Little Tip~ Nice Reward ~ Youth Basketball AND up!

Coached 5 games last weekend in a Jim Cox Hardwood Productions basketball tourney; before one of our games, watched the end of an 8th grade game. In the last minute, the ball went out of bounds and the offense had the opportunity to execute one of their inbound plays.

The man assigned to pass the ball in from out of bounds, raced to stand by the official and had both his hands out begging for the ball. After a second or two, the ref handed him the ball......but guess what? Two of his four teammates were not in position. In fact, they were not even watching as their teammate took control of the ball.

The Coach on the sideline yelled, and basically their "success" on the play was defined in that they didn't lose possession. They brought the ball in bounds but had no advantage, and no opportunity to score on the play.

So what is the TIP?
The person taking the ball out of bounds....needs to.....TAKE THEIR TIME GETTING TO THE BALL.
And conversely, the 4 teammates need to get to their spots QUICKLY, before their teammate gets to the ball.

It's amazing how important inbound plays can be for teams. Our Celtic group had about 4 plays we ran, and one of them worked three straight times in a high school game against a quality team coming off a State Championship season. It was amazing!

Let me know if you'd like me to give you the play.