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Coaching Girls Basketball - Teaching "L",
"X", and "Z" Moves in the Post |
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In teaching post
play, unless a team’s strategy is to use a strong and fairly
stationary low post, I would have the post in continuous movement. I
do this in order to confound the defender and to constantly attempt
to open up passing angles. My “L”, “X” & “Z” patterns make it nearly
impossible to hold a correct defensive position all the time. This
creates an advantage for a smaller post player.
The “X” move starts from the low box away from the ball to the elbow
on theball side. Then down to low post ball side and back up to the
elbow away from the ball. At each corner, the post tries to
establish a position to receive a pass. Then, if not able to receive
a pass, moves on.
The “Z” pattern goes from one low post box to the other. It doesn’t
matterwhich side the move begins from. Then it comes up to the
opposite elbow; across to the other elbow; then back down (“X”-ing)
to the low post where the pattern began. Any defender who can stay
with this move, staying in correct triangular alignment, is going to
be tough to beat at anything.
I like to begin offense with the low post away from the ball side,
so as to allow room for an opening cut by a perimeter player. Off
their cut, the post might use a brush screen technique to try to rub
the post defender off on the cutter and the cutter’s defender. As
the post comes to the low post block ball side, and if receiving a
pass, will attempt whatever finishing shot is presented. If no pass,
the post will establish a position on the block looking for a pass.
From here, we can have the post move up the lane on the ball side to
the elbow. This is an “L” move and tough for a defender to not be
caught on top or behind the post player. What the defender’s body
and feet are doing will indicate to the post player which move they
want to attempt to get the pass and score.
Using the “L”, “X” and “Z” patterns gives a post player a lot of
options, and they can be combined.
Practicing these moves, I begin working with a post player at the
low post, stationary, and practice getting position, getting a hand
up for the pass, receiving the pass and then going to work for the
shot. It could be a drop step and power, a turn-around jumper, hook,
jump hook—whatever presents itself.
The next step is to have the player start at the low post opposite
the ball, then move the player across the lane toward the ball,
feeding them as they move across. Practice the varying finishes.
Then have the post come from off the ball to the low post ball side
without the ball, and work the same as we just explained above. Have
them flash down the lane from the elbow opposite the ball—either to
finish with a pass and shot or to establish the low block position.
Working now at the high post, with the ball out top, hit the post
slanting up from low post opposite to the elbow on the ball side. If
the defender is late, drop step and go to the basket with the ball.
Feeling no defensive pressure, pivot and face the basket. Now,
acting in a perimeter fashion, the post can see all the way to the
baseline. The options are pass, shoot or drive to the basket, using
the jab, open-step, cross-over or reverse dribble moves the same as
a perimeter player would.
Coach Ronn Wyckoff has spent more than fifty years in basketball. As
an international consultant, his programs have reached hundreds of
players and coaches around the world. He has coached four national
teams and conducted national player camps. In forty-plus years of
coaching boys, girls, men and women, from the playgrounds to
national teams, they won over 70% of their games. The international
club teams he coached won over 80%.
His 4-hour teaching DVD, "Basketball On A Triangle: A Higher Level
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who have reviewed it, as being unique in it's detailed approach to
teaching life lessons through the teaching of the game, as well as
teaching coaches how to teach fundamentals.For more info go to
http://www.Top-Basketball-Coaching.com |
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