In this article we will ask about the criteria for defining and thus be able to shape our own general offensive principles.
Definition
What is the Attack?
It is the attainment of several actions (move out, pass, dribble -even put locks) with the aim of creating an advantage of time and distance sufficient to be able to shoot to the basket with the largest percentage of enceste possible.
Where?
On the court as a whole, you can start to attack from that we take a rebound defensive in our field, defensive or even offensive arena after a recovery (the result of a defense pressed successful).It may happen that the attack has been good and the ball finally does not, despite having been thrown from a win-win situation in terms of time and space. Not have been a bad attack.more warriors than the boys?
When does it start?
At the time that the computer already has control of the ball. It usually comes from a loss of ball, an error involuntary or forced the opponent’s team, a theft, an interception of a pass, as a plug with recovery or rebound defensive.
How long? Is there a temporal sequence?
Currently possessions in Basketball FIBA last 24 seconds. At the beginning, the priority is to pass the half court to avoid being penalized by the standard of 8 seconds.
Already at field of attack (as a minimum will be something more than 16 seconds, if the ball has ‘risen’ with the boat stepping up the time to spend half court). Usually, if the defense is not pressed, the time used by the teams is approximately 4 seconds, remaining possessions with an average around 20 seconds.
The time of possession of a computer can be renewed as long as the ball touches the ring and get back to being controlled by a player of the team that was attacking him.
In this section there is reference to three types of regulation:
- In the mini-basket there is no possession
- At the regional level, it will automatically renew at 24 seconds.
- At the national level (of the national CBA) may be two situations:
- The first is when there are less than 14 seconds. In that case, the clock of possession will return to 14 seconds.
- The second situation is when the time is greater than 14 seconds. In this case it will run the clock of possession.
When it’s over?
The attack ends when the opposing team regains possession of the ball, either for recovery, a lack in attack received, cashed a basket or to be benefited from any of the multiple violations. In strict terms, legally speaking, the attack of a team ends when it does finish the shooting action. When the ball is thrown into the basket is when none of the two teams has controlled and it is the only time that the two teams defend.
What every possession, must end in a shot or in a basket?
It seems obvious, but not all possessions must end with a shot. Perhaps the party is tight, our team gain of only 2 points and is less of a possession. In that case, the normal thing would be that the opposing team tried to steal to be able to have one last chance to get (either 2 or 3 points). Depending on the faults of equipment, you could even go to do the necessary, with the aim of forcing the personal.
With this situation, we can take delight in the complexity of Basketball. How a few shades can change a reality.
How to organize the attack
It is essential that you know what you are playing and in what way. Not by the standards of one’s own sport, but rather the concepts that we want to capture in the field.
Some teams suffer from a lack staggering style of play. The players don’t (you) decide on any action, and in the end did not play anything. It is the nightmare of any viewer.
You could name 2 styles of play mainly different:
- Free play concepts: there is no play and no system in play. Just concepts. The players have some basic indications and carry out on-the-fly.
- Systems, or played open: Probably the style of most popular game. The players know what they have to do exactly the same and are taking decisions by knowing the available alternatives in case of finding opposition.
For very simple as it may seem, get out of these one of these two styles of play requires a lot of time and above all, a phased approach. First of all, the coach should know what style of game it is the best you will come to a team.
Tends to be that, in the initial categories of training is to work more concepts because that is precisely what we want, which players acquire the basis for a future, to be able to put in place systems (and played).Already in the last stages of training (cadet and junior), the weight of the systems and games is gaining greater importance.
The biggest mistake you can make as a coach is to try to carry out systems (or plays) that their players are not prepared technically.
Break the system or the field is the time in which a player has found a lead and decides to exploit it. The whole system is well broken when the player has found the advantage of time and space (not to be confused with a player who decides to gamble without having done an optimal reading of the collective game).
Approaches are not suitable to the reality
You have to devote a special paragraph to all those teams that have a difficult time playing in attack. They usually give you two reasons:
- The coach is exceeded in its approach and aims to make their team play of mini games and systems that has seen the team ACB revelation of turn. In many cases, are made with all pretended good intention, but it is a nonsense that ends up being harmful in the medium and long term as it is detrimental to the decision making of the player and the game’s primary (the first experience).
- Another of the most frequent errors that have many coaches is to think that the players are going to be known just as well for the system, or play it themselves. You have to make sure that they all understand the system or close to that cale in the group and that if in the middle of a party, by any of the circumstances that could give, one has to play in the position that it is, it knows the move. Therefore, it has to be significant and that the players understand what is the purpose.
