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Developing Non-shooting Big Men

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Overview

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Former G-League Assistant Coach Lainn Wilson, currently with Golden State Warriors takes us through the blueprint for developing non-shooting big men in today's modern game. Lainn had a chance to work with players like Joel Embid and Al Horford while he was with the 76ers and breaks down all the aspects of the game that big men need to do to be able to adapt to today's game, where the traditional back to the basket play is slowly dying.

Coach Wilson Takes Us Through:

  • Breakdown of The Most Deadly Scoring Areas for the Post Players
  • How To Properly Teach Your Big Man Screen Angles
  • How To Be a Threat and Score Off The Ball Screens
    • Attacking Different Ball Screen Coverages 
    • Angles of the Roll Man
    • Passing off the Pick'N'Roll
  • Being a Threat off the Dribble Hand-Off Breakdown
  • How To Evaluate Film For The Post Players

If you want to learn how to develop dominate post players, this course is a must!

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Post Scoring Philosophy

Keys to the Low Post Spacing

  • Low Zone
  • Dead Zone
  • Developing The Low Zone

Scoring Off Pick and Roll

  • Screener
  • Attacking Different Ball Screen Coverages
  • Passing Off The Roll
  • Developing Passing

Dribble Hand Off

  • Principles of DHO For Big Men

Q/A's

  • Should Post Players Still Focus On Back To The Basket Game?
  • How Should Big Men Work On Finishing?
  • Should You Ban Players From Dunking To Develop Their Touch?

Measuring The Progress

  • Film Review - What To Pay Attention To

Taught by

Lainn Wilson

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