...to a revealing, investigative
peek into the fascinating and complicated world of basketball.
CyberSports' Ernie Woods teams up with retired NBA coach Bob
Kloppenburg for an in-depth look into the various basketball techniques and
strategies of the game. Add together their basketball coaching/teaching
experience, and it totals eighty plus years of involvement in the game.
Through clinics, publications, and the Internet, they have shared their savvy and knowledge
with players and coaches on all levels of the game throughout Europe
and Asia as well as the USA. The techniques and strategies they share focus on both offense and defense, always keeping abreast
of an ever evolving game and incorporating knowledge gained from the "best and brightest"
coaches in the field.
From courtside chalktalk to locker room lingo, HoopTactics
takes you behind the scenes with an investigative explanation and analysis of the "Ways to Win."
It puts you in the locker room and on the bench, up close and personal, presenting offensive and defensive skills
with clarity and simplicity. Explore these on court battle plan
options and follow the game's action with a lot more savvy and enthusiasm. From the professional ranks to the
youth level your coaching, playing or armchair knowledge and expertise will
definitely improve.
Most Commonly Used Offenses: Although most teams
would prefer to play the more exciting, often times breathtaking,
fast break transition game that personifies today's basketball, in reality,
each team must create a playbook in keeping with its talent
level, player maturity, and bench depth. HoopTactics wants you to understand the
half court sets that are most used in today's
modern game, and graphically dissects each set play into its smallest
detail. (Learn More)
SOS Pressure Defense: Defensive guru, Bob Kloppenburg, shares the basics from his inclusive
book and video tapes on the subject of pressure "D." HoopTactics presents this
potentially devastating defensive system of disruption designed to totally
dominate the offensive flow of a game. SOS tactics strike first,
dictating game tempo rather than reacting to an opponent's game plan. (Learn More)
Early Offense (EO): When teams continuously push the ball up the court and flow into early offense, it can prevent or hinder
the best of pre-planned defensive disruption scenarios. By pushing the ball into the offensive operating area
within 3 to 5 seconds, most often, the defenders are spread out creating open space where good 1 on 1 creativity
has a chance to produce a high percentage shot. In addition, by directly getting into early offense flow before
the defense can get set up and establish proper player match ups, it not only creates severe mismatches, but defenders
tend to foul more often since they are caught out of position. (Learn More)
Out of Bounds Situations: The out of bounds plays presented
by HoopTactics have been proven, over time, to create a high percentage shot with two to three options. If a high
percentage shot is not available, then each play flows directly into a predetermined continuity which eliminates
any rushed shots or need to back the ball out and call a set play. (Learn More)
Coaching Ideas: A collection of concepts that can be incorporated into your own
philosophy and program. HoopTactics hopes that these basic ideas will inspire you to better analyze,
refine, and teach the basic skills and principles that make for a highly successful
season and game. (Learn More)
Player Tips: This section of HoopTactics
is design to present individual players a working knowledge of basketball skills that will improve their performance
and success. (Learn More)
Analyzing and Implementing Statistics:
Statistics can be anywhere from meaningless to a very valuable coaching aide.
They are only as good as your ability to interpret and implement them. HoopTactics helps you develop the ability to
quickly amass pertinent information, to understand tendencies and to
see "red flags." (Details)
Scouting for Success:
There is more to scouting than amassing a wealth of information. This information not only needs
to be pertinent, but also analyze to be of value. HoopTactics has developed a threefold procedure
to assist coaches in compiling, formulating and carrying out a successful game
plan. (Details)
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