Rebounding Notes Outline

We take great pride in our rebounding. We have one of the top rebounders in the country in Junior Post Emma Cannon. Here is another handout that our players put in their notebooks. We then discuss and build our rebounding off these principles.

REBOUNDING

Statistics Related to Winning:
1. Good field goal percentage
2. Turnover Ratio
3. Rebounding—The top 20 rebounding teams in the nation, win over 80% of their games.

Principles of Rebounding—
1. Assume:
a. Offense—assume that every shot is a miss. Send 4 to boards.
b. Defense—assume every opponent is a terrible shooter. Send all 5 players to make physical contact.

2. Chin the Ball:
a. Chinning the ball—
i. Fingers spread wide and straight up when holding the ball.
ii. Elbows are held straight out in both directions.
iii. Try to squeeze the basketball.

3. Two From Two
a. Rebound with two feet with two hands.

4. Go Up With Both Hands Up
a. Both hands are up with elbows at least shoulder high


OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING
1. Offensive Rebounding Rules:
a. See The Shot
i. A shot taken from 20 feet away will usually be rebounded 10 feet from the glass. The rule is half the distance of the shot.
ii. Shot taken on the left side will usually be rebounded on the right side.
b. Assume That All Shots Will Be Missed
c. Go To A Gap & Make Contact
i. Get the best piece of the pie. If the shot is taken from the right side, the best piece of the pie would be the baseline side of the defensive player.
ii. Go to a gap and block out the defensive player.
iii. Go to a gap and get even.
iv. Keep the ball alive.
1. How do you go to a gap?
a. If the player is in a block out position, you tap with the outside hand and swim with the inside hand. Get in a wide block position after this.


DEFENSIVE REBOUNDING
1. Defensive Rebounding Rules:
a. See or Hear The Shot
i. This is why a shot call is so vital. You are so involved with defending that you cannot see the shot. You must have a shot call by the person guarding the shooter.
ii. Get visual contact before you get physical contact. You must pick up who you are going to block out.
iii. Physical contact inside the arc. Proactive contact. I go after him.

Game Situations

We pride ourselves on preparation. We work to cover every area that may come to our players. The following is a handout that we go over with our team and add to throughout the season.

Re: Game Situations

1. General Rules
a. New rules
b. Key rules
c. No facial expressions, win the officials.

2. Game Day Procedure
a. Shoot around—short but intense—focused
b. Team goals
c. Scouting report/ game plan

3. Lockerroom Attitude
a. Preparation: Mentally & Physically
b. Team thoughts to relax, forget yourself
c. Quiet, aggressive, confident
d. Prayer
e. Team together

4. Pre-Game Warmup
a. Arrival time to gym
b. Rehearsal
c. Concentrate on your physical and mental preparation
d. Quick movement, hands ready, “second wind”
e. Enthusiasm and encouragement for teammates
f. Position shooting
g. FT’s
h. Sound fundamentals
i. Set the tone

5. Pre-Game Introductions
a. Hustle out
b. Individual and team enthusiasm and determination
c. Identify your match-up
d. Entire team together


6. Bench Organization
a. Will vary with situations
b. Attention to game, concentrate, enthusiasm
c. Bench decorum

7. Jump Ball
a. Technique: Hands ready, knees bent
b. Assignments: Sandwich, get by your man at ½ circle, defensive or offensive
c. It’s a loose ball, get every one, we want possession.

8. Substitutions
a. Report to scorer, person at scorebook, at the “X”
b. Official must beckon you in
c. Towel, get the man you are guarding
d. Sprint off floor
e. Bench up
f. When coming out touch each player on bench

9. Time Out Organization
a. How to call
b. Sprint off floor to bench, seating arrangement
c. Water and towel quickly
d. Attention is most important
e. “Give us your eyes”

10. FT’s
a. Block out assignments
b. Hands up and knees bent

11. Half-Time Procedure
a. All warm-ups to locker room
b. Use rest room
c. Coaches meet and discuss
d. Team discusses until coaches enter/ keys on board
e. Adjustments to make
f. First 5 possession of 2nd half are key
g. You usually do not win the game in the first half
h. Check back in to start the half





12. Post Game
a. Shake hands with opponent
b. Class
c. Hustle to locker room immediately after leaving opponents
d. Congratulate/ Encourage teammates
e. Discuss with coaches, “Even Keel”
f. Time for next practice/ game
g. Locker room cleaner when leaving than when we arrived

13. Discussing the Game
a. Do not make excuses
b. Focus on your mistakes rather than finding fault in teammates
c. Enjoy the victory but remember to be gracious in victory and emotionally balanced after defeat.
d. If we improve each game, we have no defeats, only bad performances.
e. Be realistic.
f. Think about the team and your teammates.
g. Prepare and improve fundamentals.




