re: Middle School Basketball Rec League Offense Coaching Tips

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is it mandatory man to man or do they allow zone defense? are you only looking for man to man offense?

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Not mandatory but I've rarely seen a team play zone defense. And I have a good handle on that. I have twin boys, one is good and 1 is decent so just the 2 of them, I've taught them to one play point and feed the other in the middle and then pass or shoot. I think I've seen teams play zone on us twice and went back to man within 3 minutes each time.

So basically just need a simplified offense to beat man. Remembering, I'm limited to 30 minutes of practice time before a game and half the team just won't grasp full on concepts in that little time like filling gaps, etc.

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1. have a few set plays that everyone knows and practice them religiously
2. if you stop moving you are coming out

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We're a few levels below that though lol. Not enough practice time as I've said.

I know where I've messed up game 1(we still won by 20 lol, but the other team was really bad) is telling the kids to be active and move around, where we discussed filling gaps but weren't able to truly drill it down. That just led to 4 kids without the ball moving around aimlessly.

The ask may be impossible but I need very simple concepts but that can also keep the lesser kids somewhat involved. I don't want them to truly stand in the corner out of the way at all times.

Ideally I'd like to have my good kids creating plays then shooting or passing to any open kid, good or not. But need defined and super simple roles I can teach in what is effectively less than 30 minutes.