Check out our Sponsor at DR DISH Looking to be a better Basketball Coach? Check out TEACHHOOPS Beating Pressure Beating Pressure with Poise. Cracking the pressure code Pressure ( F Words) • Flummoxed- To be confused or perplexed • Flustered-a state of nervous confusion • After the code is broken • Why do they not press in the NBA…Because they understand the numbers/ they know the pressure code • Façade: a superficial appearance, a deceptive front • Farce: Foolish Show Cracking the PRessureCode 3 on 2 easy to beat with any spacing Why do presses work • 2 Goons ( Goon is guy who run down the court o Use Their name/ Call them back o Ian come back o Call them back before they get the ball o Goons  Don’t make long passes to Goons  Never be a Goon yourself • Every Trapped balls o Need 3 near by receivers ( 3 angles) o Before you catch the ball set your table • A press is designed to rush you into quick shots • You know have beaten a press when you have gotten an easy shot on the other end • When the ball leaves a trap o You think attack o You press you pay o Pass out vs Dribble out  When you beaten the press  Easy shot on the other end  Gives your teammates MORE time to take advantage of the situation o Influence team shot selection ( press)  Your shot selection  Reminders / Easy one  Poise in a Trap • Be a slow pivot • Piston Pass • Break a window • Be mentally tough • Eyes ( Show your teammates eyes up) • Be a Slow clock ( DO NOT GO Back to 6 oclock) • One Nervous jittery equals nervous jitter team Piston Pass o Elbow up and behind the ball ( Like a push up)  As close as possible to their body  Ball DOES NOT MOVE  Always LOADED  No Butterfly passes ( moving it all around)  Film them  Fake with your eyes o Fake with eyes and knees ( centimeter bend of the knees) o Fake with eyes and centimeter fake with knees o Follow through the window o 5 Windows  Ear, Ear, Hip, Hip and over head • How to get open ( 4 way Race) • Take short steps, for your first or second fake. Everything after that should be long • Four Way Race o Big steps o Straight lines o Sharp direction changes • Do not over Dance ( quick and back forth) • Go in straight lines • If we do not have spirit or energy we will have conditioning • Leaders communicate and bring energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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