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Alex Sarama

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3 years

💡Our U16’s loved playing 🏀🎾 at the start of practice last night! ❓Hitter must pass with a bounce before crossing the gate, receiver has to avoid a double bounce. Must be a one hand pass. 1️⃣5️⃣ Play with tennis scores. Win a game and play someone else. Loads shown in 🎥

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

I frequently get asked why I don’t do 1-on-0 dribbling activities, including two ball dribbling, as well as why I don’t teach specific dribble moves such as cross-jabs, dribble counters etc. The reason is due to the fact that none of these practice activities align with...

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Bologna, Italy ( @jrnba ) 🇮🇹 🏀 3v2. Used the same advantage start 1v1 and added extra loads. 🗣Emphasis on making connections within the split, kick, extra.

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

🏀 1v1 Adv - Pass & Cut ▪️Used a popular 1v1 advantage start (behind back), but started the action with the pass. ▪️Players had to 'connect' before cueing the pass and cut. Cut takes place either side of the defender. ❓Coaches - how would you load this? Share your ideas ⬇️

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

🏀 2v2, 3v3 w/ Hip Turn Start. Trieste U18. ☑️ Offense has small adv. Emphasis on using the hip turn in a recovery situation, attempting to complete a 'long' or 'short cut-off.' ☑️ Started 1v1 & loaded-up. PoE = defender reading recovery def’s position. Do I need to stay or help?

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

For those that liked the 1v1 Cat & Mouse, here is how you can use the same start for 2v2. An analogy I like for younger players is “keep the runway clear for take-off.” Driver is the ✈️. 💡sparked after talking with @coachcookson .

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Kaunas, Lithuania (U11) 🇱🇹 🏀“Follow the Arc 1v1” 🧭Emphasis on changing speed & going from east-west to north-south using the hip turn/ split. ▫️Live as soon as the lead player steps inside the arc, which could be early or late. @HannoMottola @AdriCarri8

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

👉 Two Ball 1-on-1 💡Rather than using a list of techniques, within my player development I create varied situations for solutions to emerge 🏀 This example provides affordances for players to finish off cuts and pass & catch on the run. It naturally promotes deceptive behaviors

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

💡3-on-2 Bursts 👉 7 seconds for offense to find a high value shot. Defense rotate in shifts, rotate after 1 minute. 🏀 Promotes 0 seconds decisions, 1 can’t guard 2 and floor is lava.

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 🏀 1v1, 2v2. Float dribble start, pass to the cutter. ▪️Great for developing the ability to pass with one hand off the dribble or around a defender. ▪️Builds concept of passing into space w/ a moving target. Load to 2v2 with second defender at the nail.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

Tag is one of the best ways to improve dribbling, warm-up and start practice on a fun note. This is obstacle team tag, ⏰ stops when last player gets tagged. Great for beginners and pros, and everyone in-between. Read on for more from today’s camp with Joliet Academy in Chicago…

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Alex Sarama

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4 years

🏀 2v1 “Chaos” Start 2️⃣ Form two side from imperfect spacing as soon as ball is driven on WS. Players must connect instantly. ▪️Take 2 defender moves on the pass. In last clip start much higher to make pass harder (one hand / no look etc), then get out to space for 2nd shot.

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

Can mix in @BBallImmersion ’s perceptual lay-ups to multiple scenarios, especially shooting drills involving two shots. Today we did some on-air shooting off the DHO as part of warm-up. After the one hand hook pass, second passer gives the guided read for the decision at the rim.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🏀 “Burst” Closeouts ⏰ Stay for 40 seconds. Defense works in shifts & can leave the paint on the pass release. 📍Change location every rep. Can play corners too but today we used 1-2 step-in so stayed above FT 🧵Read on for thread on close-outs & player dev...

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Kartepe, Turkey 🇹🇷 🏀 Cat & Mouse 1v1 🐱vs 🐭 ❓Defender has to chase over the cone. Offense attacks opposite. ◾️KPI = fight for feet or be an ‘airborne receiver’ on the catch. 💡Loads in the video...

