Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

Have a post player that can score the ball? Looking for ways to get him/her the ball? Take a look at this series of set plays run by various NBA & NCAA teams to get the ball inside to a post scorer. Download: Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

How Does Butler Run Their Offense?

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Take a look at this in depth series of plays run by the Butler Bulldogs during their 2011 magical final four run. Find out how Coach Stevens teaches his team to score off the pick & roll, gets his team into offense through a box set as well as starts his offense with his bigs […]

A Series of Ball Screen Plays

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Definition of a Screen: When an offensive player legally blocks the path of a defender to open up another offensive player for a shot or to receive a pass. Fundamentals of the Screener (Person setting the screen): Feet should be a little wider than shoulder-width apart. It’s very important to have a wide, strong base. Hands […]

Transition & Secondary from Team Brazil

Here is a great series of Transition & Secondary plays that Team Brazil ran in the 2011 F.I.B.A World Championships. The first in the series is the Carolina Secondary Break pictured above. For the complete series, click on the link below. Download the Brazil

X’s and O’s Coaches Corner: Ohio University Set Plays

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As we near the midpoint of the NCAA Basketball season, one of the teams that has really caught our eye is the Ohio University Bobcats. Led by one of the more underrated point guards in the the country in the dimunitive (5’11″, 165 lbs.) DJ Cooper, John Groce’s squad is off to an 11-0 start. […]

X & O Coaches Corner: How To Get Your Shooter An Open Look

How to get your shooter open looks

X & O Coaches Corner Having taken a look at every 3-pointer made by the top 10 shooters in the NCAA during the 2010-2011 college season, Hoop Group staffer Zak Boisvert put together this packet of set plays, the teams used to get their elite shooters open looks. From what Ohio State’s Thad Matta drew […]

Butler vs UConn 2011 NCAA Championship Breakdown

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Many basketball purists enjoyed this past weekend watching the Butler Bulldogs and Connecticut Huskies battled in a defensive game that tested each teams fortitude every trip down the court. In this weeks Hoop Group Elite Play of the Week we’ll take a look at a play the Butler Bulldogs ran for Shelvin Mack. I’ll add […]

VCU and Michigan State NCAA Tournament Breakdown

Matt Grady Hoop Group Elite Director

Hoop Group Elite Coach Matt Grady breaks down VCU half court offense and Michigan State in bounds play used in NCAA March Madness Tournament this season. Each week Coach Grady breaks down his play of the week on HoopGroup.com.

Argentina Passing Drill

Argentina Passing Drill

For anyone looking for a new and different drill, I think this is the perfect drill for your team. The first time I saw this drill, I thought guys were just running around and really couldn’t tell what was going on. I hope by breaking it down on the coaching board and then demonstrating it […]

VCU 2011 March Madness Breakdown

Hoop Group Elite Director Matt Grady

Hoop Group Elite Director Coach Matt Grady breaks down VCU’s half court sets in the play in game of the NCAA 2011 March Madness Tournament. Check back at HoopGroup.com for weekly play breakdowns courtesy of Hoop Group Elite.