Basketball's Zone Offense

Features new innovations in the Dribble Drive Offense

Learn to attack any zone defense with the Dribble Drive attack

Effectively use the transition game to get into the Dribble Drive offense

Detailed techniques and teaching points to improve your offensive attack

Advanced Dribble-Drive Offense: Zone & Transition Game

Positive motivational ideas should be used within the context of a mechanically sound practice plan. Here are some ideas to consider in regard to proper practice procedures.

* Have a plan--season, weekly, daily. Keep a daily practice plan and a weekly practice composite. Otherwise, you may spend too much time on one phase of the game while neglecting another.
* Write down specific goals for each practice segment and emphasize each of them. Consider a practice theme for the day.
* Give your helpers specific duties that afford them a level of prestige. Write down a job description for each. Then take the time to sit down and discuss the assignments with each of them individually.
* Thoughtful repetition is the key to skill development. Seek out drills that provide repetitive opportunities.
* Each practice should be designed to provide sequential, meaningful learning. One way to do this is to start practice by discussing what was learned yesterday.
* Use many short practice segments. This is in opposition to covering one phase of the game and using one long practice segment.
* Create a winning practice atmosphere.
* Plan situation practice segments that utilize the clock, involve a specific rule, or require a definition of specific terminology.
* Blow a sharp whistle in practice. It should signify that we are ready to proceed to the next phase of our plan without delay.
* Coaches dress out for every practice. They are the first to arrive and the last to leave. Use pre and post practice time to meet/work with individuals.

For those of you who are classroom teachers, these steps might look significantly similar to a perfect lesson plan. Coaches are teachers and thus they should view and practice the steps needed to communicate a successful lesson.