Nothing is more important than our individual and Team Attitudes

Stephen Covey 8 Characteristics of Principle Centered Leaders

STEPHEN COVEY
Principle-Centered Leaders

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Covey opens his book, Principle-Centered Leadership, with this traditional quote. The basis for much of Covey’s theory on leadership is that ineffective people try to manage their time around priorities, whereas effective people lead their lives and manage their relationships according to principles—natural laws governing values that are universally valid.

He outlines eight characteristics of Principle-Centered Leaders:

1. They are continually learning. Leaders are always curious, always trying to develop new skills.
2. They are service oriented. Life is a mission, not a career. Develop a sense of contribution and service.
3. They radiate positive energy. Their optimism becomes self-fulfilling.
4. They believe in other people. Create a climate for growth.
5. They lead balanced lives. They read, watch, observe and learn.
6. They see life as an adventure.
7. They are synergistic. Synergy is a state in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Leaders improve almost any situation they get into.
8. They exercise self-renewal. They work to develop the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. By exercising these aspects of their life, they develop a strong and healthy character, discipline and will.

Limiting Turnovers

Eliminating Turnovers:

3000 games of analysis +4.2 wins 64% of the time

Motion Checklist

1) Must have established screeners

2) Shot Selection

3) Shot opportunities
How will we get shots and who will get them?

4) Offensive Rebounding

5) Spacing

6) Penetration: Drive and Space

7) TPDCR--Get ball inside
Transition/ Post/ Drives/ Cutters/ Rebounds

8) Turnovers

9) Secondary

10) Entries

Cutting & Screening Thoughts

We scrimmaged our practice players in a live 2nd half scrimmage today. The most glaring part was our lack of movement and spacing. Here are a few thoughts:

Three things you can do in basketball:
1. Move the basketball
2. Move people—Johnny Orr used to run motion w/o screens.Screening—negative to screening is that you momentarily destroy spacing

Re: ARETE

Re: Arete

There are moments like this when I feel I possess that elusive quality known as class. More frequently, I am certain I don’t. But I am aware that it is always available to me. Anyone can have class. It’s character is nonetheless elusive.

In talking about class and trying to define it, one runs the risk of sounding silly and snobbish. For one thing, not only is class difficult to define, it is much more evident in its absence. Since part of class is not boasting about it, the no-class people stand out. For every class athlete you see, you can name any number of spoilsports, showboats, alibiers and cheaters.

The Greeks have a word for it. Arete means the best. Arete also contains the idea of something, whether it be an object or a creature, doing exactly what it was made for. Arete means being the absolute embodiment of what it was designed to be. It is not being better than something else; it s the best of what it is. Arete is me being the best possible ______ I can be.

The important thing about actions is not what you do but the way you do it. “Every calling is great, said Oliver Wendell Holmes; “when greatly pursued.” It is the old refrain all over again. Have no care for the outcome. Play the game to the hilt. Show a little class.

The great ones, whether they are mechanics or cardiologists, waiters or housewives, always do. They have all the virtues and qualities that go with class. They believe the way they do something matters, and in the long run that is all that matters.

The distinction between life lived as a success and life lived as a failure as I see it, is a matter of class. Class is a product of body and mind and spirit. I suspect that for me it begins with an all-consuming desire to do my best, a compulsion that everyone has felt from time to time for different activities. My task it to do it to everything I do.


Taken from This Running Life
By Dr. George Sheehan

What You Can Learn By Watching Players Run Sprints

You can learn a lot about a player by simply watching them run sprints:

What can you learn from watching players run sprints?
Are they simply trying not to be last?
Are they just trying to finish?
Are they mad because of having to run sprints?
Are they trying to win every single sprint?

A Disciplined Player & A Disciplined Team

A DISCIPLINED PLAYER…
1. Knows the importance of being on time.
2. Has learned the value of regular hours and good training habits from working hard in practice.
3. Has learned that the team come before himself. This strengthens his character as he is sometimes called upon to sacrifice for others.
4. Has learned to take orders; in taking orders, he learns how to give them.
5. Knows that discipline is the essence of every successful organization; as a member of the team, he understands the need for it.
6. Has learned that many of these things establish a degree of self-discipline.

A DISCIPLINED BASKETBALL TEAM…
1. Doesn’t beat itself by mistakes.
2. Is always ready to play—INTENSITY
3. Has the guts to come from behind.
4. Rises above adversity.
5. Never, never quits.

