Game-Winning, Special Situation Strategies: Inbound Plays, Free Throw Rebounding & Jump Balls

with Jeff Walz,
University of Louisville Head Women's Coach;
2018 ACC Coach of the Year; 2018 & 2019 ACC Champions;
2018 Final Four; 2x NCAA National Championship Runner-up (2009, 2013);
2019 USA Women's Basketball U19 World Cup Team Head Coach (Gold medal);
2006 NCAA Championship (Maryland/Assistant Coach);
2008 WBCA's Maggie Dixon Rookie Coach of the Year Award

Jeff Walz has proven himself as one of the best coaches in women's college basketball with a track record of success over his career at Louisville. Earning this reputation as a coach requires that you can deliver in crunch time to win close games. In this video, Coach Walz shows you a variety of plays and strategies that will help you conquer those special situations with your team.

Free Throw Rebounding

You will learn tactics for offensive rebounding in free throw situations that can gain you extra possessions. Coach Walz also shares how to change your game goals around free throws shooting to improve player confidence as well as increase your team's aggressiveness for crashing the boards.

Inbound Plays

Seven sideline inbound plays will help your team score through a variety of unique actions. In this collection, Walz demonstrates how you can get easy layups through methods that best suit your team's personnel. "Triple" is a great multipurpose set play that will run shooters off screens while also providing a rim attack through a dribble hand-off. "In" is a great play for spreading the defense to isolate a talented post player in scoring position at the rim. "Cardinal" is another multipurpose set that every coach will want in their playbook with post-ups off screening action that flow into open jump shots off screen-the-screener action. Other plays in this collection will distort defenses into exposing the basket for attacks off cuts and ball screens. Two additional quick hitters are perfect for drawing up a critical 3-point shot when you have to get a great look at the end of a game.

You will also learn four baseline inbound plays that will create layup opportunities. "Indiana" is a staple in Coach Walz's playbook that can help teams from any competitive level get an easy scoring opportunity. See how "Illinois" lulls the defense into a mistake with its screen-the-screener actions and slips. You will also get a play that can deliver an open 3-point shot off an elevator screen with "High." Walz also demonstrates how to keep the play alive with a high ball screen if the initial look is taken away. An additional baseline play will help you exploit the principles of zone defenses to create a wide-open jump shot from the corner.

Jump Balls

Coach Walz also shares two jump ball plays for scoring right at the tip by catching your opponent by surprise. Learn how to gain an advantage with exceptions in the rule book that will help your players separate from their defenders for easy layups. Another smart play will confuse your opponent with last-second shifts in alignment to create an open 3-point shot.

This collection of special situation plays from Coach Walz will give you effective strategies for scoring at every given opportunity throughout a game!

63 minutes. 2020.