19d • General discussion
Dominoes.
Basketball Concept: DOMINOES
Great offense isn’t about forcing shots, it's about knocking over the first domino and letting the rest fall.
Dominoes = advantage → reaction → next advantage
What This Looks Like in Games:
- Beat your defender ➜ help steps up ➜ kick-out ➜ extra pass ➜ open 3
- Paint touch ➜ defense collapses ➜ drop-off or spray-out
- Post touch ➜ double team ➜ skip pass ➜ closeout attack
- Hard cut ➜ tag defender ➜ lob or dunk
One good action creates the next one.
Coaching Cue for your next workout:
“Don’t try to score. Look to knock over the first domino.”
How to Apply / get players to do this implicitly in your workouts
- Paint-touch rule: No shot until the ball touches the paint
- 0.5 second decision rule: Shoot, pass, or drive immediately
- Advantage SSG drills: 2v1, 3v2, short-clock situations (7 second fastbreak drill)
Takeaway
The best players don’t hunt shots.They hunt reactions paint touches and advantages to initiate dominoes.
Question for you: What’s your go-to first domino? Drive, cut, post touch, or ball screen?
Drop it in the comments.
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