Your Basketball Off-Season Resources
3v3 SSG, Team Shooting, Conceptual Offense Breakdown
⭐ SSG of the Week: 3v3 Wing Drive
➕ Level Up Your Conceptual Offense: The "Barkley"
🐻 Drill of the Week: 2 Spot Shooting
🎧 A Quick Timeout Podcast: Improved Player Development with Mark Cascio, SAVI Coaching
🗒️Play of the Week: Horns Stagger with Burn
⭐SSG of the Week: 3v3 Wing Drive
Western Michigan Basketball's associate head coach, Christopher Fowler, shares this 3-on-3 basketball small-sided game designed to simulate an advantage drive for the offense that requires the defense to help and rotate. Great for teaching decision-making for the offense and communication and rotations for the defense.
Looking for more small-sided game ideas? Here is a 35 Small-Sided Games Playbook for Player Development.
Level Up Your Conceptual Offense: The "Barkley"
The kids now call it “Booty Ball.” The OGs know it as a Barkley post backdown. Truth is, it’s older than Sir Charles’ 80s short shorts. In every era, the move has proven to be an effective strategy both for scoring 1-on-1 and for creating scoring opportunities for teammates.
👕It’s Time to Order Camp T-Shirts
A busy summer is exactly the time you don't want to be figuring out where you're getting camp shirts (and if they'll even arrive on time). Let me be the first to remind you not to forget!
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🐻 Drill of the Week: 2 Spot Shooting
Here’s how it works:
Split into two teams (blue vs. white)
1 ball in each line
Put a time on the clock (e.g., 3 minutes)
Every make = 1 pt
Shooter gets his own rebound then pass ball to the other line. Get at the back of that line.
Most points at the end of time wins
🎧 Improve Your Basketball Player Development with Mark Cascio, SAVI Coaching
SAVI Coaching's Mark Cascio provides insights into player development, including the process for planning player development, how to use scaffolding to level up your training, and drill ideas to train both skills and decision-making.
Listen to the full episode…
🗒️Play of the Week: Horns Stagger with Burn
A go-to Horns ATO for us this year uses a stagger to occupy the 3 defenders on the help side of the floor. Front pivot by the ballhandler and step towards the ball by the eventual cutter freezes the defender. A burn cut finishes things off.
🚨 Dr. Dish’s May Super Sale
My friends at Dr. Dish are offering up to $4,000 off their entire lineup of professional shooting machines. Don’t miss out on these savings or the chance to help your team get better, faster this off-season.
