The Play Since the Rudy Gay trade, the Toronto Raptors have improved their offensive efficiency to 107 and – according to Zach Lowe – pass the ball thirty more times per game. In their most recent outing, a win versus the Indiana Pacers, Terrence Ross and DeMar DeRozan converted several quick hitters off BLOBs and pindown screens. There were several plays involving multiple ball reversals, secondary assists and more passes than dribbles. This High Ball Screen / Pin-down combination gashed the Pacers throughout the game.
Skills We Should Teach More, Part VII: Balance
Out of the number of tactics and techniques that coaches can teach, those which improve balance achieve disproportionate results on the court. So often, children are not ready when they play basketball. Youth coaches do not instruct balance during high school or club basketball and nobody considers balance once athletes become adults. Footwork, footwork, and footwork are the keys to all the locks across many sports. They volleyball player requires the fundamental footwork skills to get in position to set a ball or approach a spike in the same way that the basketball player needs to explode into their first step …