Wednesday, April 11, 2012

NABC Clinic Notes Part III: Chris Mack (Xavier)

Today's notes are abbreviated because I missed some of the clinic by Xavier's Chris Mack. While I didn't catch all of his presentation, I liked what I was able to hear a lot. These three concepts have a good chance of making it into our team vocabulary in the near future. As with the other parts of the series, my own thoughts are added in italics.


  • Show officials your hands on defense.
    • If they see your hands, they don't think you're committing fouls
    • Body contact fouls often are preceded by hand contact - especially on the perimeter.
  • Guards often must play tougher on ball screens.
    • Too many times blame for poor ball screen defense falls onto the help.
    • If you don't switch the screen, the guard's job is to get through it and defend the ball again.
    • The rotation back is important too. Once the guard is past screen, how will you rotate the help back?
  • Defensive "kills"
    • 1 kill = 3 stops in a row.
    • Xavier staff theory: 7 "kills" in a game = 97% win rate.
A recurring theme throughout the NABC Convention was that not every part of your system needs to be a complicated X's and O's discussion. The more you can simplify part A of your package, the more complicated part B can get.





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