Postseason Basketball Program Evaluations
Texas Tech's No Middle Defense, 4v4 Defensive SSG
Mark Cascio on Postseason Program Evaluations
This week on A Quick Timeout podcast, Coach Marck Cascio shares Xs&Os observations from the men's and women's college basketball tournament as well as provides a checklist for postseason evaluations for coaches as they wrap up the season that was.
Q: What were some of most helpful processes you went through when conducting your postseason evaluations?
Cascio: The first thing that I did was something I got from Mike Neighbors. It’s an A to Z checklist that goes from what we run offensively all the way to our bench decorum. Even just reflecting on those things will give you good ideas. I would also send that checklist to all our coaches. We did a “Start, Stop, Keep” for each of those categories.
The second thing we did was send a Google form to our players. I’m a firm believer you should meet with each of your players once a month. Our March meeting was devoted to wrapping up the past season. We waited on talking about the future. I’d ask things like, “What’s the best part of being coached by me?” then I’d ask, “What’s the most challenging part of being coached by me?”
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Texas Tech’s No Middle Defense
Tim MacAllister was an assistant coach for Chris Beard's National Runner-Up, Texas Tech Red Raiders. He breaks down the no-middle defense, including teaching points, ball screen defense, and more!
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SSG of the Week: 4v4 Help and Rotate
Baseline drives are some of the most common actions no-middle teams get beat on. Being able to stop the drive then rotate in help can prove to be a difficult task. Here is one of the ways we practiced for those situations.
Looking for more small-sided game ideas? Here are 35 Small-Sided Games Playbook for Player Development.
Keys to Texas Tech’s No Middle Defense
A few years back when the Red Raiders made their run to the Final Four, I wrote an article for FastModel on the keys to the team’s effectiveness on the defensive end. Included in the article are video clips from the defense.
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