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Santiago, Spain 🇪🇸 💡Basketball Australia 🏀 Begin with ball tap. Added my own constraints & varied the starts. 🔘1st to score gets the point (reb if miss). Play to 3pts. 🔘Constraints (e.g. one step finishes, inside hand only) lead to diff. finishes emerging.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

One of the most important concepts we emphasise is to NOT run the play! Set plays are merely opportunities to disorganise the defense. If the defense is already in a state of disorganisation, then players should act on the relevant affordance(s) to convert the advantage.

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Trieste, Italy ( @AlmaTrieste U12) 🏀 “KOB 1v1” (Keep on Back) ☑️ Step across to cut-off defense and gain advantage 👀 "Take a look" with eyes on shoulder

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Alex Sarama

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4 years

🏀 “Decision Grid Passing” 🗣 Guided def takes away pass to either the corner or wing. Open player connects cuing the kick out. 🦶Def then either closes out (extra) or stays (immediately drive again). ⚾️ Sprint between the bases (💡 @Zico_Coronel ) to get to space after the kick.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

The Swedish Basketball Federation are the first🏀 federation in the world to adopt an ecological framework with their coach and player development. What does this mean in-context, and how can coaches, teams and other organisations benefit from incorporating these ideas?

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

Replicate THAT in three man weave!

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

We invent new activities for each practice to keep our players engaged. In "Steph Curry Shooting", we wanted to create an affordance landscape similar to what Steph encounters. This involves navigating a variety of screens, picks, gets etc while being chased relentlessly. 🧵…

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

Taylorism, Henry Ford, Traditional Drills & Conceptual Offense! This is a long thread hitting on many conversation points. I also want to address some of the confusion and misunderstanding as to what constraints are within the basketball coaching community.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🤯Chaos Shooting 👉 2 balls, 2v2, 3v2, 4v2 all allow for good time on task. ▪️Offense can shoot threes, pass or drive but no rim finishes. 🏀This is something we are doing most practices. Let’s take a look behind the mess to understand the value of an SSG like this…

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

Rock, Paper, Scissors (🏀 version)! 📍 @LAlqueriaVBC Valencia 🇪🇸 🗿 = feet together 📝 = feet apart ✂️ = split step ☑️ Best of 3, then scan the court & connect w/ a new partner.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

💡Manipulating task constraints to shape different solutions using a get trigger. 👉 Live 2 on 1 off the get. Stay within the marked boundaries, find a way to get a layup within a 3000 second count. ⏰ Count starts when the passer hits the 45 off the dynamic start.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

How basketball has traditionally been coached vs what really happens. This is something I am using in my coaching clinics to help highlight the key differences, as well as making sense of the CLA in a practical way. @BBallImmersion

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

The Mikan Drill is a classic basketball drill which has been used for decades. But how effective is the Mikan in its purest form? Here is an example of how by very simply adding a low level guide, it randomises and improves a traditional drill. @BBallImmersion

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

5 years

Taking inspiration for new loads from watching our Mini Basket group. This is the “Around the Arc” game (defender can’t go inside the arc until offense goes in). Watching one of our kids use a retreat dribble as opposed to just the stop start.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

👉Three Ball 3-on-2 🏀 Offense can go at same time and drive whenever. They have two dribbles to get a rim finish. Defense fully live but have to remain rooted to the spot. 💡Watch the varied solutions that emerge. Bursts applied for 1 min. O drives from new spot each time.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

🐅 “Jungle Shooting” 👉Two or three balls, 2v2, 3v2, 4v3 all work for this. Offense can only shoot threes, but can pass or drive. 💡Defense are fully live. Can go to any player, trap etc. Defenders also rebound and pass out to any offense 🎵 Can players connect above the music?

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

💡Fun idea for working on special situations. 2️⃣0️⃣ situations folded up and placed in the hat. 🎩 5v5, players draw one situation out of the hat. Then you play it out! 🏀 Idea from @BBallImmersion podcast with Jay Triano a while back.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

Last month I focused on discovering ways to develop finishes vs “teaching” finishes. How can we get creative as coaches using constraints (such as guided D) without always prescribing a particular move? Ended up developing a whole array of scenarios, including this 1v2...

