Looking Through Notes

Mario De Sisti Notes Posted on Better X's and O's basketball blog

I have been looking through a lot of notes today and this one really stood out.

The game continues to evolve. To be current coaches must constantly up date how the game is taught. We run many “old” offenses and teach “old” offensive concepts. Many pre-dated the shot clock, 3 point line and the new physical defense. We need to create problems for recovery by the defense. Spacing and movement are key. Making use of the contact by defense. We need to make use of penetration, movement off penetration, continuous picks or screens into picks. The chest pass is an “old” pass yet is the first pass many still teach. It is most used in drills where no defense is prevalent. Almost impossible to use in today’s game.

First as a coach it drives me nuts when we turn the ball over throwing a chest pass that had no chance at all to get to it's target. So his last comment really made me remember some horrid passes that I witnessed this year.

He also made me look at how basketball has changed, and there have been a lot of major changes in offenses just in the past 5 years. Drive and kick has been a huge part of the game since help side defense became something that everyone did. Then the dribble drive craze came in and made some of these concepts more organized. In the past 3 seasons I have watched almost every team in NCAA run ball screen after ball screen. I'm looking forward to watching some more college basketball now that our season is over and trying to pick up on some of the new things or new concepts coaches are changing the game with.