NOTES FROM COACH BOB KNIGHT

TEACHING THE GAME OF BASKETBALL: Know what your team is capable of doing.

OFFENSE-applicable to anything that you do
1.) shoot the ball and score (not synonomous)
2.) handling the ball w/o mistakes
3.) movement w/o the ball
4.) spacing

DEVELOPMENT OF OFFENSIVE PLAYER:
1.) Shooting

• never cross the floor and get into free shooting
• he shoots in groups of 5 (always track shots)
• spot shooting warmups (have a chart)
• steps into shot (head in front of body)
• shot fake maybe most underused move in basketball

"All kids have limitations. Stay away from what you can't do."-B. Knight

2.) Passing

• Don't pass it to the other color. (most important part of passing)
• Get your kids to think. Get your kids to see the game.
• You can not allow sloppy passing at any point in practice. Bad pass-do it again.
• Against zone, can not return ball to the same side w/o dribbling the ball past the midline.

3.) Dribbling

• Use the dribble to get the ball to the basket=FTs
• The dribble is the best play between fast breadk and set offense.
• Use dribble for better passing angle, full court pressure, or to get to the gaps in the zone.
• Be quick with the ball. Don't dribble it, pound it.

"Deception-great thing in basketball. Very undertaught." B. Knight

4.) Cutting

• Set up the defense and read the cut.
• Must always face basket, not screener.