1. STRUCTURES, STRATEGIES & COMPOSITIONS OVERVIEW

2. Today and tomorrow we will…  Identify the main content  Create a SSC mind map  Investigate previous questions  Structure our response to a question  Answer a question with our partner

3. SSC Mind Map  As we progress through the SSC overview create a mind map using the key information highlighted.

4. Describing a structure, strategy of composition Describing your role within SSC

5. Stop – Traffic Light  Describing a structure, strategy of composition  Name and describe the attacking strategy you used in basketball  Name the key players involved and explain their role and responsibilities  Identify the Personal, Physical and Skill Qualities required to play your position  Use performance examples to explain why you were suited to a particular position  Explain how you ensured Speed and Width in your fast break.  Describe how you decided which fast break option to use. Key Message - Can you tell me?

6. Structure – Key content  Purpose of the fast break  Players involved  Process involved including how the ball is turned over  How do you ensure both SPEED and WIDTH  Options for varying your structure strategy or composition  When each of these options should be used  Your role  Specific skill qualities, personal qualities and physical qualities required to perform that role  Emphasise SPEED and WIDTH throughout answer

7. Attacking Strategy – Fast Break  Purpose of the fast break: To attack before the opposition have a chance to set up their defence, creating the opportunity to score with an unopposed lay-up. This is advantageous as the lay-up is a shot with a high percentage success rate.  There are two essential factors that make a fast break successful: Speed and Width.

8.  Centre wins a defensive rebound by blocking out his opponent and catching the ball at the peak. of his jump.  Point Guard moves from his defensive position at the top of the key to the wide channel. He does this so that the centre does not have to pass through the key.  Centre makes outlet pass to point guard, point guard dribbles up middle lane at speed.  Centre overlaps point guard to fill the right lane and forward fills the left lane.  All three lanes are filled ensuring speed and width. By attacking with speed can break up court and reach opponents key before they can get back. This ensures that which ever player receives the ball from the point guard has an unopposed lay-up. Filling all three lanes pulls any defenders away from the key and middle lane. Creating space for the point guard to drive up the middle lane at speed. By pulling defenders away from the key it creates space for players to drive into and perform an unopposed  The point guard where ever possible will look to use option 1, which is a pass to the forward. However the option selected will be influenced by the defence. If the defence mark or put pressure on the forward, the PG will use option 2 as the centre will be free. Option 3, pg going alone, would normally be used when both the centre and forward are marked. Option 4 would be used.... Describing the fast break

9. PG F C F C

10. LeftLane MiddleLane Right Lane Filling the lanes…

11. Describing your role  You must…  Pick a position  Name specific skill qualities, personal qualities and physical qualities required to perform that role  Use specific areas of strategy that are important for that position to give performance examples of why the qualities are essential

12. Point Guard…  Team leader on the court, calling out plays, and controlling the tempo of the game.  Fast Dribble  Accurate pass  Accurate 3 point shot  Good observation / Vision skills

13. Forward…  Versatile player who is taller than the PG but not as big as the Centre.  Quite good at shooting from outside the key but very good at driving towards the basket and Scoring lay- ups.  Speed to move up court  Good control to receive passes while cutting to the basket

14. Centre…  The tallest and best rebounders on the team.  Main job is to block out opponents and win rebounds and score points when close to the basket.  Tall, good jump, timing of rebound  The best players at blocking shots on defence.

15. Data Gathering General and Focused date

16. Stop – Traffic Light  Data Gathering  Why it’s important to gather data on your performance  Describe fully how you gathered both general and focussed data  Explain why the methods you used to gather data were considered appropriate  Explain what you discovered when analysing your general performance  Explain what you discovered when analysing your fast break Key Message - Can you tell me?

17. General Data Gathering  Introduction – purpose of data gathering what did you want to know  General Data (Strategy Analysis)  Video recorded, 3 competitive games  Used video to complete observation schedule – Strategy Analysis  Describe Strategy analysis observation schedule  Assessed both offence and defensive strategies, name 5 strategies  What did you discover

18. Focused Data Gathering  Specific Data (Fast Break Observation Schedule)  Video recorded in competitive game  Describe Fast Break Observation Schedule  Assessed 12 fast breaks, true picture  Broke fast break into 5 component parts, theses were.......  Used (  ), (  ), (E), (T) also made a comment for every fast break  Making a comment helped us better understand our strengths and weakness because it provided us with more information. For example.......  What did you discover  Specific Data (Role Effectiveness Observation Schedule)  Each player assessed using position specific observation schedule  Observed to see if they were fulfilling their role effectively  Describe role effectiveness observation schedule.

