Elements of a Great Attacker Ballhandling skills Two dominant hands Vision: an ability to read the situation and her defender A variety of 1 v 1 moves to get free (with or w/o ball) A selection of shots Composure with the ball Patience Common Attack Mistakes Poor execution of fundamentals Cradling too much Tunnel Vision Not accelerating through catch Not asking away from defender Inappropriate timing of cuts, moves Predictability of movement Identify the Attackers Who is good? Who is the best athlete? Who is the best ballhandler? Who is the best shooter? Who will help carry out your plan? Assess the Offensive Situation What 7 attackers are you dealing with? What are their individual abilities? What is their composite ability? Who will be your scorers? Feeders? Role Players? Complete Players? What are your skill limitations? What is your ultimate goal? Develop a Strategy Tempo Run-n-Gun Patience Composed Risks Structure Fast Break Set Plays Motion Attack Formation Attack Freelance Medium Ballhandling Picks Passes Isolations Make it Work Put it on paper...be creative and practical. Test it in practice...work out kinks, timing. Learn it is practice...over and over again. Use it in a game.   Transition/Fast Break Attack Short and sweet- nothing complicated. Get ball down field and into the goal. Set Plays Rules and guidelines. Structured movement. Beginning, Middle, and End. Use: Picks Stacks Motion Attack Keep ball moving. Keep people moving. Keep ball and people moving Pass and Move Away| Draw and Dump Opposite Side Options Formation Attack Particular Set-Up Working in groups Consistency/ Uniformity       Developing the Attack as seen above is available as a pdf document which you can download and print. You need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system to view the document. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader click here to download.   Developing the Attack     cristasamaras@hotmail.com