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Basketball Coaches Chalktalk

The Basketball Coaches Chalktalk series at Hoops U. Insider is a way to get inside the game like nowhere else. Our expert contributing coaches will provide knowledge in X's and O's, strategies, tactics, and more that will help you become a better basketball coach!

With contributions from all levels of coaching and experience, you will be sure to gain a greater knowledge and understanding in all areas of basketball and coaching.

So, gather around our virtual chalkboard and learn from our expert coaches in the Insider Basketball Coaches Chalktalk series! Click a coaches name below to learn more about that coach and read their articles ... or go down below the table of coaches and see all the most recent articles.

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Randy Brown
Owner
CoachRB.com

John Carrier
Assistant Coach
St. Thomas Academy

George Ellis

Skill Coach, GE Basketball

Coach, Holy Angels

Jordan Graneto

Assistant Coach

Sprague High School

Steve Hardin
Head Coach
Lees-McRae College

TJ Jones

Owner / Lead Instructor

Nothing But Net Basketball

Zach Keene
Head Coach
Macomb High School

Kyle Ohman
Co-Creator
Basketball HQ

Jeff Osterman
Associate Head Coach
University of South Florida

Jason Parrish

Assistant Coach

Birmingham Southern

Brian Rea

Head Coach

Payson-Seymour HS

Robert Ware

Co-Owner, Real Athletics
Coach, Minnetonka HS

Collin Wright
Assistant Coach
Houghton College

Recent 'Basketball Coaches Chalktalk' Articles:

Iowa Overload Reversal
By: Jeff Osterman
This zone quick hitter creates an open jump shot by first overloading one side of the zone and then using a ball reversal to get the defense pulled out of position. . . . Keep Reading

Shoot Like Steve Kerr: Five Things Great Shooters Do that All Other Shooters Don't
By: Randy Brown
Here are some ideas that will help you turn average shot makers into good or great ones. For the sake of consistency, these tips are for shooters away from the ball. The ability to catch and shoot is a rare art that few master. Yet, by implementing these tips you will see great improvement in your player's accuracy, footwork, and shooting percentage. . . . Keep Reading

Quinnipiac 1-4 High Ball Screen Play
By: Jeff Osterman
This play from a 1-4 high set creates possible multiple scoring options. The high ball screen allows your point guard to attack the middle and look to score or create for a teammate. . . . Keep Reading

Don Meyer 2010 Leadership Seminar Notes
By: Zach Keene
7 pages of notes, ideas, concepts, quotes, and other tidbits of information to build your coaching and leadership skills from Coach Don Meyer. . . . Keep Reading

Old Dominion Corner Pick-and-Pop
By: Jeff Osterman
This is a nice basketball play that gets the ball to the corner and then utilizes a pick and pop for a couple of possible scoring options. . . . Keep Reading

Nail Action Zone Offense Play
By: Jeff Osterman
This basketball play can be run against any zone defense, particularly a zone defense where you are looking to get the ball into the middle of the zone. . . . Keep Reading

Point Guard Screen Play
By: Jeff Osterman
Run this play against a zone defense to get a 3-point attempt from the corner. The point guard is screened to receive the pass and create an opening for the shooting guard to attempt the shot. . . . Keep Reading

Fresno Screen Option Play
By: Jeff Osterman
This quick hitter gives the potential shooter the option of which direction to cut off of a screen or staggered screen in order to get open for the jump shot. Also a nice basketball play when you want to get your point guard a shot. . . . Keep Reading

Marist 3-Point Play
By: Jeff Osterman
This set play is essentially designed to get a 3-point shot. There are a couple of opportunities with the best chance coming off of a ball reversal and staggered or double screen. This might be the play you need when you need a '3'. . . . Keep Reading

Croatia 2-Up Pick-and-Roll Play
By: Steve Hardin
There is a lot of action in this play, including a backscreen and staggered screen which culminate in a pick-and-roll scoring option. . . . Keep Reading

Howard Handoff Pick and Roll Play
By: Jeff Osterman
As the play name implies, this quick hitter utilizes a dribble handoff into a pick and roll to create a great scoring chance. . . . Keep Reading

The Will to be Great
By: Jason Parrish
Everyone who is successful has one thing in common: their undying will to be great and their understanding of what it takes to be great. . . . Keep Reading

Eastern Illinois
By: Jeff Osterman
The Eastern Illinois quick hitter is a scoring set that creates opportunities by utilizing an on-ball screen, flex screen, and downscreen. The multiple screens and cuts makes this difficult to defend as it creates several scoring chances. . . . Keep Reading

Texas 1-4 Play
By: Jeff Osterman
From the 1-4 high set, this play incorporates a couple of on-ball screens along with some other options to get a score. . . . Keep Reading

St. Louis
By: Jeff Osterman
This is a very effective quick hitter that incorporates some weakside action after a ball reversal to create a couple of potential scoring options. . . . Keep Reading

Barcelona Side Pick-and-Roll Play
By: Steve Hardin
This quick hitter incorporates several screens and cuts to ultimately create a pick-and-roll from the wing area. This is a great play that allows the point guard to attack the heart of the defense via the pick and roll. . . . Keep Reading

Dribble Play (1 Finger Down)
By: Zach Keene
This play works great directly out of your secondary break. It's a quick hitter that can be run anytime, but executes quite well out of your transition offense. . . . Keep Reading

Pacific
By: Jeff Osterman
Pacific is a baseline out of bounds play that gets the basketball to the top and then sets up a scoring opportunity with a pick-and-roll play. . . . Keep Reading

Barcelona Handoff Pick and Roll Play
By: Steve Hardin
This set play utilizes a couple of screens and cuts for potential scoring chances with the ultimate action being a dribble handoff for a scoring opportunity. . . . Keep Reading

Black-Hawk 5-Out Continuity Offense
By: Brian Rea
Black-Hawk is a quick continuity addition to your 5-Out Open Post arsenal or it can be a good supplement to your regular motion offense. It holds true to the rules of motion, but tries to use the point cutter as a brush screener for the wing. Use this simple continuity motion as a supplement to your own offense, or use it as your main offense to get some great movement and great scoring opportunities. . . . Keep Reading

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