Glen Lake Boys Basketball Program Overview

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Glen Lake Boys Basketball Players Will:

● Represent themselves and the program on and off the court in a positive manner at all times.

● Strive for excellence in the classroom, community, and on the court. ● Exhibit a positive attitude. ● Treat others with respect. ● Excel in a minimum of three out of four “Keys to Program Success.”

Laker Keys to Program Success

Player Attitude | Basketball Ability | Situational Skills | Physical Attributes

Attitude: Players will be coachable. Players will develop resilience and mental toughness. Players will show enthusiasm when their teammates have success. Basketball Ability: On-court ability to make basketball plays.

Situational Skills: Players understand how to incorporate their skills into team settings on defense and offense. On-court awareness of correct basketball movement, spacing, timing.

Physical Attributes: Cardiovascular fitness; total body strength; agility and quickness.

Attitude Basketball Skills Situational Physical ❏ Be a great teammate ❏ Coachable ❏ Respectful ❏ Unselfish ❏ Responsible ❏ Reliable ❏ Enthusiastic ❏ Mentally tough ❏ Poise under pressure ❏ Perseverance ❏ Self-control ❏ Restraint from verbal

and non-verbal disapproval of calls

❏ Defense on ball ❏ Defense off ball ❏ Ball handling ❏ Spot-up Shooting ❏ Finishing plays at rim ❏ Attack off triple threat

(jab series) ❏ Attack with dribble ❏ Change of pace with

ball ❏ Passing ability ❏ Receiving of passes ❏ Block out technique

❏ Def. position on ball ❏ Def. position off ball ❏ Communication on D ❏ Communication on O ❏ Shot selection ❏ Screening to get

teammates open ❏ Court positioning ❏ Timing of cuts ❏ Clock awareness ❏ Multiple effort

❏ Commitment to improving physical strength

❏ Dedication to improving basketball skills

❏ Cardiovascular fitness ❏ Agility ❏ Quickness ❏ Proprioception

Glen Lake Boys Basketball Program Overview

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Play Hard, Smart, and Together Team Defense Team Offense

On-ball Defense ● Move feet to stay in front of O player ● Active hands when guarding ball handler ● Seek deflections ● Force ball handler to pick a side ● Closeout to shooters with active feet and hands ● Jump to ball on the pass

Off-ball Defense ● Communicate with teammates ● See ball and man at all times ● Be in position to stop ball on drives ● Put chest on ball to stop drives ● Bump cutters when off ball ● Active hands to discourage passes ● Box out each possession

Shots will be the result of an advantage

having been created for an individual or a teammate. Advantages include: Numerical,

Off-balance Defense, Mismatch. Transition ● Run lanes on D rebound and after makes ● Bigs rim run on D rebound and after makes ● Move ball with pass up the floor to open teammates

Secondary ● Move ball with on-time pass to open teammates ● Look for opportunities to screen on-ball and off-ball

in transition Half-court ● Move ball with on-time pass to open teammates ● Set screens to get teammates open ● Dribble to attack defense and kick to open shooters ● Get post touches to score ● Play inside-out with post touches

22ConferenceChampionships25DistrictChampionships14RegionalChampionships11StateSemi-Finals4StateFinals2StateChampionships

Howarewegoingtoplaytoday?HARD!SMART!TOGETHER!

1….2….3….TEAM!