19. Strengths and Weakness

20. Stop – Traffic Light  Strengths and Weaknesses  Name two strengths and two weaknesses  Explain which each factor chosen is considered important in the fast break.  Explain how each strength affected your performance positively  Discuss how each weakness affected your performance  Explain how you adapted performance to overcome a weakness Key Message - Can you tell me?

21.  Below are the possible strengths and weakness you previously suggested.  You must select two strengths and two weaknesses Speed Width Decision making Variation PredictableInterceptions common MovementCommunication Opponent better than centre Pressure on individual skill levels-don’t have necessary skill level Poor outlet pass Previously suggested strengths & weaknesses

22. Strengths & Weaknesses – Structure of Answer  Introduction - Set the scene.  Weakness 1 – Speed Explain why speed is important Discuss how a lack of speed affected performance  Weakness 2 – Variation Explain why variation is important Discuss how a lack of variation affected performance  Strength 1 – Decision Making Explain why decision making is important Discuss how making good decisions affected performance  Strength 2 – Width Explain why width is important Discuss how having width affected performance

23. Example Strength - Width  Explain why width is important  Width is created during the fast break by the Centre and Forward filling the wide lanes either side of the Point Guard. Filling all three lanes not only gives the ball carrier more passing options but gives any defenders in place more space to cover by pulling them out of the key. The space created can now be used by the PG to drive into themselves or by the C or F who can receive a pass and score a lay-up as they cut in from the left or right lane.  Discuss how using width affected performance positively  During the fast break my team would regularly fill all 3 lanes. This meant that as we moved up court we would be pulling defenders away from the middle lane and the key. When we crossed into our opponents half the PG was in the middle lane with the C wide on the right and the forward slightly ahead in the wide left lane. This successfully increased the space the opposition had to defend and ensured there was space around the key for us to drive in to. As a result we were able to finish our attack with a lay-up which is a high percentage shot meaning we tended to score.

24. Example Weakness - Speed  Explain why speed is important  Speed is a vital element of the Fast break. Moving up the court quickly maximising the opportunity of numerical superiority. If there are few or no defenders this gives an excellent opportunity to shoot and score an unopposed lay-up. Creating the opportunity for a lay-up is advantageous as it is taken close to the basket and therefore has a high success rate.  Discuss how a lack of speed affected performance  When my team attempted to move up the court with speed we lost control of the ball (e.g. misplaced pass) due to our low skill level. To offset this we began moving up the court more slowly. Unfortunately this resulted in the opposition having more time to set up their defence. With defenders now in our way we couldn’t create space for an unopposed lay-up shot. At times we had to resort to taking an opposed lay-up or a lower percentage set shot this lowered the number of baskets we scored.

25. Developing structure, strategy or composition Adapting structure strategy or composition

26. Stop – Traffic Light  Developing / Adapting fast break  Describe fully the practices you used to develop your fast break and explain how they became progressively more game like.  Describe how you adapted your fast break to overcome identified weakness  Explain why it was important that practices became progressively more game like  Discuss how adapting fast break ensured you attacked with speed and width and most importantly how it allowed you attack from any lane and overcome the issue of predictability. Key Message - Can you tell me?

27. Structure of practices  3 man weave  2 man fast break practice  3 man fast break practice  Fast Break option 1  Fast break option 2  Fast break option 3  Each option 1 passive defender 2 passive defenders 1 active & 1 passive defender 2 active defenders  Continuous fast break drill  Conditioned Games

28. Developing Performance of fastbreak ActivityFocus Success Criteria Adaptations 3 Man WeaveSpeed & Width60% 1.No Lay-up 2.Lay-up 2 Man fastbreak Fill 2 lanes Rebound 60% 1.No Lay-up 2.Lay-up 3 Man fastbreak (option 1) Width & Speed Skill Execution 60% 1.Lay-up 2.Passive Defender 3.Active Defender 4.Passive & Active 5.2 Active 6.2 Active & 1 Passive 3 Man fastbreak (option 2) Width & Speed Skill Execution Decision Making 60% 3 Man fastbreak (option 3) Skill Execution Decision Making 60% Continuous Fast Break Turn defence into attack 60% Conditioned Games Use fastbreak within game Evidence of use in game

29. Key Content Part One  3 man weave  2 man fast break practice  3 man fast break practice  Fast Break option 1  Fast break option 2  Fast break option 3  Each option 1 passive defender 2 passive defenders 1 active & 1 passive defender 2 active defenders  Continuous fast break drill  Conditioned Games Part Two  During or after a description of the progressive practices  Discuss how the variations allowed you to score from each lane- adding width to your attack  Discuss how speed helped you get quickly beyond defenders  Discuss how your practices allowed you to practice the movements but also that they became progressively more demanding on your decision making skills and your skills within Basketball as they became more game like

30. Structure of example answer  Name activity  Name SSC  Due to the speed of the fast break it’s important to make each player familiar with his/her role in the strategy.  It is also important that the team are familiar with how to adapt and change the strategy as the game progresses  This is important when an opposition team work to disrupt a strategy we are using  Initially we began with a 3 man weave to ensure each player was comfortable passing, communicating, running, filling the lanes wide and using the lay-up shot at speed. As each of these are important for our team to perform the fast break successfully.  From our individual physical and skill related attributes, strengths and weaknesses we allocated positions so that each player was fulfilling the role most suited to them.

