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    Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment
    Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment
    Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment
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    Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment

    By Kevin Sivils

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    Why the 1-4 High?

    Why run all of your set plays, quick hitters or entry plays from a 1-4 high set? Good question.

    Here are the reasons this alignment is great for all set plays:

    Less is more. This one set keeps things simple for your players.

    It creates excellent spacing. Offense is all about good spacing.

    This alignment creates good scoring opportunities for every position.

    It is easy to create plays for any type of shot necessary from this alignment.

    The plays can be run to either side of the court simply by running the mirror image of the play.

    It is very easy to get into from a numbered fast break system.

    It denies the defense from establishing its defensive priorities, making this alignment difficult to defend from the onset.

    What are defensive priorities? Regardless of the type of defense run, most traditional defensive systems want to establish the following priorities:

    Be able to apply tremendous pressure on the ball and provide help to the on-the-ball defender.

    Be able to provide help in any situation.

    Protect the rim and low post areas.

    Force the ball out of the middle to one side to establish a ball side and help side, allowing the defense to outnumber the offense 5-3 by virtue of the two help defenders.

    Defend two offensive players with one defender if possible (usually a zone defense).

    Establish good inside positioning for defensive rebound coverage.

    Clog the lane area with help defenders to prevent lane penetration via pass, cut or dribble; low post entry passes;backdoor cuts for lay-ups.

    Some of the ways the 1-4 high alignment prevents the defense from establishing its priorities include preventing the defense from being able to establish a help side defense,forcing the defense away from the lane area and rim, opening the area up for penetration of one form or another, and requiring the defense to guard each offensive player, including the ball, with only one defender, and operating the offense from the middle of the court to initiate the attack.

    In addition to the advantages the 1-4 high set denies the defense, it is versatile due to the fact all of the plays can be run as mirror images. Any play depicted being run to the right hand side of the court can be run in its mirror image on the left hand side of the court.

    This short book contains 30 plays to attack man-to-man defenses, zone defenses, to obtain 3-point shots, low post shots, and on-the-ball screens to create penetration opportunities.

    These simple plays are an excellent way to score after a time out, a dead ball or as an entry to motion or other offenses.

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    PublisherKevin Sivils
    Release dateDec 16, 2013
    ISBN9781497728431
    Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment
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    Kevin Sivils

    A 25 year veteran of the coaching profession, with twenty-two of those years spent as a varsity head coach, Coach Kevin Sivils amassed 479 wins and his teams earned berths in the state play-offs 19 out of 22 seasons with his teams advancing to the state semi-finals three times.  An eight time Coach of the Year Award winner, Coach Sivils has traveled as far as the Central African Republic to conduct coaching clinics.  Coach Sivils first coaching stint was as an assistant coach for his college alma mater, Greenville College, located in Greenville, Illinois. Coach Sivils holds a BA with a major in physical education and a minor in social studies from Greenville College and a MS in Kinesiology with a specialization in Sport Psychology from Louisiana State University.  He also holds a Sport Management certification from the United States Sports Academy. In addition to being a basketball coach, Coach Sivils is a classroom instructor and has taught U.S. Government, U.S. History, the History of WW II, and Physical Education and has won awards for excellence in teaching and Teacher of the Year. He has served as an Athletic Director and Assistant Athletic Director and has also been involved in numerous professional athletic organizations. Sivils is married to the former Lisa Green of Jackson, Michigan, and the happy couple are the proud parents of three children, Danny, Katie, and Emily.  Rounding out the Sivils family are three dogs, Angel, Berkeley, and Al.  A native of Louisiana, Coach Sivils currently resides in the Great State of Texas.

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      Coaching Basketball - Kevin Sivils

      Coaching  Basketball

      30 Set PLays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment

      Kevin C. Sivils

      KCS Basketball Enterprises, LLC

      KATY, TEXAS

      Copyright © 2013 by Kevin Sivils

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed Attention: Permissions Coordinator, at the address below.

      Kevin C. Sivils/KCS Basketball Enterprises, LLC

      Katy, Texas

      www.kcsbasketball.com

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      Quantity sales. Special discounts are available on quantity purchases by corporations, associations, and others. For details, contact the Special Sales Department at the address above.

      Coaching Basketball: 30 Set Plays and Quick Hitters for the 1-4 High Alignment/Kevin C Sivils. —1st ed.

      Contents

      Why the 1-4 High?

      Offensive Building Blocks

      Really Quick Quick-Hitters

      UCLA Based 1-4 Sets

      Sets for the 3-Point Shot

      On-the-Ball Screens

      Quick Hitters Against Zone Defense

      General Man-to-Man Plays

      Lagniappe: Defending the 1-4 High Set

      About Coach Sivils

      To Contact Coach Sivils

      Free Coaching Newsletter

      This book is dedicated to coaches who work hard to master our profession and to make a difference to the players we coach. To Coach Jack Trager and Coach Don Meyer, two coaches who made a difference for me.

      The information provided in this book is on an as is basis. The author and publisher shall have neither the liability nor the responsibility to any person or entity with respect to loss, damages or injury arising form the information contained in this book.

      Chapter one

      Why the 1-4 High?

      Why run all of your set plays, quick hitters or entry plays from a 1-4 high set? Good question. Here are the reasons I love this alignment for all set plays:

      Less is more. This one set keeps things simple for your players.

      It creates excellent spacing. Offense is all about good spacing.

      This alignment creates good scoring opportunities for every position.

      It is easy to create plays for any type of shot necessary from this alignment.

      The plays can be run to either side of the court simply by running the mirror image of the play.

      It is very easy to get into from a numbered fast break system.

      It denies the defense from establishing its defensive priorities, making this alignment difficult to defend from the onset.

      What are defensive priorities? From my perspective, regardless of the type of defense run, most traditional defensive systems want to establish the following priorities:

      Be able to apply tremendous pressure on the ball and provide help to the on-the-ball defender.

      Be able to provide help in any situation.

      Protect the rim and low post areas.

      Force the ball out of the middle to one side to establish a ball side and help side, allowing the defense to outnumber the offense 5-3 by virtue of the two help defenders.

      Defend two offensive players with one defender if possible (usually a zone defense).

      Establish good inside positioning for defensive rebound coverage.

      Clog the lane area with help defenders to prevent:

      Lane penetration via pass, cut or dribble

      Low post entry passes

      Backdoor cuts for lay-up

      Some of the ways the 1-4 high alignment prevents the defense from establishing its priorities include:

      preventing the defense from being able to establish a help side defense.

      forcing the defense away

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