How to learn basketball plays fast

The 3 Keys to Remembering Basketball Plays | by Tayler Walker

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Basketball plays can be very challenging to remember. In particular when one gets to advanced levels of basketball and the plays become more complex. There are many different kinds of plays and sets one has to remember. They include man offense, zone offense, press breaker offense, side line, baseline, jump ball, press defense, man defense, zone defense, and lastly how to cover on simple offense plays like screens or post defense. As you can see all of these different plays can get really confusing when your coach is calling them out on the side lines. Each play can have a variety of options out of it as well. This is why it is important to find a simple way to digest all the plays within a couple of seconds of hearing them called out when you are out on the floor playing a college game. Obviously being able to recall and utilize plays can be a great advantage for players and a teams success. When the plays get to the level of college play or higher the learning process becomes much more advanced than previous levels played. There are various learning styles suggested and by looking at the research of them we can see the advantages and or disadvantages of them.

Hebb repetition works in a way when you see a basketball you will automatically think of a hoop and a court. This is due to the connection in the brain.

The Hebb repetition concept is finding that immediate serial recall which is improved over trials for memory lists that are surreptitiously repeated across trials, relative to new lists.

This could be valuable with learning plays in that if you learned them in order you might remember the order of the plays more fluently. For instance if you have a team run plays 1–5 and add a step to each play that follows then every time you are in the process of a called play they would each assist in the process by remembering previous plays to trigger memory with the current play called out. Also as you increase plays then you can go back down to play 1, then 1 and 2, then 1, 2 and 3 and so on. This leads to the repetitive process to remember plays in a order. The advantage of this process is when they get in the game and if they cant remember number 4 they can think of moves in play number 3 to help trigger play number 4. The plays can be triggered by previous motions learned in the sequence.

There are some drawbacks with this system of learning plays. Research has shown that it is easy to confuse learning with this type of process by having errors. For example when leaning a play and you run the play wrong you will continue to repeat the wrong play. Due to repeating something over and over again and you have an error in it but have ran it over and over incorrectly that it becomes automatic with the wrong steps. You will remember the error when going over it in the future.

Overall if you add another learning process in with it that didn't allow for the errors to come into play this could then be one productive way to remember all the different plays.

When running for a punishment like baselines what they are doing in the photo. It will stop them from repeating the same mistake over again.

Many people might know about the operant conditioning effect. The most common study done with this is with a dog, bell, and meat. The trained dog was allowed to eat the meat when it heard the bell. So after awhile of operant conditioning the dogs would salivatate from just hearing the bell.

Most common study of Operant Conditioning

This could be useful in learning basketball plays. To get rid of there error that could come from Hebb repetition you could add in operant conditioning then this error could go away. The balance of the two together would be much more advantageous than by themselves.

With operant conditioning every time a player gets the play wrong they would have to do a down and back. However if they get the play correct they will get praised for it. This will help them realize they can just keep messing up the plays or they will have to run. If you force someone to pay attention to what they are doing and then add the Hebb repetition in with this it will lead to less errors within the Hebb repetition process.

Research shows that this is a very productive way to teach someone new things. If they are positively rewarded after doing something right they will like that and want to continue doing it. If they are punished they don’t want to do that punishment again which also leads to them learning how to do something correctly. Either way they will receive feedback to the process of learning it.

This you wanted to use this in basketball you could mix all the different kinds of plays into different groups.

Interleaving is a process where students mix, or interleave, multiple subjects or topics while they study in order to improve their learning. Interleaving strategy promises improved results. This strategy of interleave learning is not very common but it is taken over the attention of cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists. Over the past four decades, the research has found that interleaving is outperforming blocking strategy for many of the subjects including category learning and sports.

One of the main sports it has been investigated in is basketball. The way they have been testing this is having athletes do a couple of minutes of shooting short shots, then ball handling, followed by deep shoots, and then repeat the process. Then they will be comparing how they improve over the standard blocking strategy. Standard is having them do a single activity like ball handling until they do it prefect before they move on to the next skill.f

This would be interesting to see what happens with plays. I believe we would see the same results as the different skills. Although there really hasn’t been any research done specifically on remembering plays. The building process definately could be utilized in the learning process of plays for basketball.

How you would do interval theory for plays, I would have them do some man offensive plays, then move to defense plays, and lastly out of bounds plays. Once you they get through all of the plays have them repeat them.

