Understand how to execute the

Understand how to execute the following man offenses: Flex, Princeton, Motion, and Triangle.

"Being Deceptive"

A Smart Player is Never Predictable

Written by Tilden Corbett

For Sam and Peter Murphy

How to move without the ball (Read the Defense):

V-Cuts

Curls

Flashing

The High Shot

Pick and Roll (PNR)

Pick and Pop (PNP)

How to move with the ball:

Receiving the ball (Triple Threat)

Ball fakes

Jabs

Hands up

Step Backs

Low Post Moves (Drops Step, Up and Under, Spin, The Front)

Pass and Pick Away (PPA)

Drive and Dish (DND)

Give and Go

Reading the Offense:

Eye Reading

The Fake Open Man

Helpside and Recover

Tricks of the Trade:

Pick Your Man

The Fake Open Man

Trapping

The Back Door Signal

The Importance of COMMUNICATION

Verbal:

Defense: (Deny All Inside Scoring)

“Get Back”, “Help-side”, “Trap”, “Watch Mine”, “Deny”, “Switch”, “Slide”, “Look Around”, “Cutter”, “Deny Paint”, “Watch Mine”, “Watch My Back”, “Cut Off Baseline”, “Rotate”, “See Both”, “Back Door”, “Pick Left”, “Pick Right”, “Go Through”, “That’s weak”, “Step Up”, “Get on Top of That”, “Show Yourself”, “Watch Shooter”, “Hands Up (Leland)”, “Get Low (Nash)”, “See the World”, “1-Press 4 Help”, “Man Check”, “Box Out”, “Match Up”, “Find Yours”, etc.

Offense: (Execute)

“Swing It (The Ball)”, “Come Through”, “Motion”, “Pop Out”, “Turn Up The Volume”, “Execute”, “Flash”, “Stay Ball-side”, “For Me”, “For You”, “On Time”, “Stay Put”, “Other Side”, “Rub Off”, “Roll”, “Outlet”, “Crash the Boards”, “Read It”, “Look at the Hand”, “Cut Through”, “GNG”, “DND”, “PNR”, “PPA”, “PNP”, “Box Out”, “Follow Your Shot”, etc.

Non-verbal:

Back Door Signal, Player Control, Use against tight playing defenders

Come Through Hand Wave, Use to tell teammate to rub off pick

Pick, Arm Raise, Use when setting or calling for picks

Watch My Back, Illegal Procedure (in football), Use when fronting a Post Player

Throw Into the Lane, Head Nod with Eye Contact, The “Pick Your Man” trick

"Just Me"

The below is a poem that I've been sharing for at least 10 years with all of my youth basketball players. It is filled with really great basketball wisdom

by Tom Krause

"From the time I was little, I knew I was great
'cause the people would tell me, "You'll make it - just wait."
But they never did tell me how great I would be
If I ever played someone who was greater than me.

When I'm in the back yard, I'm king with the ball
To swish all those baskets is no sweat at all.
But all of a sudden there's a defender in my face
Who doesn't seem to realize that I'm king of this place.

So the pressure gets to me; I rush with the ball.
My passes to teammates could go through the wall.
My jumpers not falling, my dribbles not sure.
My hand is not steady; my eye is not pure.

The fault is my teammates - they don't understand.
The fault is my coaches - what a terrible plan.
The fault is the call by the blind referee.
But the fault is not mine; I'm the greatest, you see.

Then finally it hit me when I started to see
That the face in the mirror looked exactly like me.
It wasn't my teammates who were dropping the ball,
and it wasn't my coach shooting bricks at the wall.

That face in the mirror that was always so great
Had some room for improvement instead of just hate.
So I stopped blaming others and I started to grow.
My play got much better and it started to show.

And all of my teammates didn't seem quite so bad.
I learned to depend on the good friends I had.
Now I like myself better since I started to see
That I was lousy being great - I'm much better being me."

Never compete to be better than everyone else – compete to be better than yourself. ~Tilden

The Best Basketball Drills

DRILLS:

Compiled by Tilden Corbett

DEFENSE:

ROLLING DEFENSIVE STANCE DRILL

FOOT FIRE

Z DRILL

CIRCLE BOX-OUT DRILL

EYE READING DRILL

THE PISTON DRILL

SHELL DRILL

FORMATIONS DRILL

N-E-W-S SLIDE DRILL

OFFENSE:

3-MAN WEAVE

TRIANGLE PASSING

PAIRS PASSING DRILL

UP AND BACK PAIRS PASSING

“SWING THE BALL” DRILL

ENTRY PASS DRILL

3-0N-3 TRIANGLE DRILL

PASS AND PICK AWAY DRILL

ROLLING PICK DRILL

GIVE AND GO DRILL

CIRCLE PIVOT DRILL

RUNNING PIVOT DRILL

SQUARE PASSING DRILL (TEAMS)

FREETHROW DRILL

FOOTWORK DRILL

BACKDOOR DRILL

CLOSE-OUT SHOOTING DRILL

3-MAN, 2-BALL DRILL (SHOOTER, REBOUNDER, & PASSER)

3-PT SHOOTOUT COMPETITION

COACHES DRIBBLING DRILL

SPECIAL:

REBOUNDING DRILL

PRESS BREAK DRILL

OFFENSE / DEFENSE ONLY DRILL

PLAY AUDIBLE DRILL

THE BOX OUT DRILL

THE HUSSLE DRILL

3-on-2, 2-on-1 DRILL

7 keys to achieving your goals

These are the crucial elements from start, to implementation, to achievement of your goals, that everyone must do in order to make them a reality. Again I want to emphasize how important it is to put into action the information that I am giving you here, it is vital to your success. Please don’t take it lightly.

1.) Desire – It all starts with a dream, a desire to have or accomplish something. If you don’t want it, then why bother going after it?

2.) Belief – In order to accomplish/acquire something, you must possess the beliefs that it is achievable and worth pursuing. That reaching this goal does not conflict with your values. That no one will be harmed or adversely affected by it. And lastly, you must possess the belief that you are capable of achieving it, and that you can learn whatever is necessary to accomplish it.

3.) Knowledge – You need to acquire the knowledge and information that you will need to know in order to do, accomplish, or achieve whatever it is you are attempting. This means learning the "how-to" of what you are wanting to do. You will also need to read about, listen to, and/or model someone who has already done what you wish to accomplish in order to learn the mental strategies that are necessary to accomplish this goal.

4.) Opportunity – The opportunity must exist for you to take action. Is this something that you can do now? If not, when? Are there external (or internal) factors that are getting in the way?

5.) Vision – In order to accomplish the goal, you must have a clear idea of what it is that you want, and create a compelling internal representation in your mind that you can "see" vividly. You can also use external pictures of your goal that you review daily. The better you can visualize your goal and its achievement/accomplishment, the better your chances of getting it.

6.) Planning – Devise a concise plan for the achievement of your goal setting long-term, short-term, as well as daily goals. Also implement the use of a dayplanner type system to help you plan your time and to "track" your progress towards its achievement.

7.) Commitment – Stick to it, no matter what. You must be prepared to do "whatever it takes" (without hurting anyone) to accomplish your goal. Use vision and planning to create such a great picture of your goal that you fall in love with the thought of its accomplishment. Post the following statement up on your bathroom mirror and recite it to yourself every morning.

"I will not give up, no matter how many obstacles I encounter, or how much pain I endure. Because these things are nothing compared to my desire to succeed."