What is the Read and React Offense?

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I am often asked to explain what the Read and React is. As the Read and React has evolved, so has my answer. This video provides my latest thoughts. Let me know what you think.

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Tribe Spotlight: Tusculum Sweep

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Reprinted with permission from Carson-Newman Men’s Basketball. Carson Newman, under Head Coach, Chuck Benson is another of the Tribe’s Read & React College Basketball teams.

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the first time since the 2001-02 season, Carson Newman (15-4, 8-3 South Atlantic Conference) has swept a season series with Tusculum (5-11, 3-8).  Carson-Newman held Tusculum to one field goal over an eight minute span in the first half while going on a 13-2 run and never looked back in a 73-43 win Wednesday night at Holt Fieldhouse.

The win was the most lopsided in the series since the Eagles last swept TC more than a decade ago.  Carson-Newman knocked the Pioneers out of the SAC semifinals with an 88-51 win.

Carson-Newman has locked down defensively in February.  Following Wingate’s 52-point performance last Saturday against C-N, the Pioneers’ 43 points are the fewest scored on the Eagles this season.

“We knew they were more inside oriented than outside,” Carson-Newman head coach Chuck Benson said. “We wanted to take away that.  Some of that was our guys taking it away, some of that was just not being their night.  But the numbers we gave up, those are impressive.”

The Eagles defense set new season lows for points (43), field goals (14), field goal attempts (45), field goal percentage (31 percent), three pointers (two), three point field goal attempts (12), three point field goal percentage (16.7 percent) and assists (six) allowed.

Carson-Newman produced three double figure scorers, with Ish Sanders (Cleveland, Tenn.) scoring 18, Jared Johnson 14 (Springfield, Mass.) and Antoine Davis (Rustburg, Va.) adding 11.  [click to continue…]

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Tribe Spotlight: The next step in prep basketball’s evolution

by Rick Torbett

Written By JOE STEVENSON (as appeared in the Northwest Herald on Sunday, January 13th, 2013) Every year, Rich Czeslawski heads to the NCAA Final Four to watch basketball, network and, perhaps most importantly, learn. Czeslawski had just finished his first season as Crystal Lake Central’s boys basketball coach in 2007 when he headed to Atlanta [...]

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A Forum Eulogy

by Scott Ginn

There are a lot of things that differentiate Better Basketball from the rest of the basketball instructional market: we spend more time in development of our products than anyone else we’ve built the Tribe to offer ongoing support for coaches who have bought into our system we have Rick Torbett who is really, one of [...]

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Fool’s Gold (80/20 Rule)

by Rick Torbett

Let’s say that you run a set play in a game that delivers a basket exactly like you planned it. What’s the temptation? There’s a voice that says, “We can do that EVERY TIME down the floor – with every possession. (This is the same voice that speaks to you after you make a great [...]

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John Wooden: 4 Laws of Learning

by Rick Torbett

The four laws of learning are explanation, demonstration, imitation and repetition. The goal is to create a correct habit that can be produced instinctively under great pressure. To make sure this goal was achieved, I create eight laws of learning — namely explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, and repetition.” -Coach John Wooden If [...]

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Drilling the Da Vinci Way

by Coach Czes

One of the questions I hear most often as a Read & React Coach is, “How often do you work on defense?” My answer is that we are almost ALWAYS working on defense. Very rarely do we work on offensive fundamentals or habits without introducing a defender to simulate a game situation. It is said [...]

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Understanding Circle Movement

by Rick Torbett

Layer 4 is NOT about Dribble Penetration. You can dribble penetrate at any time in any offense. But that usually means the end of the offense. Layer 4 in the Read & React is about how the offense continues if Dribble Penetration fails or Penetrate, Draw the Defense, and Pass does not produce a shot. [...]

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