Jamie Quarles, associate head coach for the University of Buffalo Bulls, serves as the offensive coordinator for head coach, Jim Whitesell. Coach Quarles discusses his role as the OC, how he teaches spacing, and some of the challenges in running a conceptual-based offense.
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Oregon Ducks’ women’s basketball coach, Kelly Graves, dives into ball screen offense, including teaching reads for the ballhandler, the use of various screens, and modern trends for ball screen offense.
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After four years as a student manager and data analyst for Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse Orange, Dominic Samangy now serves on staff with Eric Musselman’s Arkansas Razorbacks. Dom discusses the application of analytics to scouting, recruiting, and game preparation.
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Josh Schertz, head coach for the Indiana State Sycamores, shares some thoughts on conceptual offense, including triggers within flow offense, inverting half court offense, and attacking ball screens.
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Brian McCormick, author and long-time basketball coach, discusses basketball’s “fake fundamentals” and ideas for improving carry-over for players to game competition.
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USC Trojans associate head coach, Chris Capko, provides an inside look at the scouting process. He shares ideas for preparing your team, discusses the differences between prepping for a star player vs. a system of play, and gives advice for not overloading your players.
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If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I love using sets with consecutive actions. Not only are they hard to guard, but you
Have you ever studied to see what back-to-back drives does to the flow and effectiveness of your conceptual offense? You should, if you haven’t. Attacking
In your offense, what are the other 3 (or 4) perimeter players doing on a drive to the basket? Standing still? Cutting? Circle movement? A
