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Green Light Shooting: Determining Shot Selection Basketball and Shot Distribution University of Arkansas women’s head basketball coach Mike Neighbors is well known throughout coaching circles for his ability to coach millennial players to success. Coach Neighbors has been the common factor behind rebuilding efforts at Tulsa, Xavier, and Washington. With 25 years of experience in the game, Coach Neighbors has developed what he calls the “Green Light” shooter. He has developed a proven method to justify roles within a program. In this video, Coach Neighbors shares his “Green Light License” and a number of shooting drills that will improve shot consistency and endurance. Green Light Shot License The key to Coach Neighbors’ offensive hierarchy is determining which players can be “Green Light” shooters. Using a time-tested proven method, Neighbors can identify which players have the freedom to take more shots. The system allows Neighbors to address those who feel that a certain player takes too many shots or other players that deserve more shots. The Green Light License justifies team roles through shooting percentages in drills, practices, and games. Basketball Shooting Drills Coach Neighbors shares 10 perimeter drills, including both individual and team shooting drills. Each of the drills has the opportunity to qualify a player as a green light perimeter shooter. You will see drills like “Sobered Shooting” and “And-1 Shooting” which can be used in a number of ways. They can be used as green light qualifiers, standards for your team, or in pre- or post-practice situations. Coach Neighbors also includes a few team shooting drills that prepare players for “game shots from game spots at game pace.” The whole “Green Light” policy and the qualifying drills have been used in a number of ways by Coach Neighbors. One way the content in this video can be used is to help defend your best player’s shot selection. It also helps coaches in player or parent meetings centered on playing time and/or shot volume. This 113-minute shot selection basketball video from Coach Neighbors is a must-have for coaches looking not only to improve shot selection and shooting, but also for those coaches that need to answer any locker room debates or to answer any players’ or parents’ questions regarding shot volume and/or playing time. Rent this shot selection basketball DVD today.

Mike Neighbors’ Offensive Anatomy: “Our Plan to Make ‘Em Wrong!” University of Arkansas women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors has one of the best offenses at any level of college basketball. His “Functionally Fast” philosophy has taken teams to the Final Four and has produced 11 WNBA draft picks. In this video, Coach Neighbors will show you how he constructs the Razorbacks offense using a variety of drills. He also shares some insight into his priorities and terminology used. Building the Offense Coach Neighbors starts with the different responsibilities for each player in the transition offense. Each player has a job and that job must be executed to perfection for the offense to succeed at a high level. To help teach the fast break, Neighbors uses the “Trips” and “Five Trips” drills. These help train the primary options in the transition offense. The best offenses generate the most shots for the best players on the team. Coach Neighbors has developed a system that helps to identify players that should be taking shots. “Green Light Series” is a method for determining shot selection and Neighbors will show you two drills from this series. “And 1 Shooting” challenges players to complete ever-increasing shooting requirements before time expires. “Beat the Pro” is used to determine whether or not a player has earned a shooting license. Plays and Drills Coach Neighbors makes his system easy to understand for both players and coaches. The offense uses customizable “families” so that coaches and players can use a variety of action from a number of different alignments. This helps create a vast library of plays. For example, you will learn three options to the “Twirl” series that combine ball screens with additional screening action. “Flash” is another series that can feature a number of options using player reads or calls from the bench. You will also seed a few game-winning plays that are rarely practiced because of the success of the offensive system. You will also see two drills that can be used to develop up-tempo offenses. “Quick Strike” uses a unique scoring system and rewards teams for scoring quickly. Another drill teaches players to win three possessions in a row on both sides of the ball. This can teach your team the value of momentum. Coach Neighbors’ video is a testament to the success of his Arkansas program and can help any coach that wants to improve their transition offense.