Hubie Brown thoughts

Some more thoughts from Hubie Brown
-Great coaches aren’t afraid to be innovators
-PLAYERS make the system, not the coach. You NEED players—During the Chicago
Bulls’ run during the ‘90’s, eight newly-hired coaches installed the triangle offense in their
new job, none, zero, lasted more than 2 years. What happens when you don’t have the
players?
-How do you ram home your emphasis?

Shooting makes up for a multitude of sins. I have a shooter on each unit no matter how bad
of a defender he is. We can hide a bad defender, we just need him to make the necessary
rotations.

-Key halftime stats: offensive rebounds (& points off), fast break % (& points off) and
deflections (Why do I love deflections so much? Because it shows that we’re working and it
tells me we’re bothering them from making the pass to the spot they want)
-Reward your guys: tell them how much you appreciate them
-Give your players a chance to talk
-Never end a drill without a basket. It does 3 things: 1. improves their confidence 2.
conditioning, forces them to chase the ball down 3. enforces good habits, conditions them
into making scoring a reflexive action

-A coach must pay extreme attention to the last 6 minues of a game. Ask yourself:
1. Did we get high percentage shots for our shooters?
2. Did we get to the free throw line?
3. Turnovers
-The day after a loss, a coach must break those key plays in the last 6 minutes to explain to
his players why we won/ why we lost

Hubie Brown on what kills potential

What kills a player’s potential?
1. Low pain threshold
2. Low IQ (basketball) for what we’re running
3. Selfishness
 4. Can the person do the intangibles (charges, loose balls, pass aheads, rotations
5. Drugs and Alcohol

Hubie brown Coaching Philosophy

1. Must be a great teacher.
2. What coaching aids do you use?
3. Don’t assume anything.
4. Communicate by sight (people retain 81% of what they see).
5. Use: shot charts (assistants chart everything), 3×5 cards with other team’s plays and your OB and special plays on it, playbook, video, practice plans
6. Must have a goal and everyone must understand it.
7. Don’t be afraid to change your goals.
8. When you are a disciplinarian, organized, and make people do what they don’t want to – some people won’t like you.
9. Players win games, coaches lose them.
10. Don’t let a player be negative to another player. 11. Shooting makes up for a multitude of sins – don’t ever cut shooters.
12. New young teams must creep – crawl – walk – run – bring them along slow.
13. Never believe the statement when hired – “You don’t ever have to win at this school.”
14. Passing is a lost art so take away the other team’s best passer by pressing and trapping.
15. Loser hang with losers – split them up.
16. Don’t ever let two bad foul shooters shoot together in practice.
17. Don’t be afraid to coach through negative motivation.
18. There is no excuse for not playing hard.
19. There are six keys when you have little talent: a. cause more turnovers b. get more steals c. get more shot blocks d. get more second shots e. shoot free throws well f. get more fast breaks
20. Tape floor spots to show where you want good shots.
21. Play ten kids – there is not much difference between #3 and #10.
22. Never holler at a hustle foul unless he fouls a jump shooter.
23. Every third time down the floor have your center touch the ball.
24. The three toughest things to defend: back screens, guard down screens for post, and passing game (especially high/low action).
25. Basic offensive theory: Look for 3 point plays with the power inside game, get transition baskets, and get your best players the most shots through set plays.

Hubie Brown offensive thoughts

Is the Offense for you or is the offense for the team?  Hubie Brown
Gospel of Offense

- Spacing - no one defender plays two guys
- Be able to reverse the ball
- Have a short pass and a long pass
- Leave an area and replace
- Be able to start the offence if they take away the first pass
- Have a backdoor game. 

• The difference between great teams is often the time it takes to advance the ball from top of the key to top of the key.
• The easiest place to post is on the dotted line in front of the rim. Why? Because everyone plays behind you!
• In your shooting drills do you practice the shots you are going to get in your offense and press breaks?
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Hubie Brown "How to WIn WIth Less Talent"

These notes are from an old Hubie Brown tape, that I happened to come across the other day.
Purpose of the tape: It all comes down to 2 things A)How well you teach and B) Do you have talent to make your philosophy work.

"I know you can win when you have all the talent, but can you compete and win when you have less talent." Hubie Brown

Keys to winning with less talent.

1. Control Defensive Boards (Pretty self explanatory but 3 reasons it helps)
1. Limit second shots
2. Less oportunites for the offense
3. A chance to start your offense
2. Get more shots--No excuse to say you have a bad shooting team
1. 2 ways to do this
1. Force Turnovers
2. Offensive rebounds
3. What are you shooting from the line? How many Free Throws are you getting?
1. You must have an inside game (Doesnt have to be a post up game). The goal is 3 point plays
2. Can you get to the line...9 out of 10 times the team that gets to the foul line most will win
3. Attacking the rim leads to fouls on the opponent, which helps to get into the other teams bench. (Your guy might have less talent then their guy, but more talent than their sub)
4. Get your best shooters High Percentage Shots.
1. 3 best players in the pros and 2 best in High School.  Run plays to get your best players the ball (especially late in games)
2. Think of your 2 best shooters- do they shoot a high % from both sides of the floor and from the center of the floor?
1. Chart your shooting drills and you will see that they shoot well from 2 of the 3 spots, but not all 3.
3. Is your offense getting your best shooters shots that they can make?