Bruce Webber
Zone Motion Offence

Coach Webber beleives in teaching his players to play basketball not just how to run sets against different zone alignments. He trys to teach them how to beat any zone by teaching the concepts of spacing, penetrating the ball with the pass or dribble and finally ball movement.

Four Basic Points of Emphasis:

1. Must Have Great Spacing.

2. Great Player and Ball Movement.

3. Screen the Zone.

4. Must Penetrate the Zone via Pass or Dribble.

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Play of the Week

Reverse Double

This play is from Bruce Webbers Motion Zone Offence DVD.

The set starts with a standard 3 out 2 In alignment.

4 and 5 are positioned below the defence. 1,2 & 3 and positioned in the gaps of the zone.

1 will pass to 2, to make the zone shift, 5 will flash to the mid post/elbow area. (wherever the gap is)

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Thoughts From Bob Knight

Among all the things I believe, and all I've gathered from the people who have influenced me, I think one tops the list:
The importance of preparation.
We talk in coaching about "winners"--kids, and I've had a lot of them, who just will not allow themselves or their team to lose. Coaches call that a will to win. I don't. I think that puts the emphasis in the wrong place. Everybody has a will to win. What's far more important is having the will to prepare to win.

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Words of Wisdom

Ernie Kent from the University of Oregon believes coaching isn't hard: Know what you teach - your philosophy, teach it well, get the players to buy in to your philosophy.

What do you want to prevent. For example, Ralph Miller didn't consider point to wing a penetrating pass. Ball is the same distance from the basket and you can establish your help side position.

"You can't use every good idea ...you must find the ideas that best fit your program." -DM- Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski wants his team to always read the defense, even in transition. When the wings get to the scoring area, if the defense is back, he wants them to spot up. If the defense is up on the wings, he wants them to cross.

Dick Bennett speaks of 6 points to closing out a shooter: Short choppy step, high heads then settle into stance, allow no rhythm shot, level of the dribble - get him going sideways, take away the straight drive, bother/contest the shot.

Quotable

The person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.- Joe DiMaggio

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success - Dr. Joyce Brothers

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There's no such thing as life in-between. - Pat Riley

Victory or defeat is not determined at the moment of crisis but in the long and unspectacular period of preparation. - Football coaching manual c.1897

A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself. - Pete Carill