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Winning Way Series 130 Winning Special Situations . Brian Williams TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1 Philosophy of Special Situations 1. What can I, as the coach, accept in defeat? 2. What strengths does our current team have? 3. What do the percentages tell me? 4. How much practice time do I want to devote to special situations? 5. If we do lose, how would I rather lose a late-game lead? 6. Am I willing to save some of my best plays for the end of a game? 7. Do I want to save my timeouts for the end of the game? 8. How long do I want to keep one of our best players on the bench when he is in foul trouble? 9. What are the tendencies of our opponents? 10. How do I emphasize the importance of every possession and every situation? Chapter 2 Practicing Special Situations 11. Practice situations at the end of every practice. 12. Confidence in games comes from success in practice 13. Planning ahead for and practicing special situations forces you to think in detail 14. No one can plan for and practice every scenario 15. Try it, you’ll like it 16. Make every situation that you practice as game-like as possible. 17. Have an overall situations season plan 18. Use special rules so that your second team can compete with your first 19. Always play out the time, when you practice situations Chapter 3 General situations in flow of game 20. Automatic Situations AUTOMATIC 21. Coach’s Call COACH’S CALL 22. Foul trouble in the first half AUTOMATIC 23. Calling timeout to save a possession AUTOMATIC 24. Jump ball AUTOMATIC 25. Timeouts AUTOMATIC 26. Saving a loose ball AUTOMATIC 27. Defending a 1-4 low AUTOMATIC 28. Shortening the game COACH’S CALL Chapter 4 Offensive situations in flow of game 29. Save a second when inbounding the ball AUTOMATIC 30. Inbound ball in dead corners. Full court AUTOMATIC 31. Inbound ball in dead corners. Half court AUTOMATIC 32. Playing against combination defenses COACH’S CALL 33. Offensive rebound tip outs on missed free throws and field goals AUTOMATIC 34. 2 on 1 situations AUTOMATIC 35. Who is your best technical foul free throw shooter? COACH’S CALL 36. Short seconds on the shot clock AUTOMATIC 37. “Fire!” AUTOMATIC 38. Run counters to plays depending on how the defense plays them COACH’S CALL 39. Long lead pass AUTOMATIC 40. Playing to your strengths AUTOMATIC 41. All inbounds plays with your backup inbounder COACH’S CALL Chapter 5 Defensive situations in flow of game 42. Defending under out AUTOMATIC 43. Playing against a great shooter COACH’S CALL 44. Rebounding a defensive Free Throw 45. Stop them before they start COACH’S CALL 46. Defensive adjustment COACH’S CALL 47. Defensive Matchups. COACH’S CALL 48. Break away layups AUTOMATIC 49. Converting to defense off a missed free throws AUTOMATIC 50. Pressing on a missed free throw COACH’S CALL Chapter 6 End of 1st 2nd, 3rd Quarters 51. Teach your players to yell “Clock!” AUTOMATIC 52. Force the ball to the sideline in defensive conversion AUTOMATIC 53. Take the last shot of each quarter. AUTOMATIC 54. Last shot of quarter play vs. Man to Man AUTOMATIC 55. Throw the ball long inside our arc AUTOMATIC 56. Last second play vs. 2-3 zone AUTOMATIC 57. Do not try to beat the clock AUTOMATIC 58. Put a bad free throw shooter at the line at the end of the first half COACH’S CALL Chapter 7 End of game philosophy 59. When will you begin to hold the ball for the last shot when tied? AUTOMATIC 60. When will you take the last shot of a tie game AUTOMATIC 61. When will you put the ball in the deep freeze with a lead? AUTOMATIC 62. Timeout when we score with the clock running. COACH’S CALL 63. Do you continue to “play to win” even if the game is over for practice? COACH’S CALL 64. Do you switch defenses to protect a lead? COACH’S CALL 65. Tie at home, win on the road? AUTOMATIC 66. When to start catch up mode COACH’S CALL 67. When do you put one of your best players back in with 4 fouls? COACH’S CALL Chapter 8 End of Game General 68. End of the game communication. AUTOMATIC 69. Possession in Doubt AUTOMATIC 70. Call timeout the most effective way AUTOMATIC 71. If we are behind AUTOMATIC 72. Milk a Minute COACH’S CALL 73. Jump ball to start overtime AUTOMATIC 74. Jump ball play COACH’S CALL Chapter 9 End of Game Offense 75. Miss a free throw on purpose with a lead. COACH’S CALL 76. Miss a free throw on purpose needing to score. COACH’S CALL 77. Full court game winner no timeouts COACH’S CALL 78. Nothing but a layup or free throws = “4!’ AUTOMATIC 79. Over the back on a free throw that your team misses COACH’S CALL 80. Get the ball in full court at the end against a man to man press. COACH’S CALL 81. Throw or dribble to half court and call timeout COACH’S CALL 82. Be prepared for a change in defense 83. Inbounding the ball with no timeouts. 84. Gain possession of the ball in last 5 seconds on other end of court AUTOMATIC 85. “Hands” team—COACH’S CALL 86. Plant the seed COACH’S CALL 87. Have your shooter be a ball screener if the defense traps COACH’S CALL 88. Reminder to inbounder spot or move COACH’S CALL 89. Last second shot vs. man to man AUTOMATIC 90. Last second shot vs.2-3 zone AUTOMATIC Chapter 10 End of Game Defense 91. To foul or not to foul? AUTOMATIC 92. Unintentional intentional foul COACH’S CALL 93. Put your best defender on a different player if you know they are going to run a set play COACH’S CALL 94. Don't foul AUTOMATIC 95. Trap a Ball Screen to prevent a 3 COACH’S CALL 96. Guarding a dead 3 point shooter COACH’S CALL 97. Whether or not to guard the inbounder for full court inbounds defense COACH’S CALL Chapter 11 End of Game Defense 98. Post Game—Player safety and leadership after the game Chapter 12 Practicing end of game special situations 99. Players “coach” 100. No timeouts remaining 101. Possession arrow 102. Fouls to give when you are ahead 103. Fouls to give when you are behind 104. Playing through bad calls 105. Whether you are or are not in the bonus 106. Best player in foul trouble 107. Best player not available due to injury 108. Let the other team score 109. Playing through a bad play—personal and teammate Chapter 13 Specific Time and Score Situations to Practice 110. 30 seconds to go in a quarter other than the 4th, your ball 111. Down 4, your ball at half court, 30 seconds to go, clock stopped 112. Up 1, opponent scores to take the lead. 10 seconds, clock running 113. Underneath your basket inbounding. down 2, 5 seconds left 114. Underneath your basket inbounding. down 2, 2 seconds left 115. Down 2, you shooting two free throws, 3 seconds, clock stopped 116. Sideline Inbounds from half court, trailing by 2 with 15 seconds to go 117. Sideline Inbounds from half court, trailing by 2 with 3 seconds to go 118. Opponent’s ball half court inbounds, tie game, 30 seconds to go 119. Down 2 Full length inbounds 3 seconds to go, clock stopped, one timeout 120. Down 2 Full length inbounds 3 seconds to go, clock stopped, no timeouts 121. Up 2 and the ball 1:00 minute to go 122. Tied with ball 1:00 to go 123. Up 1 inbounding ball no timeouts 124. Your ball full court inbounds up 1 point, 5 seconds to go opponent is pressing 125. Converting to defense when you miss a free throw, up 1, 10 seconds to go 126. Down 10 3 minutes to go with the ball 127. Down 5 1 minute to go with the ball 128. Up 3 other team ball under their basket 5 seconds to go, no timeouts 129. Other team misses a free throw on purpose., You have a 2 point lead, 2 seconds to go. 130. 30 seconds to go in a quarter other than the 4th, opponent’s ball ular Spectac achievementeded is alwaysby prec unspectacular preparation. Robert H. Schuller 130 Winning Special Situations INTRODUCTION Introduction There are many factors that affect the outcome of a basketball game. Just a few of them are: 1) Talent on your team 2) Talent of your opponents relative to yours 3) Location (home or road) of the game Winning Words 4) Injuries prior to or during games “Luck is where 5) Toughness and togetherness of team preparation 6) Preparation meets 7) Execution ” opportunity. The focus for this e-book is on the toughness, togetherness, preparation, and execution it takes to Seneca help your team to thrive and capitalize when special situations occur in games. Take these ideas, think through them with your coaching staff, and adapt them to your program’s philosophy and your personnel. On most occasions, your games are going to come down to a few critical possessions. Many of those possessions involve special situations—an inbounds play, a last shot of the quarter, or the way your team manages the clock. The special situations in this book are not limited to the end of the game and they are not limited to the decisions that coaches make during games.