Discipline

“My whole philosophy of discipline is that if you
Learn to think about consequences, and
More than that, actually
See and feel the repercussions of your actions
Ahead of time, you just might prevent yourself
From doing something stupid”

Planning Projects & Details

Working at Tennessee for Coach Summitt gave me the opportunity to work in one of the greatest environments for organization and planning. Here are some of Pat's rules for handling projects:

In all projects and situations:
· Get it written down. Get everyone involved copies.
· What specific things are we going to do?
· Specifics and details on everything. Ask questions. Make sure you have all the bases covered.
· What’s the problem?
o How’s it going to be fixed?
o Who’s responsible?

Definition of Insanity

Albert Einstein’s Definition of Insanity:
“To continue to do the same thing
But expect different results.”

Skill Development Teaching Progression

SKILL DEVELOPMENT TEACHING PROGRESSION
Identifying skills:
· Identify the skill
· Break the skill down
· Replicate game situations
Teaching the skill:
· SEE THE SKILL—Demonstrate correctly
· FEEL THE SKILL—Execute the skill
· PROPERLY AND QUICKLY REPLICATE THE SKILL TO AD NAUSEUM

Maintaining Standards

"Evil is anything that imperceptibly lowers our standards just a hair."

Early Season Teaching Points

General Teaching Points For The Start Of Practice
· Good defense is relative to the ball and position of teammates.
· Cant spend too long on 1 thing
· Explain the purpose of every drill.
· Teaching progression.
· Tell the “how” and “why” in meetings.
· Demonstration by the players, not coaches.
· Out fundamental our opponents.
· Intimidate them physically.
· Do what you say you are going to do.

5 Characteristics of Successful Players

FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS

1. Commitment
a. Don’t be Luke-warm, put your whole self in—Be PASSIONATE about what you do.
b. “A leader with great passion and few skills will always outperform a leader with great skills and little passion.”—John Maxwell
c. Be committed to becoming the best you can be—Skill Development (develop the unconscious)
i. Confidence comes from demonstrated ability.
d. Four Types of Players
i. Unconscious and incompetent
ii. Conscious and incompetent
iii. Conscious and competent
iv. Unconscious and competent (develop the unconscious to become automatic through repetition.)
2. Toughness (physical and mental)
a. Mental more than physical (attention to detail because good is in the details)
b. BE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE (pressure is good and stress is bad)
c. You have to have tenacity, which is the ability to stick with it and be persistent in your attitude and effort.
d. If you want to be the best player you have to be the hardest worker and those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
3. Communication (on and off the floor)
a. Listen vs Hearing (listen with your eyes, ears, mind and heart)
b. Great players crave hard instruction
c. Have huddles on the floor to communicate with teammates
d. Sometimes you have to figure it out without your coach (communicate to “Fix It”)—Adapt, Improvise & Overcome
4. Leadership
a. Leadership starts from the top
b. You have to learn to serve before you can lead (servant leader)
c. Lead from the front not from the rear (lead by example because your example isn’t the main thing, it is the only thing)
d. Not everybody can lead, but everybody has a role.
i. Roles
1. Define
2. Understand
3. Accept
4. Fulfill
5. Goal Oriented
a. Have long term & short term goals
b. Set specific goals that are observable & measurable (have a narrow focus to help concentration)
c. Set goals that are realistically attainable & within your control
d. Determine what you want—find out how much it is going to cost you—decide whether you are willing to pay the price
e. You must have the persistence to follow through with your set goals (BE A FINISHER)

Who We Are--Knights Basketball

“WHO WE ARE’

WE ARE A BLUE COLLAR TEAM
WE ARE A REAL TEAM
WE ARE A FAMILY
WE ARE LOVING

WE ARE STUDENTS OF THE GAME
WE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND
WE ARE STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE
WE ARE PERSISTENT IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY

WE ARE PASSIONATE
WE ARE UNIQUE
WE ARE FEARLESS
WE ARE UNCOOL

WE ARE STEADFAST (EVEN KEEL)
WE ARE DETERMINED AND DISCIPLINE
WE ARE UNSELFISH
WE ARE INSPIRING

Dick Bennett's 5 Biblical Concepts

Dick Bennett’s Five Biblical Concepts

1. DON’T BE LUKEWARM
a. Don’t be the spit out of someone’s mouth like lukewarm water.
b. Be passionate about things that matter.
c. Maintain an individual and team hunger.
2. HAVE THE MENTALITY OF A SERVANT
a. Always look for an opportunity to serve.
b. It’s best to serve when you expect nothing in return.
3. UNDERSTAND AND PRACTICE HUMILITY
a. James 3:13—Deeds done in humility that comes from wisdom.
b. Consider other’s interests before you own.
c. The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
4. NEVER LET THE SUN GO DOWN WITHOUT RESOLVING ALL BAD SITUATIONS
a. Say what needs to be said now and then get on with your life.
b. Don’t let pride hold you back—say you’re sorry.
c. Live today with the assumption that it will be your last.
5. MAINTAIN AN ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING
a. Be thankful for what you have. Don’t waste time on jealousy.
b. Consider every situation to be an opportunity for growth.
c. Be thankful in and for every situation.

