Coach ,One of the hardest areas to score in basketball is when the shot clock runs down below 12 seconds. Teams that can execute late in the shot clock are tough to beat.Coach Toppert breaks down 3 actions that can help improve your offense when the...

,Most offensive schemes are designed to get one extra foot of space to your best player or to force a defender to make a choice.Teaching spacing and more importantly, developing your players' inner sense about it- is critical for your team’s success....

Coach ,Kelvin Sampson's Houston Cougars are currently the #2 team in the country and 4th in Andy Katz's Power 36 college basketball rankings.Around basketball, the Cougars are known to have one of the best Cultures in college basketball. They ar...

Coach ,Few teachers bridge player development and team strategy like Cody Toppert. Here are three on-court takeaways from his clinic.1.) Teach Reads, Not Routes Toppert’s “Bones over Cones” concept stresses that defenders—not props—should drive decis...

Coach ,The Spain pick and roll is variation of the Pick & Roll that has taken the NBA (and other basketball levels) by storm the last few years. The Spain pick and roll occurs when a screen is set for the ball handler, then a third player se...

Coach ,As coaches, we are constantly on the lookout for new ideas and actions to add to our playbooks. With the prevalence of ball screens being used at all levels, your ability to execute at both the individual player level to the team level is...

Coach ,As you know, the pick and roll is one of basketball’s most effective offensive strategies. But because it’s so common, understanding how to defeat the most common pick and roll coverages will allow you to step one step ahead of your oppon...

Coach ,The Princeton offense can be one of the toughest offenses to defend in the game of basketball.As an opposing coach, it is tough to get your players ready for the game plan of defending the action because of all the different reads.The Princeto...

Coach ,Let's get right into them!Zipper Deep SweepA variation of the Zipper action is called a Deep Sweep (thank you Liam Flynn for your help on this), where the cutter comes from across the lane and off the zipper screen to catch the ball on the opp...

Coach ,If you watch international basketball as much as we do, you will notice there are two popular alignments for starting half-court plays: Horns Alignment and Diamond Alignments.  Sometimes called a Double Exit, the play action was...