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

5 years

📍Muro, Mallorca 🇪🇸 @campusabrines ▪️Experimenting using the same starting alignment but with two different outcomes. ▪️1st player receives 🏀 = float dribble, teammate cuts around opposite elbow (shared this vid last month). ▪️2nd player receives 🏀 = Mid P&R SSG

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

🏀 1-on-1+1 (Facilitator) ✋ Hi or low hi-5, timing of hand AND distance of coach from low defender creates rep without rep 🏁 Use different starts, changing location each rep 💡Add BDT for drive & kick, out to space. 2nd cut to break 3-in-a-row.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

Using guided defense to develop close-out skills. Latest @BBallImmersion shows how you can combine a scripted start (skate dribble) with guided defense using different coverages.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

😱”The Kinder Surprise” 🍫 🏀 Offensive player stands blind. They do not know what surprise is waiting for them! 🧠 Live on the turn around. Must immediately scan and look for a solution. 💡Use as a start before transition trips. Can do in any format (2v2 up to 5v5).

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

Developing a Barkley in 45 seconds. Check out this mini-teaching compilation for how we turn the drive into a post-up. This is used when the defense recovers to neutral after a cut-off. Check out @BBallImmersion for the whole suite of protection plans!

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

Player-led workout. When players understand the importance of variability in their work-outs, they’re onto a good thing! Alternative to blocked spot shooting.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

👉With beginners AND pros I refrain from static handling or two-ball dribbling in favour of using SSG's which are more representative of the game. 💡Play inside a small area (🏐boxes). The def gets a point each time they steal or deflect the ball. Change roles after a minute.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

➡️ The notion of fundamentals are something adhered to by many coaches who talk about players requiring fundamentals before they get the chance to play games or perform more “advanced skills”. Fundamentals are often coupled with explicit instruction. Why is this a problem?

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

🏀 Dribble Traffic Races 😃 Fun energizer to start practice 1️⃣ point for 1st to score. Players must get out and back in for a rim finish using two dribbles, avoiding the traffic! 👣Constraints naturally lead to players pushing ball out and gaining distance with their dribbles.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

I use dynamic starts frequently to check if skills are being retained. A lot of the time we see an over-reliance on static starts where the offense gets to start in a perfect location. This is a "wheel start" which can be used for just about anything.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

5 years

📍Kartepe, Turkey 🇹🇷 @Beyaz_Golge2000 🧠 Good for warm-ups as the cognitive element helps prepare the brain for practice. ▪️Can be the next load from the Static Rock, Paper, Scissors I posted. ▪️Thanks @BSCoachDev for the 1v1 idea suggested after the first video (link ⬇️).

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

Half-way through our first tournament we held a team meeting to discuss playing time. We started with a really simple activity but it totally transformed how our players approached the topic. First step was players anonymously writing what MPG they felt they deserved...

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

🛡️1-on-1+1 Shield Tag 👉Shield has to find a way to protect the handler from defense. Anything is allowed! 💡Later constrained the🛡️to protect without their hands, but loved seeing how much the girls got into it. With the right SSG's, they can embrace making contact in a fun way.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🏀2-on-2 vs Blitz 💡Handler can early/ late reject or make pocket pass to roller 🛡Defense must blitz ▪️Must be an in-rhythm pass to get the point. Same rules as the 2-on-1 shared earlier this week ⚔️ Load in other def coverages accordingly

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

5 years

Received some great ideas from coaches with extra loads on the 1v1 Pass & Cut I posted last week. Here is the 2v2 load with the extra decision being made at the rim. Diagram in the next Tweet courtesy of @RadiusAthletics .

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

🏀”Burst Close-Outs” 💡 Players stay for 40 seconds. Defensive players work in shifts to give multiple reads on the close-out. 🏃 Sprint to space immediately for the next rep, always a new location. 🧠 Must have a play present mentality, play through the mistakes!

