Written by Rick Torbett on August 7, 2009 – 9:56 PM (No Comments)
Q: Consider a 4 OUT set. The ball at strong side left corner. The strong corner drives baseline; the post slides up to the left side elbow to become the 90 degree pass; the right corner drops to the right low corner to become the Natural Pitch; the left point rotates to the left corner [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on May 29, 2009 – 8:13 PM (1 Comment)
Q: My girls varsity team is having trouble distinguishing between a speed dribble and penetration dribble, especially if the ball handler is trying to penetrate and goes somewhat North-South, but ends up tailing or quickly going East-West. Is there a definite read on how to distinguish between the two?
A: I have a couple of [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on January 2, 2009 – 2:18 PM (1 Comment)
Q: I understand that after a pass is made off of a North/South drive, the players follow the “circle movement” principle to rotate to the open spot, which is the spot next to them on the side of the drive. But when the corner drives baseline and the 4 other players circle move, the only [...]