Slappin' Glass Podcast Noah LaRoche on Chasing Space, the "Zero Step", and Principles of Play {Pro Player Development}
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Feb 2, 2024 Noah LaRoche, a Player Development Coach, discusses topics such as 'chasing space', creating it, and the 'zero step'. They also explore 'good to great' separators and attacking zone defenses, emphasizing the importance of cognition, decision-making, and curiosity in player development.
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Relocate Immediately After Advantage
- When you create an advantage, maintain it by relocating off the ball so teammates become viable passing targets.
- Practice and demand relocations after drives and kick-outs to deny the defense time to reset.
Keep Both Width And Depth
- Offense should stretch the defense by keeping width and depth; possessions commonly disintegrate when teams lose either.
- The key is to preserve both width and depth so the paint stays open and spacing endures.
Simple Screening Principle
- Use the screening principle: avoid opposing patterns where two players start and go to the same spot.
- After a drive in drop coverage, treat the screener as the fill-behind (pick-and-pop) and keep kickout reads simple.