Embracing Motion Offense: A Journey through Basketball Coaching
Delve into the author's background, coaching history, and the success story of implementing motion offense in basketball. Explore the challenges faced, principles followed, and the essence of teamwork in achieving remarkable results. Unveil the strategic concepts, reasons for choosing motion offense, and the importance of simplicity in tactics and player empowerment. Discover the key role of creating advantages, constant evaluation, and decision-making in the team's journey towards excellence.
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MOTION MOTION OFFENSE OFFENSE
MY BACKGROUND MY BACKGROUND High School Played for a great coach, Greg Buescher, member of Missouri Basketball High School Hall of Fame Played Division III For a motion coach Mike DeGeorge, currently at Colorado Mesa Director of Basketball Operations at Tulane University: 2010-2012 Ed Conroy, Head Coach Assistants: Doug Novak, Andy Fox, Ronnie Hamilton, Brooks Savage Assistant Coach at UW-Oshkosh: 2012-2018 Pat Juckem, Head Coach Head Coach at UW-Oshkosh: 2018-Present
UWO RECENT HISTORY UWO RECENT HISTORY Summer 2012: Pat Juckem takes over and hires me as an assistant What are we going to be about? Established our mission, vision, values, and standards. How are we going to compete in the WIAC? Motion Offense & Pack Line Man-to-Man Defense. 2012-2015: Building a program 2016 & 2017: Signs of success 2018: National Runner-Up Pat Juckem departs; I have the opportunity to move over a chair 2019: National Champions and Conference Champions 2020: Win Conference Tournament, advance to 2ndround of NCAA Tournament
WHY MOTION? WHY MOTION? My background is in it We have experienced success with it Know that it wins Ability to scout in our current era Synergy It s fun for both players and coaches!
KISS PRINCIPLE KISS PRINCIPLE Challenge of NCAA Division III: No contact in the off-season Motion takes time and reps We must keep things simple: Know what is important to us Play with pace - Sprint for great shots Get a great shot every possession Put the ball in the paint: Penetration, Post Touches, Cutting Get to the FT Line and make FT s Win the glass every game Great Teammates Good teams have good players. Great teams have great teammates.
BASIC MOTION CONCEPT BASIC MOTION CONCEPT Who am I, who is my teammate, how can I help them/us get a great shot? Constantly processing: Does my teammate need help to create an advantage? Do they/we need space to play off of an advantage? We know who we are. Knowing empowers us. Knowing helps us decide. Knowing sets us free. From an individual perspective From a team perspective
CREATING ADVANTAGES CREATING ADVANTAGES Sprinting in Transition 2 Man Games (On-ball actions): ball- screens, dribble hand-offs, hand-off s Post Touches Off-Ball Screens Cutting and Ball-Movement
SCREENING OFF THE BALL SCREENING OFF THE BALL Aren t married to specific spacing Best timing Ball on the top of the floor Being driven to the middle Communication is key - visual and verbal Get Linked Up : Cutter is patient, screener sprints Confrontational, selfless cuts Don t need tons of actions - 1 good action can create an advantage Dribbling without an advantage - kills motion Work Your Feet
IMPLEMENTING OFF IMPLEMENTING OFF BALL SCREENING BALL SCREENING Teach the actions you want to emphasize Back-screens Away-screens Flare-screens Staggers Flow Breakdown Daily 2v0 3v0 4v0 Live play is a MUST
KEEP PLAYING KEEP PLAYING After an advantage is created, players must know how to keep playing Give space to their teammate Strong and Balanced - Practice reacting to penetration Patient Posts - Practice your post spacing Motion shooting drills Passing and footwork reps
OTHER THOUGHTS OTHER THOUGHTS Film your practices Show it to your team regularly Mobile film room Invest outside of practice Doesn t matter the offense, if your players get better, your team will get better. Reward the team if they invest on a regular basis.
CONTACT INFO CONTACT INFO Matt Lewis, Head Coach Cell Number: (504) 390-5597 lewism@uwosh.edu Casey Korn, Assistant Coach Cell Number: (636) 359-9959 kornc@uwosh.edu Peter Thaus, Assistant Coach Cell Number: (630) 408-6893 thausp@uwosh.edu Greg Jahnke, Assistant Coach Find him on a golf course