31.  Our training program looked to develop our fast break from the development stage to being able to use it in a game.  After our teacher had detailed the format of the fast break strategy which had 3 scoring options, we used unopposed practice to ensure that each player was familiar with the movements of the 3 options, their role and the skills within that role.  We increased the pace of this gradually as we experienced more success  This was quickly followed by using 1 passive and then 2 passive defenders to put some pressure on us and to demonstrate what our actions did to the movement of the defenders.  Then we used a 3 v1 practice with an active defender- who started at the top of their key and only became active when the outlet pass was made.  We progressed this to a 3v2 practice with active defenders who came in from half way, through the centre circle, when the outlet had been made.

32.  This encouraged us to use the width of the court by filling the lanes to create space in the middle and use speed in attack to try and get beyond the defenders before they became active. This contributed a lot to improving our decision making skills, of which fast break to use, depending on the situation.  This level of practice was very game like and a lot of our actions were becoming instinctive and automatic.  Before progressing to the game, we used the continuous fast break practice which involved 3 attackers and 2 defenders at any one time but 15 people were involved. This was very game like as it included the concept of turning defense into attack by initiating the fast break and the defenders were instantly active.  As a drill which was very tiring, it was important for my team to maintain the quality of the movements, including the width of our attack, even when tiring as this would effect how easy it was to defend against us.

33.  The final practice was a 5v5 conditioned game where we got more points for using the fast break.  All these practices made us familiar with roles we had to play and gradually became more demanding so our confidences improved as we experienced more success and the speed of our fast break increased.  The most important area of the practices was the familiarity of the variations.  The fast break can become very predictable.  Our variations ensured any of the three players who undertook the fast break could finish it by scoring.  Each of these players attacked from a different lane, ensuring we had three different points of attack.  This ensured that even if 2 defenders got back, my team were prepared and ready to adapt our strategy, using good decision making to score using the fast break.

34. Decision Making

35. Stop – Traffic Light  Decision making in basketball  Name your position, describe your role and main responsibilities within fast break  Identify in chronological order the decisions you had to make when your team used the fast break. Explain the different options that were available when you made each decision.  Discus why you selected the option you did when making decision and what the consequences would have been had you selected a different option.  Explain how your team decided which attacking option to use. Key Message - Can you tell me?

36. What do we mean by decision making....  The Cambridge Dictionary gives the following definition... A choice that you make about something after thinking about several possibilities....  Any decision you make during the fast break has to have at least two options.  In the case of a centre... 1 st decision: Start with blocking out, anticipating and rebounding the ball and passing What were his options Why did he choose this option Consequences? What would have happen if he didn’t make the correct decision.

37. Decision Making - Structure  Introduction:The importance of decision making in the fast break (example intro given in next slides)  Key decisions within my role (decisions that you make as a PG or C or F not team decisions) (work through decision in chronological order)  1 st decision… What were my options (explain each of the choices available to you) Why did I make this choice (explain the choice you made and why it was correct) Consequences? What would happen if I didn’t make the correct decision.  2 nd decision What were my options (explain each of the choices available to you) Why did I make this choice (explain the choice you made and why it was correct) Consequences? What would happen if I didn’t make the correct decision.  How your team decided which fast break option to use. Your 3 fast break options are 1 decision, you had 3 options to choose from.  Conclusion:Describe why making the correct decision quickly ensured your fast break was successful.

38. Example Introduction For the ball to be moved up the court quickly and a scoring opportunity created each player in my team has to be able to make fast instinctive decisions as various performance demands arise. Quick decision making, particularly around the key, speeds up our attack and limits the number of defenders who can get into position. Incisive decision making on what FB option to play also means that those defenders who have recovered will find it extremely difficult to predict what is going to happen. By making quick decisions we can reduce our opponent thinking time, limiting the chances of them taking up a good defensive position and intercepting the ball.

39. Key topics Describing a structure, strategy or composition Roles and responsibilities within your SSC Principles of attack Data Gathering Problems/ weaknesses in your SSC Developing/ practicing your SSC Checking progress of your SSC Changing or adapting your SSC Further Development Needs