Now, if it turns out that this teaching does not get it can be for two reasons.- The play, or the system is too complex for players to understand, assimilate and internalize. In that case, to simplify the system since the group does not absorb it.
- The player does not have the baggage tactical expected. n this case there is to explain and teach the player the concepts is lacking.
After having considered these two points, the question arises, what is it that we intended to play, and to assess whether it is realistic and achievable. Then, you also have to go by evaluating the teaching-learning process of the system or the field you’re working in. Finally, make sure that the players have understood all the parts of the whole, and who know how to link to them.
Without technique there is not a tactic
They deserve a special mention by the coaches who aim to train beyond their means. Don’t for get to make an exact replica of the system or the field that you chose the outcome of the last game of NBA or Euroleague in your team mini is a better coach. What’s more, all that time devoted to replicate/imitate what they do professionals is training time which you have lost the players.The most important thing for you to have a minimum of tactics is that the players have a good base of technical rationale.If the players do not know how to pass and move out, how they are going to play a 5 open?
If the players do not know how to put make passes at hand, or put a direct blocking, how are they going to be able to put in practice the 8 of Alexander Gomelsky?
In summary; it is little better and well worked that much and badly worked. For this reason education should be progressive and make sure that no player is left behind in the process of learning a new technical basis.
It is curious to see offensive action spectacular finish everything going through the technical individual, either with a pot smart, a pass decision, or a shot of cash.
Basic concepts are offensive
Below we will mention the elementary concepts that make up an attack:
- Counter: time in which it has recovered the ball and the opponent team not to be expected. Quick and fast, it tends to enjoy a numerical superiority on the part of the attacking team.
- Transition: also called as ‘to get playing.’ The attacking team already arrives playing looking to create advantages. Is performed while the ball is coming to field offensive (track front for the arbitrators).
- Pass, cut and replace: basic Action. Surely the first one that is to be taught in face-to attack the hoop. The player with the ball passes out and is clear to the ring with the intention to receive the pass back. The player of the ball opposite to where it happened, comes to occupy its position.
- Penetrate, split, and double down: the player with The ball plays a 1×1 and dribble straight into the hoop (penetrates). When you have created this imbalance, in case of jump aids (divided) passes the ball to a teammate outside the perimeter (doubles).
- Investment: When the offensive game with ball ha basculado to one side passed the ball to the other side. Whether going through each one of the players present in the perimeter or with a direct pass from side to side (Skip pass).
- Load rebound: When a launch to the basket, the players going to the proximity of the ring to capture the rebound offensive with the intention of seizing the ball to have another opportunity to throw to the basket (immediately or later in the case of renewing the possession -as long as you touch the ring).
- Balance Defensive: Action in which players will ‘come down’ to defend toward the hoop after you have made a release to the basket (or have lost the ball). This concept, in spite of being defensive, it is also offensive because there is that to organize it while attacking.
Other more advanced concepts are:
- Cuts without the ball ahead of the ombudsman in weak side.
- Cuts back door (behind the defender) in any of the two sides.
- Play Inside-Out (kick the ball from the 45-degree corners on the low post, and vice versa.
- Game between posts (play between pole low, medium and high).
- Create an overload (create triangles in the corners).
- Play a Blockade Indirect after receive.
- Play a Direct Blocking with below (Pick & Roll) or a Direct Blocking with opening (Pick & Pop).
- Combine a Direct Blocking with a Blocking Indirectly (by altering the order in which they occur).
Note: there are many more concepts that are more complex than we’ll have time to explain. This article is only intended to be a brief introduction.
Final considerations
Finally, and to conclude this brief introduction to the tactical offensive, I would like to highlight a few of the details that I seem to be fundamental.
Coaches and players need to know the rules. Why not have a minimum base to then be able to understand the game. This part should be the cornerstone of the teaching of sport. Optimize the reading game to be able to decide better.
Some theorists of education sports nuanced that between the mechanism of perception and the mechanism of decision is the interpretation, that is precisely the one that connects both, because they are the latest information of the perception and the first of the decision.
Lastly, remember the urgent need to work the tactics together with the technique. We work both, and let us not stay in the superficiality of some compartments leakproof. These two contents go hand in hand! We try to combine both because of our players, we appreciate it when you make all the sense in the raison d’être of both. Will no longer view them as separate pieces and see them as parts connected by a skill premium, the power to decide what to do, how and with what purpose.
Cedric Arregui Guivarch
Entrenador Nacional de Baloncesto (CES 2014)