Don't know exactly why but one of my memories of my Dad was in the summer he would clip on a darker plastic shield over his prescription glasses so as to reduce the glare as he drove. I never would have had the courage to tell him, but at the time, I thought it was a little "dorky." My Dad was much more concerned with what was going to work rather than whether it fit a style. Somehow I think you could hardly expect less from a farmer. I will always be thankful I was raised on a farm. It formed my work ethic.
Transition has more than just the obvious implications in a game. Going from offense to defense or going from defense to offense are an essential part of the game. What about other transitions? How well do players go from starting to coming off the bench. Players move from being an off guard to being the lead guard. Players move up and players move down. Roles change. Transition has a whole lot more meaning than just going from offense to defense.
do believe, whenever possible you want to run your drills full court. This is a game like tactic that helps you to work on board coverage, transition and it give you a way to work on conditioning. Every opportunity you get in terms of drills, even if you are running 5 on 0 offense, finish with a
conversion.
The late coach Don Meyer's assigned roles for his players when going from offense to defense.
Tailback was the deepest player to get. Another player(s) was/were fullbacks. Their job was to
get back & pick up around the arc or rim. He also had what he called halfbacks who's job was to
pick up the ball & offensive players at least by half court.
One of the best coaching suggestions I ever heard concerning transition and it's incredibly simple but difficult to get your players to do consistently. Whether you go from offense to defense or you are going from defense to offense, the key to successful transition are in the first three steps you take. You should be
close, if not at full speed, after taking three steps or strides. If you are a post up type player, and you will reach your top speed in three strides and run to the front of the rim when going from defense to offense you will create for yourself more scoring opportunities. Also, if your so called "bigs" consistently run the floor you will wear down your opponent(s). Another key to going from defense to offense is, for your "big" to once they get to the front of the rim they get their body on first rather than allowing their defender to make contact first.
*If you ask at the beginning of the season, if your team wants to run & play fast , they will almost
always say "yes." But, in reality, seldom are teams willing to run hard consistently. Transition
ais extremely important but it must be a practice time emphasis or else it will be a game day regret.
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