Thursday, October 11, 2012

Ohio Express Defensive Principles

We play a combination packline-gap defense. Our goal in our defense is to keep everything outside with limited penetration, either through the dribble or the pass. We want our post defenders to work hard to deny the post and take away post players chances to score inside, if we can push the post out of the "sweet spot" we are happy. We also look to limit driving opportunites by playing gap defense as opposed to denial defense, we feel that athletically we don't match well with a lot of our opponents so we will "cheat" and have players sitting in the gap to help out on drives. If our opponent is shooting from outside with a hand in their face then we are happy.

On the Ball ~On the ball pressure is key, we want our opponent making quick decisions that will generally lead to bad decisions. Arm length at least and playing straight up, we look to force the three point line as Bobby Knight does. We want the ballhandler driving into help where they are forced to pick the ball up.

Off the Ball (one away) ~the off the ball defender should be sitting in gap or help defense, we like for this defender to jump the drive and force a pickup or pass to the wing where we want a quick and high handed recovery. Often this defender is the cause of many turnovers by either causing a travel or bad pass.

Two Away ~ this is regular help side defense in the traditional sense, looking to help out on the ball and jam any cutters.

Ball Screens
Post to guard ball screens~ We like a hedge and recover out of our bigs with no switch unless our post player and guard are both long and athletic. Guard generally go under the screen and meet the ball on the other side, very few times will you have a guard pulling up and hitting long range jumpers off the high ball screen. Post players must not lose their man on the hedge and must quickly recover on the roll, contact must be maintained and hands must be high to challenge the pass.

Guard to guard ball screens~ We like to switch these generally and try to jump switch and trap.

Off the Ball Screens
We like to use hedging on off the ball screens and we have our defender playing the girl getting the screen (shooter) to follow through the screen, get on the hip and X them out. Especially if guarding a good shooter. The hedger needs to keep contact with their man and just impede the progress of the shooter. If we are getting hurt on the curl then the defender will start going under the screen and play for the curl, the screeners defender is still responsible for a hedge but it now has to become a high hedge to play for the flare and anticipated shot from the flare cut. The screeners defender maintains contact while putting hands high to at least challenge the shot from the shooter. The on the ball defender now is helping out on the screener and watching for any type of roll or slip.

Post Denial
Our posts generally 3/4 front the post and deny the pass from the high side or middle. If on the wing we will maintain contact and go into a full front. When the ball goes to the baseline we are back into a 3/4 front on the low side. If your post is being big and maintaining contact in the post, it is hard for guards to thread the needle and get the ball into good scoring opportunities for the opposing post player, a lot of times your defender can get a hand on the ball and tip it away.

If we have a decided size advantage then we will full front the post. I have become more flexible on this in recent years.

We want the opposing post players taken out of their games and frustrated, if a scoring post player is not scoring then they tend not to rebound or play defense. Foul trouble is usually not far behind.

Our post defenders work hard!

Doubling the Post
In AAU we don't get a lot of practcie time to work on this and we don't use it a whole lot. We either double down from the location from which the pass comes or will use the back side guard to come and double. This is the hardest pass for the post player to see and make and is the least dangerous offensive player on the court as we can usually recober and put a hand in the shooters face on any skips. The double from the weak side is what we have mostly gone to in recent years.

*Packline and Gap Principles
1. Keep everything outside, stay between your man and the basket!
2. Force drives with helpers sitting in the gaps.
3. Deny post
4. Force long jumpers that are challenged with a hand.
5. Rebound and run!

Brent Glass is the head coach of the Ohio Express 8th grade team

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Keys to a Quick Release: Shot Preparation

Good video showing how you should be set up to receive the ball and get into your shot.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

