If you have not listened to After The Timeout Podcast with Jon Palicki and Todd Zasadil, you are missing so much. Jon and Todd are both coaches in Illinois, and they interview coaches from all over America. Often their podcasts are not with the famous names but coaches who are making a name on D3, D2, and lower D1 levels.
I have gotten so After The Timeout is one of my go-to podcasts on our dog walks. Some podcasts I listen to for pleasure and some I take a small index card and pen to stop and write some key points down. Their podcast with Jamon Copeland was one where I filled up my index card— great stuff!!
Jamon Copeland is the head men’s coach at Ave Maria University. I want to share just a few of the highlights from the podcast.
Please realize when I post about a podcast or clinic, I am not speaking for that presenter, rather giving my reaction and interpretation.
Tempo
Copeland wants to play the way players all want to play- uptempo. With his running game, he talks about “Early Change, Early Movement.” He uses this phrase regularly with his players. Early change means that if whoever has the ball cannot pass ahead early on the break, they then change the ball to the other side. Early Movement means they start there offense long before the ball cross half-court. He wants players to start movements with the ball still in the backcourt- this creates energy in their offense.
Developing Vocabulary
While Copeland wants to have the players play with freedom, he also wants to have the ability to prescribe movements. For them as a team, they need to have common vocabulary.
Burn= backdoor cut
Curry= stagger
Football= dribble handoff
These are just a few of examples of labelling actions. He wants to be able to describe in simple terms all their offensive actions, including types of ball screens.
Team Huddles
Every deadball he wants the team to have a quick huddle. The point guard is in charge of the huddle. One of the major purposes of the huddle is for the point guard to spell out what action they are going to use to start their offense on their next possession. They are NOT running set plays, rather they run a simple action to start their offense, then flow into their freelance actions.
So the point guard might tell the team they are going to start with stagger away, double drag, Spain action, flex action, dribble handoff, etc. Then they go into their offense.
Coach Copeland shared that he works with the point guards to help them develop a play calling ability. And if the point guard is not doing a good job, the coach starts getting more involved- maybe the coach at a time out tells the point guard that he/she is not using a certain action enough or using it too much.
Teaching Offense
Coach Copeland says that he teaches his spread offense in practice by doing 2-0 and 3-0 shooting drills. For example they might tell the players in a shooting drill, “Today we are using Ghost action into drive and kick.” So the players are rehearsing the action, learning the terminology, and shooting off the action.
Putting It Together
So after doing shooting drills, the players know the terminology and can execute the actions.
By calling the plays in a huddle, the players start the concept of Early Movement.
Because of the team huddle without the coach, the players learn to “think” the game and not repeat the same things possession after possession.
Recommendation
If you have not listened to After The Timeout- I recommend you go back thru all 7 seasons and pick out some people to listen to.
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