Relationships: A Key to Your Success

KEVIN EASTMAN/BOSTON CELTICS

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Relationship has become a huge buzz word not only in athletics, but in the corporate world, higher education, and elsewhere.  Seems like everything we read has a reference to the importance of relationships.  What's interesting is that it's really true.

Relationships are the foundation for everything that's important in coaching.  Getting players to buy into your system is rooted in how strongly your players believe in you.  Their belief will be a byproduct of their relationship with you.  I really don’t know of too many players who dislike and distrust their coaches and still go out and play hard for them.

Pick & Roll Defense

A "Must Master" Part of Your Defense 

With the Pick & Roll being such an important part of all offenses in today's game, it has become imperative to have a consistent and simple defensive plan so your team can go into every game knowing there's a great chance to consistently stop the opponent's Pick & Rolls.

The system has to be sound in the five basic parts of the defense:

1. the player guarding the ball and how he adjusts his position to be the aggressor
2. the player guarding the pick setter so that he is always in the proper position to re-route the ball
3. the communication system
4. the protection behind the two players in the Pick & Roll -- so critical to the success or failure
5. the rotations out of the Pick & Roll action -- but how to keep from having to rotate so that like sizes stay on like sizes

I have seen teams try to employ 5 and 6 different coverages, often resulting in their being average in all of them.  Most detrimental is being tentative because there's no consistency.  

I want to introduce you to the system that most all championship calibre NBA teams employ.  It's the most detailed Pick & Roll Defensive DVD out there, and the beauty is that all levels will find it useful, from high school up to the highest level NBA teams.  It is based on soundness, simplicity and success.

Alan Stein Clinic: October 28

Snow Valley Basketball Schools Presents 

Alan Stein's Cutting Edge

Reaction, Quickness and Agility Basketball Clinic

October 18, Iowa City High School

Contacts: 

E-Mail Don Showalter      E-Mail Dave Schlabaugh

Alan Stein: Cutting Edge Clinic, Iowa City, IA Oct 28-2012