This entry is the 11th chapter of the blog Ideas on Building a Fast Fast Break Offense. The whole blog is here.

The traditional thinking is that if you have quick players, you run a fast break offense. And if you have slow players, you concentrate on your half-court offense.

This is not an optimal way to approach the issue. Rather, make the decision based on the number of capable players. If you have ten or more of them, run the fast fast break offense. If you don’t have, don’t run.

Why should this be the case?

1. All offensive systems are more effective with quick players than with slow ones. If you have really slow players, you’ll be in trouble no matter what. Your fast fast break offense will not be great, but neither will your half court offense. However, if you have a lot of slow players, the fast fast break offense might be your best chance. It allows you to take advantage of your depth, and that may be your only strength compared to your opponents.
2. Quickness is usually referred to as a physical characteristic – meaning foot speed. However, basketball requires tactical and technical quickness, too. So, even if your players have slow feet, they can be relatively quick in the basketball sense of the word. And if they are not, it’s your job can to help them become quicker.
3. Quickness is relative. If your team play at a young age group or in a low-level league, the players will be slow in the absolute sense of the word – in other words, compared to elite teams. But you don’t need to worry about those teams. All you need worry about is your team and its opponents.

All solid offenses run breaks that are fast up to a point. In this entry I’m trying to see how we could accelerate the offense beyond the point set by conventional wisdom. This is where the title comes from: “fast fast break offense” refers to an offense that is visibly faster than a solid, reasonable offense on the average.

I am writing and posting entry this piece by piece, chapter by chapter. The 11th chapter Run With a Slow Team, Too was posted on Friday September 1. Please let me know if you spot loopholes in my thinking or if you want to share some of your ideas.

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This entry is an attempt to combine some principles and some nuts and bolts regarding shooting and practicing shooting. Originally, I published this post in March 2015.

In November 2015 I put it back together piece by piece and also added some new remarks. The latest additions were made on Monday Nov 30. Drills related to this entry can be found in this blog entry.

Shooting Accuracy and Efficiency Are Not the Same Thing

For starters we must define the primary goal of shooting practice. That definition is a prerequisite for any intelligent discussion about the subject. That is because if we do not know exactly what shooting practice should accomplish, it is impossible to assess its efficiency.

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