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🏀1-on-1+1 💡Screener’s def must aggressive show. A deflection, forcing an out of rhythm pass or recovery = 2pts ▪️Passer must send in-rhythm pass (on the “roller’s runway”) to get the point ⚔️ Handler weapons such as dribble over or pull-back can break 3-in-a-rows

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

🐭 Cat and mouse 1-on-1 👉Defense work on being deceptive and navigating picks/ screens without being screened 💡Great way to create affordances for younger players that will be similar to what they will encounter in pick and roll scenarios when they are older.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

💡 Around the Arc 1-on-1 👉 Defense is either side of 3PT line. Offense can drive at anytime as they go around the arc, live once they enter 3PT 🏀 Extra point if they trick the D to go early OR if the D touches them while going around. Let’s explore the affordances within this…

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

📍Paris, France🇫🇷 🏀1v1 "Hips Game" 💡 @bballimmersion ▪️Defender fakes and tries to be deceptive. When they finally touch a hip, offense must drive through the open window. ▪️Lots of possible loads for this. Offense can start dribbling, touch shoulders or toes instead etc.

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Alex Sarama

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4 years

I love @mackaymjMichael 's "clean or dirty" cueing for DHOs & Gets. If a defender attempts to blow-up or 'knife' the hand-off, it is NOT safe to pass. This is when the pivot can be used as a potential solution.

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Alex Sarama

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4 years

🏀 Post Finishes with Guided Defense 💡 First defender gives A, B or C cues based on positioning. Help defender (🙋🏼‍♂️) then gives D, E or F to guide finish at the rim. 🎥 Full video, audio and explanation of the guided cues added today for @BBallImmersion members.

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

👻 Ghost screens are a key part of modern pick & roll offense. This is one of several coverage solutions we emphasize at @collegebasketprep to ensure our players are attuned to all the different possibilities out of a PNR.

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Alex Sarama

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6 years

🏀Perceptual Lay-Ups 🎥 📍Malmo, Sweden ( @basketse ) 🇸🇪 💡from @BBallImmersion

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

📍Bilbao, FIBA Champs League F4🇪🇸 🛡Shield Tag 👉 Had 50 players and two baskets. Games like this are perfect for sessions with high numbers, keeping everyone active while having fun 💡 Great example of an alternative to cone drills

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

💡Fun warm-up game I have previously shared, now with the offensive player dribbling a basketball 👉Great to observe what solutions appear. Playing with less time encourages certain behaviours such as push out dribbles and offense finding ways to create space

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

👉1-on-1 Line Knockout 💡Offense can only move using the lines, defense is completely free. Def gets a point each time they knock the ball or if the off enters the lava (off a line). 🏀Sit back and watch the various solutions emerge. Great alternative to static & cone dribbling.

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5 years

🏀 3v3 w/ Reversal ▪️Start with reversal. If coach puts a hand up on the catch, defence must hi-5 and offense tries to turn the small adv. into a big adv. ▪️No hi-5 = just play! We were encouraging the 'connection' & blast cut from the double gap, but other actions also emerged.

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Alex Sarama

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6 years

🎥🏀 Games Approach to Passing 📍 @EliteAthletesBE Camp 🇧🇪 ▪️”Bull in a Ring” ▪️”Half-Court Keep-Away

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🇸🇪Last day of camp with @DrillosDrills working on a bunch of new tag & knock-out ideas. 🛡“Shield chase” Chaser has to knock-out the escaper’s ball but cannot steal the shielder’s ball. 💡Shield has to keep their partner alive as long as possible. Constrain the space played in.

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3 years

😀 Thread on the importance of FUN and how this is misconstrued, particularly in the youth sectors of big pro clubs in Europe. This creates a perpetuating cycle which other youth coaches then emulate, damaging the experience players have of our sport.

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2 years

💡”Shrink the Space” 3-on-3. During the game, the playing space available for the players is constantly changing. 👉 This shapes the various triggers and offensive/ defensive solutions that can be used. ⏰ Play with an 8 second clock to increase difficulty for offense.

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3 years

💊Thread: re-thinking traditional "basketball vitamins" 👉This is the closest we would get to vitamins. Instead of 1-on-0, using scripted defense. The cut-off cues a protection plan, which must be different every time. Nash, Barkley, Bounce Out or Back-Pivot. 💡Rep without rep

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

🧵This is a thread on how I apply differential learning (DL) to shooting. I believe the benefits of non-linear pedagogy are particularly evident with shooting. This season I’ve never done form shooting or given any explicit instruction to “correct technique” as my players shoot.

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3 years

💡Ghost screens are an effective dynamic start for developing close-out reads, while adding context to the close-out. This serves as an added bonus as players can learn a multi-players coverage solution at the same time as developing their close-out decisions.

