John Wooden. UCLA. Exercise
This system we should explain one of the first we should learn, despite how old it is. The legendary coach John Wooden developed a simple but sophisticated and very creative, "Attack from the elbow" during his stay at UCLA. It is considered the "father" of many tactical systems used today, including Phil Jackson's triangle offense (in fact, Tex Winter).
John Wooden (1910-2010) is regarded as the greatest "teacher" of basketball that has ever existed. While coached UCLA won ten NCAA championships during his 12 seasons at the University, creating one of the greatest dynasties in sports history.
lived his life with the same principles that he taught his players, based on honesty and hard work. Famous both for his "Pyramid of Success" as the many wins as coach in the NCAA.
Hundreds of blogs are not enough to describe all the success that surrounded John Wooden in his role as an educator, so do not try me. Just take a look at the tactics employed during their legendary years at UCLA.
Fundamentals.
Wooden had one thing clear above all other: Small details make big differences. Believed that any attack system would not develop fully without a proper foundation. Speed, effectiveness, and precision on the passes good footwork on both sides of the field, be aggressive in getting and cutting, clever use of the boat and a quick throw, were the points where Wooden emphasized in their training. He insisted that if a team was not able to perform these basics, the system did not care to use, not he would remove the maximum performance in both attack and defense. Wooden
never built its success on games won or lost, he had the idea that we had to make the most of a player for a collective benefit.
Wooden was a supporter of the concept of "feint and then give it a pass," she encouraged her players to use feints, head, eye or any other kind of fake to help him run the pass at the right time. He insisted that it is better to make a good fake and an assist to make several feints followed.
The system starts with : Pass escort based on a provision of four exterior and interior.
1 and 2, there must be parallel, 2 a little more sunken into the halfway line to receive.
The preferred way to start the system with a pass from the base to escort. According Wooden advocates help side tend to sink to help, so that an investment of the ball is easier to perform. Otherwise, the system began on the opposite side of where they wanted to play and started to move from base to escort to punish the defense aid.
After the first pass there are several options for developing the system. One of the major concerns of Wooden was that the players are not robots. He was able to avoid providing different solutions within the system, and encouraging them to develop their creativity and read the defense.
- First variant : Go to the high post.
From the starting position of 5, made a feint to go to meet the high post. Most important in this step is the timing of the cut of 5 to achieve the high post, and the only way to do it properly, according to Wood, it was with many repetitions in practice.
At this point, eaves, cut the low post asking for the ball.
5 pivot to the basket and his first option is to look to the side of the ball for a possible back door, as the defender of the ball-side wing will be in a position to the possible passing lane.
Without that pass, the second option is to play the low post with the help side, you have to ensure that calculates the time of the court to stay ahead of the defender, so you must just do it after 5 try to play the back door.
5 can also work to create his own shot, direct or dribbling, shooting or passing, or after boat. According to Wooden, penetrate to the basket would be further complicated by the presence of low post defenders.
As shown in the drawing, the base and guard quickly cut the wings, making sure not to close on 5, since that would facilitate defense and distract the actions of 5.
currently the eaves, and the other players are encouraged to read the defense and make decisions based on that reading. These variations are achieved through repetition in practice where the defense recreates different situations that could happen in games.
The low-post players work to earn the position and 5 will which is aware of willingness to receive. Remember that the best angle for whatever would get from the help side, so the ideal would be to begin the attack with a pass outside to the side which had won best low-post position.
If 5 can not get the ball to the post or make a shot, the next option is a pass to the wing, preferably the help side, it is better to pass this angle from the post ball side, the position of support for defenders.
After the pass, cut to the bottom line asking for the ball and blocking the post low.
As the ball reaches 1, there are four options within this variant of the system. All players have come to this after giving a series of passes.
Balloon Man has four options to be given one after another, the timing being the key to the success of these variants.
Option 1: Turnover low post.
1 The first option is to put the ball into the low post on his side. From this pass, 4 can be cut to the basket ball asking, in a stud game, and if not, will prevent the help of his defender on the ball in the low post. 5 works for the rebound, with 4. 2 header takes to work a possible defensive balance.
Option 2: ball to the high post.
Si 3 is defended in front or no pass the pole, the second option is to put the ball into the high post and then put it in the post, the game "post high - low post." 4 fake cut to the basket and out to receive a pass up to the free throw. From there, has the following options:
- Goto 3, which has set its defense.
- Go to 5 which has cut the center of the painting (again the timing is the key, 5 have to read the game to avoid occupying the same space as 3 simultaneously).
- 4 can make an investment to 2 working reception and then sinking put the ball at 5 if you have won the position.
Option 3: Ball to guard the perimeter.
Pass basis
escort that sits at the head followed by a pass to the post the other hand, 5, or what the Lakers called in triangle, "the post appears." Mano a mano between 2 and 5 and a double lock on the help side. A Wooden loved to keep the activity on both sides of the attack so that they could punish any defensive help.
With the ball in the high post in 5, the next option is to get the ball out again, and would result that neither above options have been successful or that 1 has better vision of what happens on the side of aid. 2 feint a cut to the hoop to go around the corner from the free throw on the side of the ball.
Viewing
outside court, 5 fake cut to the paint to stand up to the free throw help side. This is a basic situation in the options of playing the Lakers triangle. After passing the base, under the following options:
- After passing, 2 cuts to a hand to hand, can cut to the hoop, if your defense is ahead of the first action or going out for a shot if his defender is sinking. The idea is to play the basket in the 2v2.
- After these options offers the dual lock 1, 4 and 3.
Wooden came forward to identify the importance of providing options basket on the side of aid since the defenders can not help the defense without causing a new opportunity to basket.
One of the things I liked best Wooden their attack was the assault charge generating rebound shot in the attack, always with 3 men charged in the area, one at the height of the free throw to reject long and one to protect the defensive balance and prevent an easy basket in our basket.
Option on 4 : Bote.
1
hard boot to the position of 2 which cuts to the basket, with the option of a Pueta back and generate an easy basket. At the time the boat starts 1, 4 drops for a double blockade of 5 that comes with options for a shot. Wooden emphasized that the latter option for the 5 was perhaps more appropriate for some teams, emphasizing the importance of the attack should be adjusted to the characteristics of your players.
- Second Alternative: Ball more cutting power forward from UCLA:
The attack can also be started with a pass to the wing in place of high post. This is the famous "UCLA cut" created by Wooden. 5 up to the high post to block a view to avoiding a possible ring failure. If there is no option in the basket cut, 5 is opened to 6.25 exteriorpara offering his hand pass.
5
From here look next to help pass the ball to 1, which works to receive, and if there is no option to reverse the ball the second alternative is to get the ball to 2 released the lock that has put 4 on the side of the ball. In the case of investment, would return to the four options previously spoken.
- Third variant: Ball to the eaves + hand in hand.
The first pass from guard or center.
short pin in the direction you went, in what Wood called "foreign court."
The wing passes back a short header and the block looking for an easy basket to block out the other side of the attack.
Now the player's side received a double lock helps to throw them out, which was the main objective sought with this motion Wooden.
blocker bottom line continues to play out with post stud low side.
Once again we find the same players available for the four options outlined above.
In summary accounts this is the famous high-post attack from John Wooden. Not only was an excellent teacher in your life where students and players had a blind faith in him, was an excellent "teacher" of basketball. His attack was not a means you closer to something that did not care if you knew where I wanted to go. The philosophy of the attack revolved around creating an advantage based on how the defense tried to stop them. His 10 NCAA Championships are a testament to the success of its attack. The only thing you can do is say thank Coach Wooden for being a great example for all of us.
