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From NBA to youth basketball the positionless trend is not slowing down. 

With positionless basketball now being played at the highest level of the game in the NBA and NCAA. There must be something to it.

As you know, having positionless basketball players makes it harder for your opponent to match up because you have players that are more skilled on the floor and not regulated to a certain area of the floor. 

This gives your players more chances to develop and tougher to defend. As a coach, you can simply teach the same overall concepts and focus on skill development. Which helps you win more games. 

Three benefits to playing positionless:

• Develops Players
• Able to play your best players regardless of size
• Removes the post defense from just sitting at the rim

First off you must be able to execute it properly.

To do that you have to have skilled players. 

Coach Chris Johnson who currently trains some of the top NBA players such as LeBron James in the NBA knows what it takes to execute. 

In the video below here Chris Johnson talks about finishing when it comes to positionless basketball, which is one of most important skills in basketball with most shots being taken at the rim or from the 3 point line.

Level 2 Finished

Another video Clip from Chris discussing the importance of training for today’s game!

NBA Trainer Chris Johnson Clip Here

In this clip Coach Richey of Furman University discusses their offensive goals. Coach Richey's team employs the positionless offense concepts out of 5 out and 4 out 1 in spacing. Coach Richey’s teams are typically in the top 25 in the nation in efficiency.

Offensive Goals

This year Furman is number # 6 in offensive efficiency in the country.

And Below Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Presbyterian College discuss some of the advantages she finds executing Positionless Offense.

Why To Run Positionless Motion Offense?

Even at the youth level Rick Torbett has been teaching the Read and React offense for years. His offense is positionless. 

You can play it 5 out, 4 out 1 in or 3 out 2 but the offense reactions are based upon habits not positions.

Whether you go all out 5 out or are a mismatch or injury away from using positionless basketball to get your best 5 players on the floor. Smart Coaches will study everything to give your team a competitive advantage.

To your success,

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