As we all know there has been a growing trend to shoot as many 3s as possible and to go away from the mid game. Last year I remember seeing shot charts for Villanova where every shot was either a 3 or inside the lane.
This year I've been hearing a lot from announcers that the best time to get a wide open 3 is right after an offensive rebound. Makes sense, shot goes up and most of the defense crashes the boards leaving the perimeter unguarded.
So it got me wondering why coaches don't instruct their players to look to pass their offensive rebounds out to the perimeter rather than go up right away in traffic and try and get the put back. Granted, you don't want to give up a free layup for a 3 pt shot, but on most rebounds it isn't exactly an easy put back. It's usually contested and in a swarm of bodies. 90% of the time it seem the player will try and force up that put back no matter how difficult or contested it is. Why not instruct the players to look to pass anything that isn't a free layup/dunk?
After all, is there anything better/easier than the uncontested college 3 pointer? I would rather see my team take those as opposed to contested 2 foot shots. Even if they miss the 3, those shots tend to lead to longer rebounds which would give the offensive team a great shot at another rebound since the defense will still be packed in.
I'm just a little surprised that in this day of advanced stats and analytics that this hasn't become a strategy/game plan.
This year I've been hearing a lot from announcers that the best time to get a wide open 3 is right after an offensive rebound. Makes sense, shot goes up and most of the defense crashes the boards leaving the perimeter unguarded.
So it got me wondering why coaches don't instruct their players to look to pass their offensive rebounds out to the perimeter rather than go up right away in traffic and try and get the put back. Granted, you don't want to give up a free layup for a 3 pt shot, but on most rebounds it isn't exactly an easy put back. It's usually contested and in a swarm of bodies. 90% of the time it seem the player will try and force up that put back no matter how difficult or contested it is. Why not instruct the players to look to pass anything that isn't a free layup/dunk?
After all, is there anything better/easier than the uncontested college 3 pointer? I would rather see my team take those as opposed to contested 2 foot shots. Even if they miss the 3, those shots tend to lead to longer rebounds which would give the offensive team a great shot at another rebound since the defense will still be packed in.
I'm just a little surprised that in this day of advanced stats and analytics that this hasn't become a strategy/game plan.
