Coach Barnes and the Vols share the same type of roster, O schemes and philosophy that we do that focus on the guards entering the lane. The Knoxville game taught us how to better run our same high post ball screen sets and how to adjust and expand them when an opponent effectively denied the screens and prevented our ballhandler's easy entry into the lane.
Tomorrow's Auburn game against a different O philosophy will be equally valuable in instructing us why we ought to adopt one of Auburn's primary sets, The Zoom. I mentioned the Zoom schemes last month as the O that carried UConn, Auburn and several other NCAA quarterfinalists to efficient high scoring and low turnovers. The sets are easy to teach to rosters with high transfer turnover. Zoom teaches athletic players a philosophy of playing and decision making rather than teaches specific plays and repetitive motion progressions.
Zoom is predicated on two primary actions: an off-ball pindown screen, followed by a dribble handoff to the player coming off the pindown. Zoom is designed to get a perimeter player moving downhill toward the basket while staggered screens behind him simultaneously stress a defense. Zoom actions often involve skilled centers who operate at the 3-point arc rather than ties them to the area near the lane. The actions creatively employ 3 men rather than two like the ball-screens involve and that math expands the options, creates gaps and creates more space for the ballhandler to use. There is much less standing around and watching done by weakside teammates and the ball flows across the court to set up new 3 player triangles on the weakside.
One benefit of the Zoom action is that it creates momentum and gets the ball moving and slashing towards the rim. It does not require elite ballhandling and passing as dribble hand-offs are employed rather than reliance on ball screens and short passing in crowded areas of the court. I'll follow up tomorrow morning with suggestions about what to look for and how it would benefit us to adopt some of what Auburn runs.
Tomorrow's Auburn game against a different O philosophy will be equally valuable in instructing us why we ought to adopt one of Auburn's primary sets, The Zoom. I mentioned the Zoom schemes last month as the O that carried UConn, Auburn and several other NCAA quarterfinalists to efficient high scoring and low turnovers. The sets are easy to teach to rosters with high transfer turnover. Zoom teaches athletic players a philosophy of playing and decision making rather than teaches specific plays and repetitive motion progressions.
Zoom is predicated on two primary actions: an off-ball pindown screen, followed by a dribble handoff to the player coming off the pindown. Zoom is designed to get a perimeter player moving downhill toward the basket while staggered screens behind him simultaneously stress a defense. Zoom actions often involve skilled centers who operate at the 3-point arc rather than ties them to the area near the lane. The actions creatively employ 3 men rather than two like the ball-screens involve and that math expands the options, creates gaps and creates more space for the ballhandler to use. There is much less standing around and watching done by weakside teammates and the ball flows across the court to set up new 3 player triangles on the weakside.
One benefit of the Zoom action is that it creates momentum and gets the ball moving and slashing towards the rim. It does not require elite ballhandling and passing as dribble hand-offs are employed rather than reliance on ball screens and short passing in crowded areas of the court. I'll follow up tomorrow morning with suggestions about what to look for and how it would benefit us to adopt some of what Auburn runs.
