with Nate Oats,
University of Buffalo Head Coach;
2018 MAC Coach of the Year; 2x MAC Tournament Champions (2016, 2018);
2018 NABC District Coach of the Year; 2013 State Class A Championship (Romulus HS, MI)
University of Buffalo's Nate Oats showcases some of the shooting and dribble drive offense drills his program uses on a daily basis to compete at a high level. Coach Oats has turned the Bulls into a team that can beat anyone in the nation by utilizing a fast, relentless tempo on offense. This video will help you teach your own athletes how to use quick decision-making skills to play fast and keep opposing players on their toes.
Disadvantage Shooting
The ability to attack closeouts and defensive rotations is an essential skill players must develop to play at a high level. In 2 on 1 into 3 on 2 Shooting, offensive players are put into an advantage situation where they must read the defense and be shot ready. The defender must pick a player to closeout to and force them to react. Once players have a shooting rhythm, Coach Oats builds up to 3 on 2 Shooting and finally 4 on 3 Live, in which players can attack the over-closeout and hit the open player.
Transition Shooting
Oats demonstrates a series of transition decision making drills that will work on both offense and defense. In Cincinnati 1 v 1, offensive players learn to attack the basket and the defense with a full head of steam, getting downhill in seven seconds or less. In turn, the defense must learn to decide how to level out an offensive player that's trying to get downhill as fast as possible.
In the Cardinal Drill, your players will continue working on getting downhill on offense, but will be put into a 2 on 1 situation where they must make quick and easy passes that will lead to an easy bucket.
Blood Series
Coach Oats uses the Blood Series, which is one of his program's staples, to teach his players to read the defense while playing in game situations. These drills are tailored for the dribble drive motion offense and have helped some of the best programs to create scoring opportunities by learning to attack gaps and get into the paint.
In Slot Reads, athletes hunt for the paint and work to get an easy score or hit the lift players rotating behind them. Players create gaps and driving angles through multiple drives into the paint. In Corner Reads, players attack baseline and make reads off the baseline defender closing out to them. With post players lifting to the middle of the paint, drivers create multiple scoring opportunities using the drift pass, post dump pass, or kick out pass for an open 3-pointer. In Wing Reads, players get between the top two defenders and are able to create a lot of havoc once they get into the paint.
The drills provided in this video by Coach Oats will help you develop a complete offensive attacking team. Your players will enjoy getting downhill and in between gaps on offense as they hunt for the paint and read what the defense gives them!
90 minutes. 2019.