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« Thread Started on Nov 7, 2009, 10:38am » | |
PM me if you would like me to send you some diagrams for unique or multi-purpose Press Breakers.
Have a great season.
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« Reply #1 on Nov 7, 2009, 3:43pm » | |
Hi!
I'll use this post just to share with you the press-breaker I've been using this last year. I've never seen it used before, and though I recognize that it only makes sense with the adequate players, provided you have them, it really works out very well!
The essential trait of the team has to be the following: two bigs which are tall and, between the two, there is a good ball-handler and a good passer, no matter if it is the same guy or one thing each. Then, it is nice four your wings to be good attacking the basket.
The idea is the following, depending on the kind of press. Your PG inbounds, the bigs are in the first line and the wings are in mid-court.
1. Zone press. Inbound it to your passing big. Make him dribble once if necessary to make the trap to come. Then, he passes to the wing on the mid-court in the same side of the court. This is the main move: since your player is taller than the one trapping him, the pass should not be difficult, since it is thrown above the defender. At the sam moment the trap arrives, the receiver makes two fast steps to the ball in order to receive it (now, he's probably defended by one of the other team big, slow players, if you chose the side of your passing big wisely). This must be a really coordinated move, and it can be practically automatic. When your wing receives, you have a two-on-two on the open court of your wings against the other team frontcourt, which can lead to an easy basket.
2. Man-to-man press: Inbound it to your ball-handling big, and let him drive past his man (usually bigs are not good defenders on the open court) and start the break 3 on 2 with the wings. If you have problems inbounding, make your wings go for the ball, and as soon as everybody is inside the three point line, one of them runs for the long pass.
I just hope somebody might find it useful. It has been for me so far.
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« Reply #2 on Nov 7, 2009, 6:46pm » | |
Just like to post our "unique" pressbreaker as mentioned before. GET A GUY IN THE MIDDLE. Other than that, we are motion in the pressbreak (read the D, cut to an open spot, clear out versus m2m)
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« Reply #3 on Nov 7, 2009, 7:03pm » | |
What if you do not have players good enough to get open in the middle? The middle is the most crowded area for unskilled dribblers. I have had many years with less athletic and less skilled teams perhaps you have not had that experience. Please advise.
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« Reply #4 on Nov 7, 2009, 8:38pm » | |
Dr. D, in terms of the middle men in the press break I usually like to have one of my skilled bigs manning that spot. I find that a player who can post up can fight off any player who tries to deny that pass. The real key is to find where the help comes from after you get the ball to the middle, once a double comes one of your guards flashes up from that side and is usually open.
I will try and diagram what I use and post it, it works well at the middle school level even with less skilled players.
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« Reply #5 on Nov 7, 2009, 9:04pm » | |
Usually against a zone press, they have to at least COVER the middle, which allows our other players to break the press easier. If the player is good enough to get it, then the press breaks down once in the middle. if a player is not good enough to get to the middle or break the press, then he isn't asked to get to the middle, rather he will be deployed somewhere else.
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« Reply #6 on Nov 7, 2009, 9:28pm » | |
What if you have no one good enough to handle in the middle against better teams? I have been there.
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« Reply #7 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:31am » | |
if you have no one good enough to handle in the middle, then don't throw it there! Just by putting someone there though, the defense has to account for him.
Also, if you have no one to handle in the middle of a press, no offense, but you are probably gonna lose anyway!
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« Reply #8 on Nov 8, 2009, 10:48am » | |
I agree you have to get the ball to the middle of the press, period. If you don't have anyone that is good enough to handle it that's fine. He can simply pass out of there to another player. I've had years where I didn't have players who could handle it, and in my PERSONAL experience, getting it to the middle was still by far the best way to go. We broke the press when we got it to the middle with our guys. If we didn't, we were sunk. The pressbreak I use does this and we put it into our posts hands because all our post usually has to do is turn and hit a streaking guard to get it over half court.
Just my 2 cents,
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« Reply #9 on Nov 8, 2009, 11:19am » | |
Respectfully, IMO you can also break the press by passing up the sideline ... if people flatten out and take that away you then counter as you described. As you and I have discussed many times, a variety of approaches will get the job done if drilled properly.
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« Reply #10 on Nov 8, 2009, 11:21am » | |
Nov 8, 2009, 11:19am, drdefense wrote:| As you and I have discussed many times, a variety of approaches will get the job done if drilled properly. |
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I can agree with you on that, there is always more than one way to do things. If there wasn't everyone would run the same offense, defense, press, pressbreak, etc.
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« Reply #11 on Nov 8, 2009, 11:29am » | |
Totally agree...not saying a sideline pressbreak wouldn't work, just saying what we do.
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« Reply #12 on Nov 8, 2009, 2:36pm » | |
Nice topic and good posts made. A nice concept that a friend of mine uses (Not sure where he got it), is to form a "diamond" with 4 players. If you form diamonds, you will always have passing opportunites to the sideline, middle, and ball reversal. So rather than running a specific press breaker (1-4, Box.....), teach the diamond principle.
I also heard Lickliter talk briefly on press's. He teaches it not in terms of beating a press, but rather an "extended defense." And the question that he asked is why is it so hard to beat an "extended" defense when you can use the entire court to beat it? Interesting thought in my opinion.
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« Reply #13 on Nov 8, 2009, 6:05pm » | |
I have used the "diamond" press break for 3 years now, I stumbled across it on an obscure website that had 5 or 6 animated basketball plays on it. I thought it made a lot of sense and was very easy to teach. It has been by far the best break I have ever used and it takes very little time to teach.
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« Reply #14 on Nov 8, 2009, 6:15pm » | |
Is the site still up and going or are there any notes out there on this diamond break?
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