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Today at a Glance:

📺 SGTV: All Access: 5 Out Offense Install​

🎤 Slappin' Glass Podcast: Taylor Jenkins​

🥇 Best of the Week: Partizan & Lakers​

​📋 Coaches Corner: October Roundtable Today at 8am PST!

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Let's dive in..

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All Access: "5 Out" Offensive Install

Over the past several months we've discussed with coaches at various levels their concepts and processes of installing a "5 Out" Offense that can flow from action to action. As seen here every week, there are so many great ways to do it. This week we turned the lens on ourselves as we broke down how one of us at Slappin' Glass installs their "5 Out" Offense at the collegiate level by peering into the first three days of practice and the "Whole-Part-Whole" teaching of the offense.

What is shown in our all access coverage will definitely not be how the offense operates at the end of the season, or even a month from now, but does show the building blocks, reads, and vocabulary upon which the offense can grow and tweak.

What is important and will be highlighted here is building a baseline to help facilitate exploration for the players to shape the offense to their strengths.

Spacing

No surprise here, the first step is defining proper spacing to the players. Whether in transition or off of dead ball situations, players should understand the areas on the floor they should occupy when entering ("arriving" in) the offense. The initial spacing is one of the easier parts to teach, as the real challenge comes in re-spacing and re-triggering after 1, 2, or 3 actions. Clearly defining areas of the floor that can be occupied can help "lost" players navigate their way back into proper positioning and provide breathing room for the offense to re-attack.

Within this Offense, the 5 spacing positions (two Corners, two "Runways" & the "Deck") are interchangeable 1-4. The key position is the "Quarterback", or 5/4 man, who facilitates the offense through a catch in "The Pocket"...

Zooming In: The Quarterback operating out of the Pocket is a vital component to re-triggering the offense. After any given action the four perimeter players can seek out their spacing positions and find their Quarterback in the "Pocket" to flow into another action or attack.

Building Vocabulary

As we've discussed in past podcasts with guests like Coach Paul Kelleher (Ireland NT) and Coach Chris Jent (Lakers), building a concise vocabulary is instrumental in helping teach players to flow in and out of desired actions and string together concepts during the infancy of the offense's development. In early season, the offense can look like a tire-fire and leave you wondering why you hired that assistant with an SG Plus membership. But, with patience, IPA's, and a good vocabulary, a Coach can more easily script actions early on to build a flow or encourage lineups to favor certain advantages situations, all in an attempt to help build pattern/trigger recognition for the players.

Shown in our all access look, much of Chapman's offensive vocabulary for spacing, entries, cutting and other actions are discussed within the first few days of practice.

DHOs & "Curry's"

When looking at Chapman's "5-Out" Offense, you can see the early-season emphasis on teaching players how to play through DHOs, "Curry's" (Gets) or "Fake Curry's" (fake hand offs) with their Quarterback, emphasizing the Quarterback leave the pocket to execute these actions.

These DHO's and Curry's create a number of either "empty corner" 2-man actions or "corner filled" 3-man actions on the outer third. Therefore, when developing the "5-Out" Offense it becomes important to develop concepts and vocabulary around these actions. Encouraging the "Shake & Bake" (more on that in the video) when the corner is filled...

Or cutting from the Runway (45 Cut) when playing an "empty corner" 2-Man game...

Bully Drives

Another action Chapman has developed over the years within their "5-Out" Offense is the use of "Bully" Drives (Dribble Downs or Barkley's) to invert the offense and create a post-up opportunity. This is an example of a "re-trigger" to prevent the offense from stalling out, as the "Bully' Driver" is encouraged to simply reverse pivot and back his player down. This action gives the remaining four players time and space to get into their various post spacing automatics...

As with any offense, constantly tweaking and adjusting is the name of the game, and things like "Bully" Drives and "Curry's" can be added or subtracted as the season wears on.

Today's All-Access video will look further at:

• Terminology
• Concepts & Actions
• 4v0 Conceptual Offensive "Warm Up" Drill
• Scripted 5v0
• 21/22 Season Teach Tape Examples

Please enjoy this week's newest video on SGTV below...

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Slappin' Glass Podcast

The Memphis Grizzlies are poised for another great year after reaching the Western Conference Semi-Finals a year ago. We were happy to be joined on the podcast this week by the man at the helm of this great organization, Taylor Jenkins! Coach Jenkins is widely considered one of the great young coaches in the NBA and after only a few minutes of listening to our conversation it's easy to see why. As usual we dove into a variety of topics including:

• Organization and Efficiency Within Your Program: Coach Jenkins is well known for his efficiency when it comes to all parts of the Memphis organization, so we had a blast deep diving on how he thinks about this vital coaching fundamental.
• Practice Planning: Within our conversation about efficiency, we also picked Coach Jenkins' brain on how he organizes practice to align with team and individual goals. We also talked about building better decision making, individual improvement, and much more.
• Analytics that Matter: During our "Start, Sub, or Sit!?" segment we discussed Coach Jenkins' approach to stats and analytics that matter to him and his staff. Hint... he enjoys using the Adjusted Plus/Minus quite a bit.
• Manipulating Tag Defenders: We also touched on manipulating help or tag defenders during our "Start, Sub, or Sit?!" conversation and how Coach Jenkins thinks about creating space for a player like Ja Morant. ​

Listen to the entire conversation with Coach Jenkins here...

Listen Now!

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Concepts & Methods of Spanish Basketball

Be on the look out over the next couple of weeks for an exciting new Coaching and Mentorship course on the Spanish Basketball Methodology from Sport Coach. This special program will be offering a comprehensive 6-Month course teaching the philosophy and tactics of Spanish Basketball along with monthly webinars from some of the top Spanish Coaches in the game today, hosted by us at Slappin' Glass. This course will also include intimate mentoring opportunities from other Spanish Coaches to help support your growth and understanding of the Spanish methodology! Further course details and information to follow in the coming weeks!

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Tactical

📺 Partizan - Turnout PG Punch​

"Partizan runs back to back screen the screeners to get their PG in the post & for their stretch 4 on the post entry. Notice the post entry passer spacing corner to open more space for the 4."

✚ Pair With: Our Playbook Breakdown on Euroleague club ASVEL and their proclivity to post their guards.

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📺 Euro/NBA Crossover - Pistol RIP Flare​

"Using the Pistol RIP screen to mask the intended action, a flare screen for the screener. Exploiting the reluctancy of the big to leave the rim by having the 5 man flare screen. For more insight & videos"

✚ Pair With: Our Breakdown on Italian Club Reggio Emilia's Playbook, featuring their use of RIP screens & Pistol.

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Interesting Reads

📚 The Vital Importance of Understanding Athletic Identity​

"Athletic identity can be defined as the degree to which an athlete’s identity is tied to their sport. It’s how they perceive themselves, and how others perceive them, and also serves as a basis for their sense of self-worth. That’s big stuff."

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📚 "He Just Makes it Fun, Man"​

“Daboll came highly recommended by Saban as a ‘smart, tough mentally, emotionally resilient and hard-working coach,’ according to former Patriots executive Scott Pioli. The Patriots also gave Daboll a psychological profile test — something Pioli said they did with all entry-level positions — to determine if he could withstand the rigors of the Patriots’ work culture.”

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📚 The NBA "All-In" Index​

"Which teams are all in to win now? Who’s hoarding picks and thinking more long term? We analyzed every squad’s financial and draft commitments to come up with a top-30 ranking."

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Quote of the Week

Thank you for reading and have a great week coaching,

Dan and Pat

info@slappinglass.com

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