PBC 1st Semester League

PBC’s 1st Semester (Man to Man Offense)

As much as our coaches will be focused on helping all PBC players gain a better understanding of how to apply fundamentals to team play, coaches are also learning how to make their team better. Each coach at the PBC is required to use a practice plan template as a working document to create, fun, engaging practices without over-coaching players who may have limited experience and limited skill. PBC coaches after practice sessions will pick things that their players are good at and the things that they see need improvement and make adjustments, during team practices. Players will be taught the shot ready stance, how to pivot and jab, initiate contact, dribble levels, commit and de-commit passing concept, moving without the ball, spacing, screening, cutting, flashing, and freeing up when players are more aggressive.  Coaches will choose from multiple offensive categories, choosing from motion offenses like the 3 out 2 in, 4 out 1 in, 5 out, high low and ball screen continuity. Our goal is to teach simplicity so that the kids can translate their learning into team play. After completing the 1rst segment of PBC’s Man to Man Offense, players will understand how to integrate individual skill into team play, how organized offense helps to create good shots, and how technology helps to protect possessions.

Players will understand their roles on the team and have a better understanding of the different positions on the floor. By having players stay together on the same team for 4 semesters, players, families, and coaches can measure how their teams have learned and how they have grown. Our coaches will select offenses that they are comfortable teaching, and appropriate for the skill levels of the kids they have on the team. Coaches will call plays and run any selected variety of offense against man to man defenses only. During the first semester, no pressing or half court trapping will be allowed. Baseline and sideline out of bounds plays are allowed against man to man pressure only. During the second semester, zone offense and defense will be implemented offering a more difficult challenge during the teaching and instructional phases of practice and games. By the end of the 1rst Semester, our kids will know how to utilize spacing within their offense, they will have a better understanding of the timing needed to execute and create good shots, they will have learned their roles on the offense and defense, how to cut and screen properly and have confidence in scoring, passing and decision making.

PBC’s 1st Semester (Man to Man Defense)

In any introductory program, it is important to help players understand the fundamental aspects of why you’re teaching them a certain way. During PBC’s 1rst Semester’s defensive segment, our coaches will be teaching players how to develop a man to man defense in multiple teaching segments. Build in drills where we will teach the concept and how to translate the concept in action. Showing length, width, communicating, having a strong core and center of gravity, and a wide base are all technical aspects of building a defense. Half court and full court breakdowns, with exercises to strengthen a players conditioning, endurance, and stamina. Drill work, where the focus is on communication, technique, physicality, on ball, split line, help and deny and meet and greet seals and box-outs. Player stance, progressions and positioning all contribute to players gaining the necessary strength and speed in order to keep an offensive player in front of them.

Focuses will be on stopping dribble penetration, understanding how defense affects shot selection and shooting percentage. Recognizing the weak hand and small tendencies are all incorporated into our teaching format. Coaches will have a curriculum of fun exercises, some competitive and others in single player demonstrations, i;e, closeouts, defensive rebounding, help defense, shell drills, post defense, transition defense, and lunch pale plays like taking charges and getting after loose balls. Finally, our progressions will lead to a fundamental understanding of how to defend screens, defend post players and rotating against drivers, while forcing quicker and more athletic kids in to help. 1 on 1, into 5 on 5 progressions into team play with live scrimmages and simulated gameplay allows the fundamentals to be reinforced, reviewed and tested before live play. Coaches will be able to help players understand why they are being asked to do things a certain way.