To Win On The Road

TO WIN ON THE ROAD

1. Must defend.
2. Must eliminate transition baskets.
3. Must rebound.
4. Must have defensive resolve.
5. Eliminate turnovers.

5 Areas of Consistency

5 AREAS OF CONSISTENCY

1. Focus
2. Effort
3. Positioning
4. Awareness
5. Alertness
   

Details & Skill Development

Repetition creates skills. Commitment to detail creates great skills. The great ones think in detail.

6 Must Haves For Championship Defense

SIX MUST HAVES FOR CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE:

1. Communication—6 reasons why
a. Talk intimidates.
b. Gives defense a head start.
c. Gives the man on the ball more confidence.
d. You can make up for a disengaged defender.
e. Catches the mistake before it happens.
f. Energize your team—Productive loud.
2. Trust—Teams that don’t trust foul more.
3. Positioning
4. Awareness
5. Alertness
6. Multiple effort mind-set.

DNA Of Great Players

DNA OF GREAT PLAYERS
1. Compete in every practice and game.
2. Hold themselves accountable.
3. Put demands on themselves and others.

Thoughts On The Team

Just wanted to share a few thoughts about the TEAM. I know many of you are heading into your high school, middle school seasons.. Just a few things to think about.

Team Thoughts
1. Get better together
2. What can we do to play to our strengths?
3. No coach keeps a player from:
a. Running the floor
b. Diving for loose balls
c. Rebounding
4. It’s not about talent, it’s about commitment
5. Selecting a team:
a. Speed over size
b. Spirit over temperament
c. Team contribution over individual
6. Team Morale
a. Awareness and communication
b. Know the types of kids we have

Be Excellent At The Things We Can Control

We treat Excellence as a skill that must be tended to and developed daily. We work to get our players to understand that they must take ownership of the things they can control. Here are some items that we work to control and strive for Excellence at:

1. Attitude
2. Effort
3. Being a team
4. Communication
5. Rebounding
6. Pushing ball and running floor
7. Playing in active stances
8. Perfect defensive positioning
9. Conditioning

Pre-Season Conditioning Routine

ENDURANCE TRAINING
Metabolic Speed Program

While coaching high school in Tennessee, we used this program to break up the monotony of pre-season conditioning.
This type of program will involve sprinting, carioca, backpedal and side shuffle with a brief amount of rest between each set. It will simulate the running and resting times during a game.

Distance Rest—15 seconds between each drill
1. Baseline to top of key
2. Baseline to half-court line
3. Baseline to foul line
4. Shuffle, baseline to foul line
5. Baseline to foul line
6. Baseline to half-court line
7. Back pedal, baseline to foul line
8. Carioca, baseline to foul line
9. Baseline to half-court line
10. Baseline to baseline

3 Minute Rest
1. Baseline to baseline
2. Side shuffle, baseline to half-court line
3. Baseline to foul line
4. Baseline to baseline
5. Carioca, baseline to top of key
6. Baseline to top of key
7. Side shuffle, baseline to foul line
8. Baseline to top of key
9. Baseline to baseline
10. Back pedal, baseline to foul line

3 Minute Rest
1. Side shuffle, baseline to baseline
2. Baseline to baseline
3. Baseline to foul line
4. Carioca, baseline to foul line
5. Baseline to baseline

Repeat 3 Times Equals One Game

NBA Stats & Winning Correlation

NBA 2005-2006 Correlates to Winning


Rank order coefficients of correlations between a team’s winning percentage and various statistics revealed these facts


Rank Statistic Correlation
1 Field Goal Percentage Defense .689
2 Off to Def FG% Difference .687
3 Turnovers (fewest) .628
4 Fouls (fewest) .560
5 3 Point Field Goal Percentage Defense .558
6 Defensive Rebounds (percentage) .550
7 Opponents 2nd Chance Points (fewest) .525
8 Field Goal Percentage .408
9 Points in the Paint .262
10 Opponents Points in the Paint (Fewest) .255
11 Opponents Fast Break Points (fewest) .201
12 Fast Break Points .174
13 Offensive Rebounds (percentage) .172
14 3 Point Field Goal (percentage) .148
15 Free Throw Percentage .104
16 Turnovers Forced .039
17 Steals (FOOLS GOLD) -.051
18 Free Throw Attempts -.061

