"A defense can control whether an opponent will shoot a three. But players cannot control, in that defense, whether that team is able to make the three." This seems like a very strange idea to me. If I can effect whether the guy is going to shoot, why can't I affect the percentage? I’m going to have to think about this more…
But like the above post says you don’t need to shoot a high % to score affectively from the 3point line. After reading Scher’s post I thought if these notes from a Walberg clinic from back when he was at Pepperdine.
Shoot 75 shots a game.
1/3 of our shot attempts should be 3 pointers.
Shoot 24 free throws, make 66% of them.
The above would give you the following:
On our 75 shots:
We want to shoot 25 3’s, make 8 of them, this is 32%
On your other 50 shots, a lot of which should come from around the basket, make 20 out
of 50, this is only 40%. Given that a lot of these will be lay-ups, that is not a very high
percentage.
If we get our 24 free throws, we want to make 16 of them, which is 66%.
The points that we generate are broken down below.
Eight 3’s = 24 points
Twenty 2’s = 40 points
Sixteen FT’s = 16 points
Total = 80 points
We generate 80 points on a night where we shoot 37% from the field, (28 of 75)
and 66% percent from the foul line. These are very attainable goals for our team.
Even on a night where we shoot 33% from the field (25 of 75), and 50% from the free
throw line, (12 of 24), you can still generate 67 points. (Assuming you hit 20 2’s and 5
3’s.) At the high school level, 67 points will still win you a lot of games.
A real key is to get those shot attempt numbers up around 75. We do this through pushing
the ball for 32 minutes, getting to the offensive boards, and most importantly using our
defensive pressure to get turnovers and increase the tempo of the game.
