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• Build the player’s individual offensive base from an established “ready position” or “triple threat position”. • Coach the value of passing principles

and the techniques in game like situations.

• Power and accuracy in passing come from the player’s stance, the hand positioning and the stepping/ pivoting to pass, culminating with a wrist rotation and snap. This collectively becomes the players “passing technique”.

• Similarly, moving to catch the ball includes the stop, balance, hand

position and the gather to a triple threat position for preparation to shoot,

dribble or pass. This sequence is collectively the new definition of better “receiving technique”.

• Re-emphasise running, stopping and pivoting to catch; making this a focus for coaching detail. This catching area needs to come under much closer scrutiny when coaching our youth players.

• Coach the detail of footwork for the lead. The running stopping footwork, particularly the stride stop, combined with the forward or reverse pivot after catch and into the triple threat position is the key footwork sequence to be

mastered by players who start to specialise in basketball.

• Observe and encourage improvement to passing technique in all combinations or drilling situations.

• Check and correct the hand position as a key part of passing and catching technique.

• Encourage accuracy of every pass, to hit the exact target - “on time, on target”. This is where the receiving player can best use the pass against the position of the defence. More attention to the quality of the pass in hitting an exact target. Ensure players pass out of stance. The ability to pivot, step and pass while protecting the ball is a key aspect of passing. Once technique has been acquired and developed it needs to be extended into the game like situations. Therefore passing against a defender (constrained or otherwise) is very important to progress the skill. Emphasise the detail of stepping to pass or pivoting to pass. Understand that full court fast break offense is dependent on vision (head up) and the ability to make the “man ahead” pass rather than dribble the ball by a quick player full court.

• In this regard re-emphasise the use of and the player’s ability to throw the baseball pass for distance in full court situations.

• Teach players how to move the defence with fakes. The fake is an important principle against defensive pressure; the techniques must be developed to move the defence.

• Establish a "four out one in" offensive team balance to allow for post passing, and to change the angles of our game from a five out offense dribble drive mentality. Better spacing for passing back cutting or leading effectively.

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Recommendations For Clubs

• Establish a “four out one in” team offense balance at U16 and U18 level. This will include the post irrespective of team personal. I.e. all players must be able to post up and pass the ball to the post player.

• Re-emphasise the back cut to receive the ball away from the defence.

• Re-introduce the pass and cut offense options at U12, U14 and U16 levels. • Encourage a passing fast break game

at U12’s and U14’s based on a good team defensive platform.

• Passing, catching and movement form the basis of team offense and should be allocated significant amounts of training time at U12, U14 and U16 levels. • Passing and movement (in leading) is

team offense.

• Use motion offense in training as a team process to improve passing and

receiving.

Recommendations For

Coaches

• Create pressure situations in practice that overload the offense with more defenders.

• Limit the number of dribbling options of the offense when drilling team offense. • More time and details dedicated to

teaching receiving – getting open through leading and sealing, showing targets hands and timing of cuts.

• Use the “four out one in” team offence as primary team offence in order to improve passing angles and decisions as well passing effectiveness.

• Focus on leading and receiving to catch the ball when teaching and drilling passing.

• Post passing and catching need continued development particularly at U16 and U18 level.

• Reinforce quality in passing and receiving ‘On Time On Target’

• Observe and encourage improvement to passing technique in all combinations or drilling situations.

• Teach correct passing technique, including hand position, for both the catch and the pass.

• Refer to the recommendations for the National system and work towards implementation.

• Establish passing with all team players as the key team skill from an early age. • More drilling of passing commencing

from a dead ball situation versus active defence, with passing to a moving team- mate who is also being actively

defended. This to be common practice in drilling and emphasising passing. • The use of modified drills and games

that limit the use of the dribble, will help improve passing execution and decision making by both the passer and receiver. Getting open through better cutting (back cut) and leading.

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Recommendations For

Schools

• Ensure the full court passing game, including man ahead, is understood by players at U12, U14 and U16 levels. • Embrace the full court passing game

rather than one player dribble drive. Commit to sharing the ball through passing and not over dribbling.

• Consider all the club recommendations for your school circumstance.

• Understand that passing is at the heart of the game and that any individual game played should not be dominated by dribbling.

• Find rewards for good passers at school level. Too often it is only the high scorers that are noticed. The team player who shares the ball with good passing should be praised.

• Teach correct passing technique, including hand position, for both the catch and the pass.

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GUIDELINES FOR COACHES

Actions:

• Plan for deliberate and situational dribbling practice at all junior training sessions

• Encourage players to commit to

additional individual dribbling practice • Master the speed dribble technique in

the full court –moving at full speed sprint with dribble

• Master the control dribble phase and dribbling techniques in the half court- protecting but beating your defender • Coach the dribble use in situations

using the different techniques and types of dribbling

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