 5 and 6 illustrate a play against a man-to-man defense Man to man defense is a type of defensive tactic used in basketball and Football (Soccer) in which each player is assigned to defend and follow the movements of a single player on offense. Often, a player guards his counterpart (e.g. that has been spread across the baseline. One post (5) then back-picks for the other post (4). The latter then breaks to the inside of the inbounder (3) and posts up hard. Our #5 player continues on outside of the box to set a back pick for our #2 guard, who has V-cut toward halfcourt. That sets up the play shown in Diag. 6: #2 cuts hard to the basket, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the layup pass from #3. If we cannot get the ball inside, we look for #1, our release player. CONCLUSION: All of these areas of play lend themselves to set plays. Whenever the action is stopped and gives you time to set something up, a well-executed play will frequently catch the opponents off guard. Winning those close games will become a little easier whenever you have a good assortment assortment /as·sort·ment/ (ah-sort´ment) the random distribution of nonhomologous chromosomes to daughter cells in metaphase of the first meiotic division. as·sort·ment n. of specially designed plays. MIKE SYBRANT Asst. Women's Basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. Coach, Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, CO |
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