Hi all,
I've recently gotten pressed into coaching my son's basketball team (14 year olds). There was a problem with the original coach, so I had to jump in and get involved without really having time to properly prepare.
One of our more promising players is a tall, wispy shy kid. He shoots well and often dominates in practice, but lacks confidence and disappears in games against big, physical opponents. I want to build him up, since he's our best chance at generating easy offense. In particular, I'd like to introduce a simple play designed around getting him (and our other bigs) an 8-12 foot look at the basket. Something like a pin-down-screen-play where he can come off, catch a pass, turn, face the basket and shoot, rather than trying to establish himself in the post where he tends to get pushed around and psyched out.
If anyone has a link or diagram to a play like this they can recommend, I'd appreciate the help. Edit: and, more generally, if anyone has simple plays of any kind that they swear by for this level (14 year olds, most of whom have never run a play before) that would be great.
I've recently gotten pressed into coaching my son's basketball team (14 year olds). There was a problem with the original coach, so I had to jump in and get involved without really having time to properly prepare.
One of our more promising players is a tall, wispy shy kid. He shoots well and often dominates in practice, but lacks confidence and disappears in games against big, physical opponents. I want to build him up, since he's our best chance at generating easy offense. In particular, I'd like to introduce a simple play designed around getting him (and our other bigs) an 8-12 foot look at the basket. Something like a pin-down-screen-play where he can come off, catch a pass, turn, face the basket and shoot, rather than trying to establish himself in the post where he tends to get pushed around and psyched out.
If anyone has a link or diagram to a play like this they can recommend, I'd appreciate the help. Edit: and, more generally, if anyone has simple plays of any kind that they swear by for this level (14 year olds, most of whom have never run a play before) that would be great.
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