Introduction to Early Offense, Fast Break

Introduction to Early Offense, Fast Break

The Need for Early Offense - Fast Break

If you’re on the offensive end, pushing the ball for an early offense is a vital part in play to disrupt the defensive set-up by the opposing team. Early offense forces the defenders to “react” on the ball movement rather than “act” (attack). The main idea here is to advance the ball quickly into the front court and attack the defense before the opponents are able to set-up or organize their defense.

Opposing teams that walk the ball to the front court to set-up the offense are much easier to defend against the teams that push the ball fast for early offense. Opposing teams that run the ball to the front court in a span of 2-3 seconds are difficult to defend because it disrupts the chance of setting up the defense. The early offense creates situations for quick mid range jump shots, penetration lay-ups and kick out passes for easy scoring. Teams that walk the ball to the front court are much easier to defend because the defending players are allowed to set-up the positions on the defensive end. A well set-up …

Popularity: 61% [?]

The Head Fake By Billups In Pistons - Celtics Game

Last nights head fake by Billups my not of been the play of night, but it sure did revive what was at one point one of the best rivalries in basketball. Though, since that head fake or pumps shot made me think of how important is in today’s game.

Though Chris Sheridan reports the following:

“When did the Pistons deliver the knockout punch? Well, the play-by-play and the replays will tell you it came when Billups faked Tony Allen off his feet and drew a foul with 0.1 seconds left that sent him to the line for the tie-breaking and game-deciding free throws. But a big assist came moments earlier when the Pistons were exiting their timeout and Tayshaun Prince noticed that Tony Allen had checked back in as a defender.”

Rather if it was the head fake/pump fake or not. The shot fake is almost a lost art these days while you can find a few that are excellent the importance it can have on …

Popularity: 100% [?]

Check Out This Jumper

There is a person on the earth that can literally jump over cars and practically does it for a living. That’s right please let me introduce you to a soon to be if not already famous car jumper by the name of Chris Bryant.

Chris Bryant is 23 years old and enjoys jumping over cars and is very good at doing it. Not only has this young man from Akron, OH become famous very fast by jumping cars, but now thanks to The Ellen DeGeneres Show!

Bryant has been appearred on the DeGeneres show a few times, and just today was his Nike Debut commercial that you can see at Ellen DeGeneres website. Ellen when interviewing Bryant the first time best described him as a human grasshopper. Though, I know many people especially basketball players would like to have hops like him.

This car jumping mad skill from a young Chris Bryant who normally is a bus boy at a local restaurant in Akron. Now has is own nike shoe, nike commercial, and getting all kinds of publicity!

Popularity: 64% [?]

T.J. Will Be Just Fine

A few nights ago T.J. Ford of the Toronto Raptors was face raped and thrown to the hardwood on Tuesday’s game by Atlanta Hawks Al Horford. The scene was an ugly one to see which you check it out the video footage of Al Horford fouling hard and T.J. Ford getting carried off on a stretcher.

Ford was carried off on a stretcher and all the questions started to fly especially with T.J. Ford’s history of long injury list. Though, everyone can rest assure that T.J. Will be just fine. It even looks like T.J. Ford could be in the line up as soon as this weekend. Though it was interested to hear what others around the world of basketball had to say about this foul.

“Toronto didn’t fight?” he said, watching the ugly replay. “Nobody on Toronto did nothing? That crazy.” — Gus Garcia-Roberts

Popularity: 51% [?]