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5 years

▫️A dynamic start I have been using recently for 2v1 and 2v2 post pen reaction. Coach 'connects' with a player to determine the driver. ▫️Post (player furthest away at time of connection) has to 'find the window.' ▫️Defenders must then be quick communicating their match-ups.

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

🔊 Visualization Warm-Up 🗣 Connecting & Talking Task is a necessity to avoid a breakdown. 🎡 Use a wheel start. Any player takes the initiative to start with the ball. ⏰ 10 sec shot clock. 3 in a row, can’t see the same pattern of play repeated. 🧠Fun and challenging!

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5 years

Carrying on with the theme of yesterday’s post, continuing to introduce actions but blending with live action. Using the shuffle cut as a dynamic start before the 2v1. 1️⃣ “Talking Task/ Connections 🗣 2️⃣ Showing “Hungry Hands” 🖐🤚 3️⃣ Pin & Spin ▪️ Next load 3v3, more random.

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3 years

Introduced trans O today with U20’s. Randomized starts emphasizing: 🐎 Off to the Races. Instant reaction, all players winning the first 3 steps & full speed sprint 🔎 Seek the Sideline UNLESS you can get behind the last def 🔌 Be your own outlet until kick ahead pass or stopped

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Alex Sarama

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5 years

Using a ball on hip adv start, two nice reads here using a “Rondo Fake”. NBA breakdown footage in this clip was what we played at the beginning of the station to give context. Players could score using any move, but got bonus points for using the Rondo Fake (1/2)...

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

This is a🧵on how ecological dynamics forms the framework of our player development at College Prep. This begins with the shared understanding amongst our staff that the goal is to design activities that allow our players to self-organise and co-adapt to changing constraints.

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

Passing Fundamentals vs Functional Solutions I believe that entire generations of players have been stifled from expressing their creativity due to fundamental, reductionist coaching practices. How can 2 on 0 chest passing have any connection to the skilled behaviors shown 👇?

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Alex Sarama

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2 years

🏀Thread on how we manipulated constraints in @Franz_NanniBK 's practice today. 💡Began with 2-on-1+1. The offense had an eight second shot clock as soon as the defense moved. 👉Let's take a deeper look at the task design and the affordances this activity provides...

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4 years

Had to teach the “Gortat Screen” while in Poland, made famous by the 🇵🇱🔨 @MGortat . Advanced coverage solution vs the drop, but also develops several key skills: 🐷 Ability to “piggyback” (KOB) 🐍 Snake dribble 👊🏻 Take On, Brace, Seal (Screener)

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3 years

💡Hybrid between Perceptual Lay-Ups & Smile 1-on-1 🏀 Develop pivoting footwork and the ability to find finishing windows at the rim. Great alternative to traditional Mikan Drills 🔗 Def live but constrained. Find out how to intro this and add other loads on @BBallImmersion

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2 years

Why is it conducive for basketball coaches to explore evidence-informed approaches? Why not just continue spending time watching games, making X & O breakdowns, recruiting or spending time doing other things? These are some of my ideas and reflections.

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Alex Sarama

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4 years

👀 Adding perception to dribbling ▪️Constraints = complete with as few dribbles as possible (develops push out technique). Guided def moving later increases difficulty. 🎥 Full video and explanation on @BBallImmersion YouTube coming tomorrow

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5 years

📍Mallorca, @campusabrines 🇪🇸 🏀Looking forward to @alexabrines ' Camp in Mallorca next week. Here is "5 Spot 1v1" from last year, which can also be loaded into 1v2 and 2v2. 💡Coaches - what other loads & constraints would you add?

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

Journaling post-practice, improving the ability to interpret technical diagrams. Next level is myself as the coach describing the play with our terminology, players drawing the frame, and then doing it immediately 5-on-5. Quick de-brief and do-over or next sequence!

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Alex Sarama

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3 years

💡Gate tag is a simple but effective warm-up. It is fun and easily loadable, e.g simply add a 🏀. Watch the slow-mo version of @JacobMnsson2 at the end and see how this is more representative of the movement solutions used in basketball vs traditional warm-ups & “agility ladders”

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@AlexJSarama

3 years

💡Obstacle Tag ✅ Fun, encourages connections, prepares players for the movements they will actually use ▪️Easily loadable. Constrain space, ways to dribble, number of taggers etc. Fun load at end was only tag a player without ball (escapers can pass & connect w/ each other).

