One team that grabbed my attention leading up to the 2023 NCAA Tournament was the Furman Paladins coached by Bob Richey. They employ a modern hybrid Princeton style with lots of Five-Out. I did a series of videos on their offense. In this post, I’ve organized their Five-Out possessions. Reverse The Paladins use a lot …
Category Archives: Offense
Spacing, Action, Advantage
In an attempt to make clear to coaches a way in which they can evaluate the quality of their offensive possessions, we have devised this template. Spacing – Do we “show up” on the offensive end in our “spots” with wide and deep spacing? Action – If no easy scoring opportunity is present in transition …
The Spacing Challenge
A group of coaches from the great state of Maine recently invited me to speak in an online clinic event. In this presentation, entitled Spacing Concepts and Coaching Challenges, I issued six “challenges” to the attendees. In each of the challenges I ask them to change a viewpoint, stop or start doing something or adopt new priorities …