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We all know paint touches and ball reversals are extremely important for a productive offense. I decided to dive into our numbers at Olentangy HS last year thanks to inspiration from the below tweet. Here’s what I found 🧵 👇
Ball Reversals 🤝 Paint Touches
Data like this is extremely powerful. This is a study of 12 'high level D1 schools'.
Regardless of level, the goal is to get to 1.00 PPP. Out of any system/style, this data shows us the key to having an efficient offense is having an element of penetration and kick.
Paint touches, and paint touches + ball reversal limit the amount of straight line close outs. They also slow down defensive decision making, which keeps the offense in a big advantage situation.
PAINT TOUCH + BALL REVERSAL is a MUST in half court and secondary transition. Think DOMINOES.
An easy way to teach this using CLA is:
- no paint or ball reversal is +0
- paint touch is + 1
- paint touch + ball reversal is +2
- explain/emphasize hockey assists and TRACK THEM
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