Coaches — I’d love to hear how you all handle this with your players, parents, and overall program philosophy. I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea that “analytics-based basketball” isn’t just about shooting more 3s or playing fast, but about maximizing expected value (shot quality, first-best shot, etc.). The tradeoff, as I understand it, is that while this approach can increase your chances of winning over time, it also increases variance — meaning you may have more blowout losses along the way. For example: instead of consistently losing close games, you might win more overall, but when you lose, it can get lopsided. My questions: - How do you communicate this idea to players and parents who naturally judge success by score margins and “keeping games close”? - Do you fully embrace the variance that comes with this style? - At the youth/high school level, how do you balance “playing the right way” analytically vs. managing confidence? - Have you found ways to help players stay bought in during those tougher, one-sided loses?

What teams at the high school level have had success with lock left defense

How do you teach kids to recognize an advantage? For context, I work with freshman boys. We work on our principles of playing with an advantage through offensive advantage drills/games. We work on our triggers and actions through SSGs. However, numerous times I notice an advantage being created during the game, and we do not attack the advantage, whether it is getting to space, attacking a close-out, or exploiting a mismatch. Instead, we look to trigger the next action. Or the opposite will happen, and we try to drive 1 on 5, or the offense just turns into a weave. I never seemed to bridge the gap between action and dominoes. trigger -> action -> Advantage -> Dominoes

What offense do people prefer for grades 4-8? Drive and space or race and space?

Guys I’m trying to implement the Savi Shooting Program and one thing I keep hearing is the Footprint and the 10:30 reference. I do not understand that correlation or how that works in terms of their feet. Please could someone explain or show a diagram. Probably something easy I’m missing but just not comprehending. Thanks in advance!