First this is what I am seeing with the team up to this point. The starting lineup for most of the year up until the last two games has had one natural ball handler and four poor ball handlers on the court. Sure Kylie and Sid are better handling the ball than they were last year, but in previous years they were a two or three dribble player quickly looking to hand the ball off to other players. This lineup also has one okay passer with four poor natural passers.
This setup really creates an offense that has no flow or rhythm. When you add Jan's strategy to play two bigger post players together which clogs the lane with two defenders you get no lanes to attack the rim and get easy baskets and no movement. We could overpower smaller teams earlier in the year with Ogrady and Stuelke and they did well but now we are playing teams that have enough size and mobility that that Addy and Hannah have to out skill them and I hate to say it but Hannah has no offensive skill. She is a great athlete but if she isn't wide open for a layup she brings nothing offensively. Addy does have a little skill. She has a left handed hook shot and she can hit from a few feet out but she obviously is very slow footed.
This starting lineup also lacks natural shooting ability. Sid and Kylie have shown they can hit from behind the arc but that is if they get wide open looks and yet they are still very streaky because their form is inconsistent. Lucy actually is a pretty good shooter and she has proven that. So that leaves us with a lineup that is clogged up offense with one ball handler, one okay passer, one shooter. That has been the biggest problem since we have started to play teams equal in talent with ours.
Jan's offensive strategy to walk the ball up the court has also aided in our difficulties. When you slow the pace down and walk the ball up you allow the defense to rest themselves and you allow them to be in position so you have to get around them to score every possession. The percentages are against you.
This is why having an offensive system that pushes the ball is an advantage in most games. It wears the other team down who isn't used to it and it also creates easier baskets. This is why Bluder and Fran deserve credit for this strategy.
We have the depth to do this. Hannah, Sid, Kylie, and Addie know how to do this. In fact they excelled at it.
I would go back to up tempo with a lineup of only Guyton and Stremlow at the 1 (Olsen at the 1 in specific designed plays if needed), McCabe at the 2, Olson and Feurbach at the 3, Sid and Teegan at the 4, and at the 5 let Heiden always start and platoon Eva, Addy, and Hannah constantly.
This setup really creates an offense that has no flow or rhythm. When you add Jan's strategy to play two bigger post players together which clogs the lane with two defenders you get no lanes to attack the rim and get easy baskets and no movement. We could overpower smaller teams earlier in the year with Ogrady and Stuelke and they did well but now we are playing teams that have enough size and mobility that that Addy and Hannah have to out skill them and I hate to say it but Hannah has no offensive skill. She is a great athlete but if she isn't wide open for a layup she brings nothing offensively. Addy does have a little skill. She has a left handed hook shot and she can hit from a few feet out but she obviously is very slow footed.
This starting lineup also lacks natural shooting ability. Sid and Kylie have shown they can hit from behind the arc but that is if they get wide open looks and yet they are still very streaky because their form is inconsistent. Lucy actually is a pretty good shooter and she has proven that. So that leaves us with a lineup that is clogged up offense with one ball handler, one okay passer, one shooter. That has been the biggest problem since we have started to play teams equal in talent with ours.
Jan's offensive strategy to walk the ball up the court has also aided in our difficulties. When you slow the pace down and walk the ball up you allow the defense to rest themselves and you allow them to be in position so you have to get around them to score every possession. The percentages are against you.
This is why having an offensive system that pushes the ball is an advantage in most games. It wears the other team down who isn't used to it and it also creates easier baskets. This is why Bluder and Fran deserve credit for this strategy.
We have the depth to do this. Hannah, Sid, Kylie, and Addie know how to do this. In fact they excelled at it.
I would go back to up tempo with a lineup of only Guyton and Stremlow at the 1 (Olsen at the 1 in specific designed plays if needed), McCabe at the 2, Olson and Feurbach at the 3, Sid and Teegan at the 4, and at the 5 let Heiden always start and platoon Eva, Addy, and Hannah constantly.
