Written by Rick Torbett on October 23, 2009 – 3:08 PM (No Comments)
Q: I purchased and recently started implementing the R&R for a 5th and a 6th grade girls team. Currently, I am only using the R&R against man-to-man defense. I really like it in this application since it keeps the entire team involved. I have been using a 1-4 High set against a zone, but would [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on September 25, 2009 – 11:53 AM (No Comments)
Q: I would like to hear if anyone has adapted the 4 OUT 1 IN against a 2-3 zone. Our personnel usually requires a 4 OUT set, but I don’t like the two guard set against a two guard zone.
Has anybody used the 5 OUT spots with the 4 OUT set to get a guard [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on July 31, 2009 – 9:40 PM (1 Comment)
Q: Situation: We are in a 5 OUT open post set versus a 2-3 zone corner trapping defense.
This defense has the wing defender slide 1-2 steps with our cutter and then trap the corner along with their ball-side baseline defender . The top help-side defender flies out to deny the point who rotates to the [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on July 17, 2009 – 1:11 AM (No Comments)
Q: I have a zone offense question. When attacking a 2-3 zone, if the point drives the gap right up the gut, splitting the defenders, it’s hard to initiate circle movement because they’re neither going right nor left around a defender. When this happens, it seems like my kids’ offense breaks down. How do you [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on May 15, 2009 – 8:11 PM (No Comments)
From Ron Rangi:
Just a note to let you know we are still working on the Read and React Offense but we are amazed with the result to date.
We are currently 1-1 in our League standings and 3-1 for all games played so far. Last year, our Point Guard, Small Forward and Centre dominated scoring, contributing [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on April 10, 2009 – 10:15 PM (4 Comments)
Q: Thank you for the R&R offense; it has certainly helped some of our youth learn how to play basketball properly. My question for you is how I can implement the zone section in the beginning. I know the kids can’t do pin and skip, but I know that we will face a lot of [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on January 30, 2009 – 3:55 PM (No Comments)
Q: Hi Rick. First, I wanted to let you know how much fun both our coaches and players are having running the R&R. Next, I have a question. Can you give me some specifics as to what you would do against a Box-and-1 defense as it applies to the various layers of the offense? We [...]
Written by Rick Torbett on January 23, 2009 – 3:29 PM (No Comments)
Q: We like to use the 3 OUT, 2 IN set. Because of our athleticism, we find ourselves playing against more and more zone. In addition to the R&R habits and principles, I have taught my weak-side post player to flash ball-side high to receive a pass, and immediately look low for a seal on [...]