“Late Game Situations”: PhD Hoops Virtual Coaches Roundtable Notes (June 5, 2020) | Coach Brian Stamme

Cabral Huff – Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (GA)

• Organization
  • Be thorough and detailed in what you do
  • Detailed practice plans – make the world go ‘round
    • Essential to being efficient
    • Stay with a drill until it is done right
  • Time & Score Situations Every Day
  • Have a Vision
• 3.5 Seconds Left – Up 3 BLOB – On Defense
  • Scouting said not good shooting from 3 so
    • NO FOUL, Switch Everything
•  4.9 Seconds Left – Down 1 w/ Time Out
  • Flow and took a step back 3 – Learning situation
• 7.2 Seconds Left – Up 3
  • Didn’t Foul – Players make plays

Q/A in Overtime

• Full Court Pressure LGS – Help and Recover
  • Shell Drill Full Court
  • No Paint Touches – Drill 15 seconds
• Down 3 with 2 FT’s miss the second?
  • Practice how to miss a free throw
• Draw things up on the fly?
  • Mostly NO – But if you KNOW it and trust your players attention in the huddle
• “Picking a college is about the next 40 years not the next 4”

Late Game Situations

• Arvin Mosley – Group Leader

How much time do you spend on Late Game Situations?

• Yves Michel – Carolina Ruff Ryders (NC)
  • Something need to add to our practices
  • Relied on drawing things up in the moment
• Brian Stamme – Clackamas Community College (OR)
  • Phoenix 96 Drill
    • Score 96-96, 2 minutes on clock
    • Clock starts when 1 team hits 100
    • Creates a wide range of situations on the fly instead of starting with an advantage/disadvantage they play it out
•  Kyle Bush – Marion Military Institute (AL)
  • Do Late Game Situations early in practice when team is fresh
  • Call 30 Second Time Out in practice to draw something up
•  Geoffrey Mallory – Southern Illinois Pharaohs (TN)
  • Proper Preparation Prevents Pore Performance
• Nigel Thomas – North Carolina Central University (NC)
  • Watch a college game UNC vs Duke & Breakdown situations seen in practice
•  Jon Plefka – Post University (CT) Women’s
  • 65-65 Drill
  • Focus defensively on how to guard situations
• Arvin Mosley – Triple Impact Coaching (WA)
  • 52 Cards – With details of situation and let them go play.
    • Time, Ball, Score, Bonus, Possession Arrow
  • Break it down
  • Let you players coach – Let Assistants Coach

3 Point Defense – 9 seconds you are up 3, no time outs?

• Adam Jacobsen – Cal Baptist University
  • “33” Defense – 1-2-2 with 4 guys outside the 3 point line
  • 1 guys protects the rim
  • Extend to FC
• Yves Mitchel
  • “Front” – Pressure inbounds and front other 4
• Jon Plefka
  • 3-2 Match up – Trust you defense

Ball Screens in late game?

• Brian Stamme
  • Love B/S, Give your best player an advantage, Roll/Pop Options, Put stress on the D
  • Defensively Switch a late game B/S
• Geoffrey Mallory
  • Double or Ice
• Kyle Bush
  • Be aggressive – Don’t second guess yourself
• Nigel Thomas
  • Set G on G screen so switch doesn’t effect
  • Blow it up defensively
• Jon Plefka
  • Ghost Screen – Blur Screen

Main Group

• Mosley’s Group
  • Jacobsen – “33” Defense – 4 guy
  • Mallory – Propper Preparation Prevents Pore Performance
• Williams’ Group
  • Mathis – Trapping B/S in LGS
• Santos’ Group
  • James Williams – Have multiple options on plays – AUDIBLES
• Richie Schueler
  • Whatever you do you must Practice It!
  • Being Prepared
  • Fouling up 3 – Trust
    • Can you rebound
    • Can you inbound
    • Can you make FT

Late Game Situations

• Alvin Mosley – Group Leader

10 Seconds, other team ties it. Do you can time out?

• Anderson
  • Go with it – put the ball in your best player’s hands and live with his decision
• Geoffrey Mallory
  • Euro Special
    • Curl for inbound, rim runner, dribble weave, trail sets screen for rim runner to set ball screen for 2^ndweave
  • Rolling with situation
• Stamme
  • Depends on the flow of the game. If we need structure or we have struggled on offense call time out. Otherwise go against an unset defense.
• Jacobsen
  • Personnel on the floor – Need to sub and get offense
  • See if you have something in first 5 seconds then have TO ready
  • “33” was prepared for all situations, even w/o time out

What is in your bag of tricks?

• Michel
  • Dead ball situation – have a player tie his shoe
• Mallory
  • Opposing coach threw is key on the court
• Mosley
  • Hack A Shaq – to extend game
  • Defensive group was in to foul but didn’t foul
    • Left with no scorers on the next possession b/c no TO
•  Jacobsen
  • Have Best Teams on your PLAY CARD
    • Best Pressing Team
    • Best FT Team
    • Best 3 Point Team
  • Practice LGS or have plays for all Groups

Do you have any staple Offensive and Defensive Philosophies?

• Reggie Anderson – Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School (GA)
  • Switch B/S or Blow It Up (Trap)
• Plefka
  • Rebound – Crash 5 at all times
  • Man – switch everything
• Stamme
  • 3 Termination Plays that are well practiced
• Thomas
  • Take you out of what you want to run with Pressure and Deny
• Jacobsen
  • Teach how to win in different situations
  • Shoot Arounds – Practice Home Runs or LGS Plays

Main Group

• Richie Schueler’s Group
  • Sam Stevens – Send 2 guards to the wings and advance the ball up the floor.
• Mike Blaine’s Group
  • Coach Mullins –Down 2 Quick 3 – no time out take quick 3 and follow with a crash. Create 2 Possessions
• Jason Williams’ Group
  • Will Fried – Know Your Team – This is us
  • Yattah Reed – Trust your players
    • Feel of the game
• Santos’ Group
  • James Stevens’ – No Time Out – Practice it every day
• Richie Schueler – Bag of Tricks
  • Substitute on 2^nd shot to set up your press
  • Take a Delay of Game Warning

Attack the rim- Defense is tight and likely to get a foul