2012 AAU State Tournament Participants

Grade
Div. Team Name Coach Name
3 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars 3rd Black Beth Witker
3 1 Finest Gray
3 1 Firebirds Debbie Dudukovich
3 1 Phenomenal Youth Sean Darks
3 2 Cincinnati Heat Premier Terry Fazenbaker
4 1 Cincinnati Heat Premier Susan Despot
4 1 DLH-Black Ron Rittinger
4 1 Finest Gray
4 1 Phenomenal Youth Sean Darks
4 1 Wolves Julie Joseforsky
4 2 DLH _White Troy Stoller
5 1 Bridgett WIlliams All-Stars Kevin Williams
5 1 Cincinnati Heat Premier Matt Lykins
5 1 College Bound David Lukacsko
5 1 DLH-Black Dale Brunner
5 1 Midwest Takeover Charles Williams
5 1 Ohio Lady Hoopsters Horston
5 2 Cincinnati Heat Premier - Black Doug Edwards
5 2 CINCY LEGEND JEFF CLICK
5 2 Cincy Swish Alyson Miskimens
52Ohio ExpressMark Lane
5 2 Phenomenal Youth Sean Darks
6 1 Cincinnati Heat Premier Scott Cannatelli
6 1 Cincinnati's Finest Keith Starks
6 1 Cincy Hammers Doug Potmann
6 1 Cincy Saints Mike Grote
6 1 DLH - Black Kent Depoorter
6 1 DLH-White Lynzee Johnson
6 1 Lady Tigers Ingram
6 1 Team Ohio Rod Bentley
6 2 Ohio Surge Tracy Fliehman
7 1 Cincinati's Finest kim Jerger
7 1 Cincinnati Heat Premier Carlberg
7 1 Cincy Swish carmen firth
7 1 College Bound Elite Mindy Eisnaugle
7 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars 7th Black Matthew Madges
71Ohio ExpressBrent Glass
7 1 Ohio Stars Tim Minnich
7 1 WV Thunder Carl Blanton
7 2 Cincinnati Lady Shock Larry Sykes
7 2 DLH-Red Mallory Depoorter
7 2 Team Ohio Rod Bentley
7 2 Team Ohio Burris Molly Burris
7 1 Lady Tigers Johnson
8 1 Capital City Comets Sams
8 1 Cincinnati Angels Arrington
8 1 Cincy Swish - Daggett John Daggett
8 1 Cincy Swish - Leon
8 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars 8th Black Brian McGloin
8 1 Wolves Jay Etter
8 2 Cincinnati Heat Premier Schwartz
8 2 DLH-White Duff
8 2 Team Ohio Gabby Guynan
8 1 Cincinnati Attack Ed Carlin
8 1 Lady Tigers Tommie McBride
8 1 WV Thunder Scott Johnson
9 1 Capital City Comets
9 1 Cincy Swish Davis
9 1 Dayton Metro Hutchinson
10 1 Capital City Comets Brock
10 1 Cincinnati Heat Premier Gold Zieverink
10 1 Cincy Legend Al Kirk
10 1 Cincy Swish Nick Baltimore
10 1 Dayton Lady HoopStars - Schuster Barry Schuster
10 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars 10th Black Brian Smith
10 1 Dayton Metro Zimmerman
10 1 Lady Tigers Tommie McBride
10 1 Ohio Lady Attack Blue Brockrath
10 1 Team Ohio Ron Conner
10 2 Cincinnati Firestorm Steve Danker
10 2 Cincinnati Heat Premier Black Ford
11 1 Capital City Comets Joseph
11 1 Capital City Comets Fowler
11 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars (Elite) Jerry Rex
11 1 Dayton Metro Welch
111Ohio ExpressChad Little
11 1 Ohio Lady Attack Black Williams
11 2 Ohio Lady Force Paris Settles
11 1 Dayton Lady Hoopstars Black Brian Rex
11 1 Southern Ohio Crush Erin Day

Sunday, September 5, 2010

OGBR Top 64 Participants.

The Ohio Express will have the following players participating at the OGBR Top 64 this fall.

Booth, Heather 2011 2/3/4 5'9 Frontier High School
Brown, Emily 2012 2/3/4 5'10 Waterford High School
Gill, Kaelani 2012 3/4 5'9 Philo High School
Moran, Leigha 2012 3/4 5'10 Licking Valley High School
Reeves, Liz 2012 5 6'2 Walsh Jesuit High School
Sidwell, Karen 2012 1/2 5'9 Maysville Local High School
Drayer, Brooke 2013 1/2/3 5'6 Waterford High School
Rauch, Jordanna 2013 2 5'5 Warren High School
Derwacter, Jaden 2014 2 5'5 Crooksville High School
Gittings, Taylor 2014 4/5 6'1 Sheridan High School
Kamarec, Kiarra 2014 4/5 6'1 Indian Creek High School
Lynch, Kendra 2014 5'0 Warren High School
Masloski, Emily 2014 2 5'2 Steubenville High School
Mitchell, Maggie 2014 1/2 5'4 Newark HS
Stein, Cassi 2014 1 5'9 Licking Valley High School
Toohey, Jordan 2014 3/4 5'10 Pickerington North High School
VanMeter, Shelbi 2014 3/4 5'7 Crooksville High School

The complete list can be found here.
http://yappi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210097

Thanks to our friend Jim Dabbelt for the early scoop!