Jeff Van Gundy on Communication

Jeff Van Gundy's 3 Emphasis For COMMUNICATION:

1. EARLY
2. LOUD
3. CONTINUOUS
   

Michael Hyatt's Blog--Leadership Lessons of Tommy Franks

Taken from Michael Hyatt's Blog:

"Last Friday, I had the privilege of hearing General Tommy Franks speak at the Spur Leadership Conference in Austin, Texas. I was standing in the “green room” visiting with one of our authors when General Franks entered the room with his wife, Cathy. He stuck out his hand and said, “Hi, my name’s Tom.” I liked him immediately.
The way he carried himself made an unforgettable impression on me. First, he was clearly “large and in charge.” He was in a business suit, but you just knew he was a general. He exuded leadership. Second, he was warm and self-effacing. He also clearly adored his wife and bragged on the fact that they had been married for forty years.
I would not describe his speech as eloquent or profound. However, it was filled with the kind of common sense that today seems to be all too uncommon. I was totally captivated by his stories. He had the kind of wisdom that only comes from leaders who have been through many battles and been forced to make the kind of gut-wrenching decisions between bad and worse.
I will tell you one story that I recorded in my journal. He flunked out of the University of Texas in 1967. Rather than wait to be drafted to fight in Vietnam, he enlisted in the Army. As he got on the bus to leave for boot camp, his father said, “Son, I have one piece of advice. Be feisty.”
He replied, “But Dad, I am feisty.”
His dad said, “Son, I know your feisty, but I mean it as an acronym. F-e-i-s-t-y.” He then went on to spell it out:
“F” is for focus. You need to get focused on what is important and stay focused.
“E” is for energy. Bring all the energy you can muster to every situation.
“I” is for integrity. This is your most important possession. Don’t ever compromise it.
“S” is for solve the problem. Don’t argue. Don’t make excuses. Just solve the problem and get on with it.
“T” is for take the blame when no one else will. Accept responsibility and be accountable.
“Y” is for “Yes, I do windows.” Don’t ever say, “That’s not my job.” Do whatever the boss asks you to do and do it with enthusiasm.
Later in the Q&A session, General Franks told the story of a young lieutenant who declared his intention to one day become a General himself. He asked, “Could you share with me the one thing I can do to advance my career and achieve this goal?”
General Franks told him, “Son, go out and buy two alarm clocks.”
The young officer, clearly confused by the General’s answer, asked, “Two alarm clocks?”
“That’s right,” General Franks explained. “If you can’t take responsibility for your own life and show up on time, you have no right leading anyone else. Don’t ever be late.”
Question: What’s one leadership lesson you learned from your dad?

General Tommy Franks On Daily Preparation

It was my duty to foresee. We live with unusual risk every day, even in peacetime.
Everyday…
I laid a stack of blank 3x5 cards on my desk.
On the first card, I printed “the date—The biggest challenges I may face today. I then listed five of the most important problems that could arise in the next 24 hours.”
I then flipped the card over and wrote: “Opportunities that may appear today.”
Every morning I note “Challenges and Opportunities” that might occur on that day. The card itself isn’t important; preparing myself for each day definitely is. This process helped me to anticipate any number of problems..and solutions.
—Taken from American Soldier, By General Tommy Franks, Retired Commander in Chief, US Central Command

Michael Jordan--10 Rules For Maximizing Competitiveness

Great article in the October issue of Golf Digest. Jordan lists 10 elements of competitiveness:

1. Focus On The Little Things

• He focused on all the fundamentals that he had worked on during practice for all those years.

2. Have Total Confidence In What You Can Do

• Confidence comes from demonstrated ability. Practice reps.

3. Don't Think About The Prize; Think About The Work

• Prepare, Practice and Perfect. Do the work and the prizes will come.

4. Keep It Simple

• Stick to the things you know you are capable of doing.

5. Control Your Emotions

• Poise and Composure and Concentration

6. Use Tough Losses For Motivation

• Turning negatives into positives has always worked for me.

7. Competitors Always Want To Have Something Riding On The Outcome

• Always look for a competitive edge.

8. There's An Art To Turning Things To A Competitive Advantage

• Look for things that takes your opponent's mind off what he's trying to do. What are their distractions and avoid those things that distract you.

9. Nervousness Is Not A Bad Thing

• Confidence in your preparation.
• Keep things simple.

10. Learn From Others Competitiveness

• Tiger Woods example.