@CoachGillespie1@traviskriens …Coach it’s awful out here at the youth travel ball level. First grade, third grade, forth grade, refs think if they call fouls the game takes forever. If they would just call fouls and set the tone, kids will adjust. The worst is when kids start pressing, it’s tackle football.
@traviskriens …..wrong, there can be if it’s an actual foul. If the refs call fouls early, and set the tone, players will
Adjust. Too many times, especially in basketball, refs let it turn into a bloodbath. Basketball is supposed to be a free flowing game, keep both hands off the ball handlr
MARCH MADNESS TERMINOLGY 101:
LOW MAN/TAG DEFENDER- hoop defender against a 2 man action- tasked with tagging the roller in an aggressive coverage situation.
DHO- dribble hand off.
GHOST- fake the screen and move horizontally away from the ball (2 hands on the back).
CHASE- pass and go screen the recipient.
GET- pass and go get/cut off of the recipient.
SPAIN- 3 man action with a ball screen into a back screen for the roller, and pop.
ZOOM- 3 man action with a wide pin into a DHO.
FLARE- butt to the sideline, off ball screen away from the ball handler.
SPREAD BALL SCREEN- both corners, one 45 occupied with a ball screen in the middle of the floor.
RIP screen- back screen.
BLOB- baseline out of bounds.
BOX- both blocks and elbows occupied.
HORNS- both elbow areas and corners occupied.
STAGGER- off ball double screen.
FLEX- set a screen and then receive a screen.
VERTICALITY- going straight up and down in your ‘cylinder’ on defense.
PUNCH- post up.
ZIPPER- butt to half court off ball screen from the low block.
2 for 1- using the shot clock to your advantage to attempt 2 shots to the opponents 1, at the end of half/end of game.
ATO- play occurring after a timeout/break.
CONTINUITY- structured spacing template with specific rules for specific actions on offense.
DIG- one pass away, help defender digs at the post up or penetration and then recovers.
STUNT- aggressively lunge and recover at the ball handler.
45 CUT- cutting from the wing to the hoop.
HEDGE- screeners defender stunts at the ball and recovers.
BLITZ- trap the ball handler in PnR.
DROP- screeners defender splits the difference between the ball and the hoop.
UNDER- ball handlers man goes under the ball screen.
*** Obviously a list for broad appeal. Feel free to ask away if there is any terminology questions.
Updating a popular tweet from a few years ago...
Can we put "Pistol" Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I men's scoring record in perspective?
He scored 3,667 points in 83 games over 3 years.
If you took the nation's top 83 Division I men's basketball single-game scoring performances in the last 3 years (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26), you'd have a combined 3,529 total points.
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