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Alex Sarama

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Manipulating constraints to provide opportunities for offense to punish the switch. One defender on each team effectively designated as the turtle, must play D with hands behind back. Offense can attack turtle through triggers. Next level is adding more deception to boomerangs.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

🔨 First time working on the Gortat Screen to punish the deep drop. The bonus with teaching players coverage solutions is that not only do they learn HOW to play, but technical skills can be developed at the same time in context with the game…

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

Using the bursts concept through 3-on-3 to introduce our players to Spain PNR and the relevant decision cues. Nice job by @stepanzelenkov_ with his reads here.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

Absolutely, my first practice of the season with my team here... Here is the all access video of that practice: More ideas available on and .

Davison Girls Basketball

@Davison_G_Bball

2 years

@AlexJSarama @true_uncle_drew @AlexJSarama do you have an example of a team practice plan you would be willing to share in regards to this coaching style?

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

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🏀 2v3 +1, Two Basketballs 👀 Primary & Help Defender. Potential solutions = Finish, Kick or Nash 🏃Sprint to Space for Second 1 on 1. 💡 Passer serves as option to re-trigger for both offensive players. Read on for the reality of learning...

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

5 years

📍Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 🏀 “Shadow 1v1” ◾️This is a new 1v1 format I’m experimenting with to build deceptiveness. ⛹️‍♂️Offense has to lose their shadow (the defender) through changing speeds, faking and using 👀 to deceive the defender.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

🏓 Ping Pong Passing 2.0 🛹 Continuous Skate Dribbles. Have 1 second to react and send pass EXACTLY to coach upon connection. 👀 Constantly scan both corners. 1️⃣ point for air-pass delivered OR defender deflecting pass with ball.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

🏀 Pen, Kick & Exit 1v1s 2️⃣ Games of 1v1 increase time on task. 🖼 Corner player “finds a window” to break the 3 in a row. This could involve a corner lift. ⚾️ Passer kicks and sprints to the next scoring base ( @Zico_Coronel ) on the exit.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

Part 2 cont... we like the posters to be as concise as possible with minimal text and more visuals. Some of the guys asked for more so we put essentially the whole offense on one page (paired with video). Avoided giving traditional PDF/ diagram playbooks completely this year.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

A 1-on-0 finish vs a finish performed in a real game are two contrasting tasks, as the information in both environments is completely different. I prefer to design activities such as this two ball 2-on-4, which is more representative of what a player encounters in a real game.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

💥 Continuous 1 on 1 Blast Cuts 💡Nice idea from @BBallImmersion member Patrik Johansen at our Immersion x Drillo camp in 🇸🇪 ➕What makes this a good SSG? High time-on-task, offense must immediately transition to defense, variability from defense arriving from diff locations

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

3 years

Small changes in shooting can lead to big results: 📍Shooter always in a new location 📐Passing angle always changes (lateral or behind shooter is critical). Most passes do not come from under basket. 🙆‍♂️ Contest in diff places, from varied angles. ⏰ Bursts. Time on task.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

4 years

Punishing the switch with the blur pop. Combining a scripted start to build confidence and get players comfortable, with guided close-out reads. Then mixed with other “pre-contact” options & off-ball decisions (e.g cut the pop). Sharing whole build-up via @BBallImmersion shortly!

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

Watch these skilful behaviours emerge within this 2-on-2. Constraints = must play in-between the elbow lines & inside the paint, starting with a PNR. This is what I mean by having functional solutions. Impossible to replicate this in a decomposed drill such as 2-on-0.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

This is an example of what we do in an individual workout. Repetition without repetition, every shot is different. If I had an assistant coach, I would play defense the whole time.

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Alex Sarama

@AlexJSarama

2 years

👉Pass keep-away 🏀Extremely simple SSG that can be played in many different formats from 2-on-2 to 5-on-5. Smaller space = harder for O 💡Here after every pass, O had to touch the bleachers before re-entering. Created a +1 for D, which afforded some trapping situations as shown

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