Man OffenseZone DefenseMan Out of Bounds

I personally believe if you tie all three of these strategies together it would be very productive way of learning plays and being able to recall them more quickly. First if you put in the interleaved practice. The athletes wouldn’t get bored of doing the same thing over and over again. It will freshen things up and then on top of that they can go back and practice what they can remember. Add that in with the Hebb repetition where you start with play number one then increase like 1–5 for man plays and rainbow order for defenses. It will be easier for them to remember what is next if they think of the order sequence things were in. Lastly to get rid of the error within Hebb repetition use operant conditioning. This would work nicely into this system because it will show the players when they are doing something wrong or something right with either punishment or praise. Overall I think all three strategies combined in the teaching of them would help fill all the gaps that could appear. Along with that it could help out a great number of players because everyone learns differently. Having three different strategies it will help suit more players and better incorporate for learning styles. The process of learning plays will vary player to player and team to team, however if we can reach out with a variety of learning styles it will be better suited to reach more players while assisting in the learning process.

Teaching and Getting Players to Remember Set Plays

I did a Zoom conference with Fontbonne Academy head coach Clare Murphy recently. Two seasons ago, my team played against Coach Murphy’s team in a game on New Year’s Eve. I remember the date because it was part of my disappointed address to the team afterwards. “I think we are all checked out right now.” After the game I watched the film and at the next practice I apologized to our team. Our effort was not that bad. Fontbonne simply out-executed our team and rarely made mistakes on the offensive end. I asked Coach Murphy about her thoughts on set plays.

Plays are a Necessary Evil

Quick off the top of your head name a team that you have coached against that does not run a set out of bounds play. Chances are if you did, the team is not very good. Coach Murphy told me that any team is going to have press breakers and inbounds plays as a starting point. And in addition to those prerequisites, offensive sets that get executed are a competitive advantage. Your team knows where to go in full speed and the other team does not.

I asked Coach Murphy about the players lack of understanding on plays. If only one out of five fails to execute their role, the play fails. Coach Murphy quickly agreed. As a coach at Fontbonne for three decades and the head coach for 22 years, these players are common to pretty much all teams.

Helping Players Learn Sets

Coach Murphy cites three ways that her players remember the plays. First, on bus rides to road games the players ask coaches for a marker board. In the back of the bus, they teach each other. As an eighth grade math teacher, the science behind this learning method is effective. Players might make eye contact and passively listen to a coach giving the instructions. When they are the one forced to explain and diagram every detail, there is no hiding. Getting the play wrong is healthy in this environment. And it often elicits great questions and ideas that the coach never initially considered.

Second, in practice they spend a considerable amount of time working on the play in five on five. Coach Paul Tanglis also touched on the importance of working on sets in five on five in practice. One of Coach Murphy’s greatest frustrations is when the players force an action that is not available. In practice, she gives very little direction to the players on how to defend their sets. She wants defenders to cheat to see if the offense can recognize the counter move. It also helps the offense to learn what to do about teams that switch on screens versus teams that fight through screens.

The third step she takes to help players learn sets is create a playbook for them. For any coaches that have not heard of FastDraw, I recommend checking it out. I use the $109 product (there are cheaper and more expensive versions). Coach Murphy puts all the plays into the playbook for the players. Especially for people that are new to the team, receiving a playbook is an effective way to say “you’ve made it.” It also is an effective way to communicate that the plays matter.

Determining What Plays Work for Your Team

Coach Murphy told me that every summer she reevaluates what plays will be effective for the upcoming season. Knowing the strengths of personnel is the most important part of the process. Slashers, posts, and shooters need to be placed in situations in which their strengths are on full display. Coaches mistakenly spend tremendous energy on weaknesses.

Speaking of focusing on weaknesses, I read this quote from Peter Drucker’s book The Effective Executive and immediately wrote it down.

“Effective executives lead from strength in their own work. They make productive what they can do. Most executives I know in government, in the hospital, in a business, know all the things they cannot do. They are only too conscious of what the boss won’t let them do, of what company policy won’t let them do, of what the government won’t let them do. As a result, they waste their time and their strengths complaining about the things they cannot do anything about.”

Show the Same Look with Different Actions

One final idea that Coach Murphy employs is developing different actions from the same initial look. For instance, the team did multiple actions out of horns set this year. Especially early in the season, they were tough to scout. As the season progresses and teams become familiar with the calls, change the calls.

