Let's say you're an assistant coach and you get 20 minutes to work on some positional breakdown concepts.
Typically you'd get about 6-8 players in your group and our focus is just on building high school guard skills.
Here's what I'd work on: ⏬
I. Best Practices
Just as a general approach, I'd want assistant coaches to:
▪️ be energetic
▪️ gets guys in and out of reps
▪️ have a clear teaching point in mind
▪️ don't talk too much
▪️ hype up the behavior you want to be reinforced
II. Session Design
We're not going to be system-specific here, but just try to build up universal guard skills.
In my mind, universal Guard skills probably include:
▪️ ball handling
▪️ finishing at the rim
▪️ shooting
▪️ drop & kick passing
▪️ perimeter def
A good, aggressive 1211 press can be a nightmare to deal with.
Length on the inbounder, guards forcing the ball to the corner, and off-the-ball defenders ready to shoot the gaps to steal passes.
Let's look at a few strategies to attack it:
I. 1211 Press Design
The 1211 is a full-court press that is trying to funnel the ball to the deep corner.
When it gets there an immediate trap is set with the wing and inbound defender. It is a press that is very strong in the first 1/4 of the floor, and weak in back 3/4.
A. 1211 Mistakes
One of the biggest mistakes comes with where that initial pass is made.
The place where teams can get in the most trouble is that entry into the deep ball side corner.