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Passion for basketball usually begins with the ball hitting the basket. Do not deprive yourself of this pleasure, learn to score from under the basket, then from two steps ... But after that, you should think about what elements to master in order to become a “correct” basketball player. We won't let you get bored - we won't fill all basketball practice with boring stops and turns. But in general, you can’t do without it, because the correct work of the legs, the habit of standing firmly, not mincing, not taking extra steps, quickly and correctly changing the direction of movement is an absolute must for a basketball player. Plus, of course, dribbling and passing.

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2. Footwork
3. Transmission
4. Maintaining

Do two or three dozen workouts, combining the exercises from the following list, and you will notice real progress. Start each workout with 2-4 minutes of quiet running and such a joint warm-up:

Exercises are performed one after the other without stopping.

1. Shoulder warm-up. Stand up straight and stretch your arms out to the sides. Make circular movements with straight arms 10 times forward, then 10 times back.
2. Pelvic warm-up. Put your hands on your belt, feet shoulder-width apart. Perform rotations in the hip joint, as if twisting a hoop, 10 times in each direction.
3. Back workout. Bend your elbows and press to your chest, feet shoulder-width apart. Do rotations in the lower back 5-10 times in each direction.
4. Knee warm-up. Stand up straight, feet together. Squat down a bit and put your hands on your knees. Then perform rotational movements with your knees, helping yourself with your hands. Do 10 times in each direction.
5. Ankle warm-up. Put your hands on your belt. Place one foot on the toe slightly behind you. Resting on your toes, do 10 rotations in the ankle joint in each direction, then change legs.
6. Squats. At the end, do 5 deep squats, keeping your heels on the floor and extending your arms in front of you.

Throwing

Get used to throwing correctly right away - with one hand (the other can only hold the ball), with reverse spin. The forearm is perpendicular to the floor, the arm straightens completely, the hand “closes”. Listen to how the ball blows up the net - it's a thrill.

1. Shooting stand

1. Stand straight, feet shoulder-width apart, ball in hand.
2. At the signal, take a throwing stance, and at the next signal, return to the starting position.
3. Ready to throw: legs bent, back straight, slightly tilted forward. Throwing hand behind the ball (not sideways!), the second hand holds the ball in front-side.
4. Raise the ball to shoulder level.
5. Repeat 10 times with right and left hand.

2. Single handed throw on the spot

1. Get into the throwing position. The ball lies in one hand at the level of the head, the elbow is directed forward, the second hand does not help.
2. Squat down a little and with the simultaneous extension of the legs and elbow, throw the ball up in front of you. Stay in the final position until the ball hits the floor.
3. Repeat 10 times with right and left hand.

3. Throw with one hand into the hoop from one meter

1. Stand under the hoop with the ball in your hand at shoulder level. The other hand does not help!
2. Squat down and at the same time extend your legs and arms, make a throw around the ring. Keep the final position of the straightened arm and closed hand until the ball hits the floor.
3. Try to hit the ball in the corner of the rectangle drawn on the shield, then the ball will be in the ring.
4. Throw from different positions. 10 times with the right and left hand.

4. Medium throw

1. Stand at a distance of 3-4 meters from the ring and take a throwing stance. Sit down and with the simultaneous extension of the legs and arms, make a throw around the ring. Keep the final position of the straightened arm and closed hand until the ball hits the floor.
2. Throw from different positions.

1. Stand a few meters from the ring. Make yourself an autopass, take a small jump forward, catch the ball, take a shooting stance, and hit the basket.
2. Perform the exercise 10 times with your stronger arm.

5. Two steps - throw

1. Stand three meters from the ring. Take two steps from the spot and throw the ring.

1. Get on the three-point line. Take a couple of hits with the ball, then two steps and throw the ring.

1. From the three-point line, make yourself an autopass. Then catch the ball, take two steps and shoot the ring.
2. Try to hit the ball in the corner of the rectangle drawn on the shield.
3. Repeat 10 times with right and left hand.

6. Two steps - low shot

1. Get on the three-point line. Take a couple of hits with the ball, then two steps and throw from the bottom of the ring.

1. Stand three meters from the ring. Take two steps from the spot and throw the ring from below.

1. From the three-point line, make yourself an autopass. Then catch the ball, take two steps and shoot the ring.
2. Try to hit the ball in the corner of the rectangle drawn on the shield.
3. Repeat 10 times with right and left hand.

Footwork

Glue your feet to the floor. No extra steps! Otherwise - "jog", whistle, give the ball to the opponents.

1. Jump stop

1. The exercise is performed on the spot. Make yourself an autopass, catch the ball with two hands and at the same time do a two-foot jump into a basketball stance.
2. Determine the axial (supporting) leg and perform turns on this leg forward and backward.
3. Then imitate the following sequence of actions:
   take the ball in your hands, being completely in the air;
   land on both (!) feet at the same time;
   do turns around the same (!) leg.
4. Repeat the exercise 10 times: 5 times turning on the right foot and 5 times on the left.

2. Step stop

1. The exercise is performed on the spot. Make yourself an autopass, catch the ball with both hands and stop at the same time with two steps into the basketball stance.
2. The axial (supporting) leg will be the one with which you took the first step - on this leg, perform turns forward and backward.
3. Repeat the exercise 10 times: turning 5 times on the right foot and 5 times on the left.

3. Zigzag without a ball with a jump stop

All changes in the direction of movement are made by a clear turn around the near leg - even through the “face”, even through the “back”. This is very important in basketball!

4. Zigzag without a ball with a stop in steps

It is performed in the same way as the previous exercise, but the stop at the cone is one-two, not a jump.

Transmission

Mastering the culture of passing will not only earn you the respect of your playmates, but it will also give you a lot of fun. Maybe even more than hitting the ring.

1. Passing with two hands into the wall

1. Stand 3-5 meters from the wall. Pass the ball into the wall with both hands from the chest.
2. Hold the ball with both hands from the sides and direct it to the wall with a wrist movement. As a result, the arms at the elbows should straighten, and the hands should “close”.

1. Move further back to make longer passes. At the moment of such a transfer, one leg takes a step forward. Catch such a transmission from the floor.
2. Repeat the exercise 15-20 times.

2. Passing with one hand into the wall

1. Stand 3-5 meters from the wall. Pass the ball into the wall with one hand from the shoulder.
2. Hand behind the ball, thumbs up. Carpal movement.
3. Repeat the exercise 15-20 times for each hand.

3. Lying One-Hand Pass

1. Lying on your back, pass with one hand up.
2. Repeat the exercise 15-20 times for each hand.

Dribbling

Great basketball dribbling is the key to all doors. Not to mention how effective it is.

1. Palms on the ball

1. Take the ball in your hands and move it from hand to hand, hitting it with your palms.
2. Start slowly and then speed up. 15 seconds slow, 15 fast.
3. Repeat 1-2 times.

2. Ball on fingers

1. Quickly toss the ball with your fingertips from one hand to the other: raise and lower in front of you;
   sit down and get up;
   raise and lower in motion.
2. Perform each exercise 2-3 times for 15 seconds.

3. Ball around the body

1. Move the ball from one hand to the other as quickly as possible: around the body;
   around the head;
   in the round-leg basketball stance;
   in a basketball stance figure eight around the legs.
2. Do 5 reps each side.

4. Low dribbling on the spot

Low ball dribbling in different positions:

1. Basketball stance, feet parallel. Dribble to the side of your foot. Free hand in defense position.
2. Sit on the floor and dribble the ball from your side, bringing the ball closer or further away.
3. Repeat 15 times with each hand. Do 2-3 sets.

5. Medium dribbling in motion

1. Medium dribbling of the ball (height - to the waist) in motion. Do it at speed.
2. Make a turn leaving the ball in place and picking it up with the other hand.
3. Dribble two courts with each hand.

6. V-dribbling in front of you

1. Stand in a basketball stance.
2. Dribble with one hand in front of you in a V, with your right and left hands in turn.
3. Repeat 15 times with each hand. Do 2-3 sets.

7. Crossover

1. Move the ball in place in front of you from one hand to the other.
2. First do the exercise for each stroke.
3. Then - for every third hit.
4. After translation, touch the floor with your free hand.
5. Repeat 15 times with each hand. Do 2-3 sets.

8. Underfoot transfers

1. Transfer the ball between the legs from one hand to the other.
2. Translate every third hit with the ball.
3. After translation, touch the floor with your free hand.
4. Repeat 15 times with each hand. Do 2-3 sets.

That's it for starters. Of course, it would be nice to learn how to fly - in the sense of jumping high without a trampoline. But that's another story. If you only jump, you are a jumper. And if you have mastered these exercises, you are almost a basketball player. Then you can already learn to play in a team, in real contact conditions.

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