“ICE” Rebounding
(Identify, Contact, Explode)
Defensive Rebounding Techniques
- Step into and put forearm in chest. Find a man and be physical.
- Make contact with your opponent, make them take a step back, and pursue the ball. Get your butt into the blockout.
- Stau down low.
- Have a nose for the ball, read where the ball is being shot at and position yourself accordingly.
- Keep two hands up, not down, to rebound. Keep thumbs to ears. This eliminates one-hand rebounds. Always use two hands.
- We go to the best slice of the pie if our man does not go to the board.
- Clean, chinned rebounds are a key to our fast break.
- Our guards will be great defensive rebounders. Their defensive rebound quickens the fast break.
Concepts
- We emphasize rebounding on every shot taken in practice or games.
- We evaluate our rebound performance on effort rather than the numbers of rebounds collected in a particular practice or game.
- We evaluate the block out effort by each player on each shot.
- We evaluate the number of times a player make the all out effort to get to the offensive boards vs. the number of opportunities he wasted.
- We get 50% or better of all our missed shots including our free throws.
Offensive Rebounding Techniques
- We treat each teammates shot as a pass to us.
- We relentlessly pursue the ball. We avoid contact and we want to be inside, beside or burying our opponent.
- We keep our hands high at shoulder height for quick jumping and rebounding capture.
- When we can’t get the rebound we keep the ball alive by tipping it to someone else.
- We get the ball inside to the post and we get dribble penetration into the lane to maximize our offensive rebounding. Our guards will follow up the post player’s shot. We will rebound the dribble penetrator’s shot.
- On offense we like to send our worst rebounder back when the shot goes up. If we don't get the offensive rebound then the get back guy is in charge of matching everyone after the rebound happens.
- The get back guys rule is simple. Once the shot goes up take three steps back. If your team doesn’t get the rebound we are back peddling and matching everyone up. If we do get the offensive rebound he quickly takes three steps forward to step into his shot. We really like to have our best shooter as the get back guy.
WOLVES REBOUNDING SEQUENCE
- 3 v 0 offensive rebounding: Coach shoots from 10’ – 12’ and three players are aligned above free throw line extended in each 1/3 of the court. On the shot players find the best “slice of the pie.” In doing so, they use a tap and swim technique. Rebound the ball with two hands, two feet, two cheeks, and snap the ball to their chin when captured and finish with a power shot. On the made basket the players sprint back for transition defense.
- 3 v 3 (with air dummies) offensive rebounding: Same procedure as above but now the offensive player needs to fight pressure from the air dummy block out. The key coaching point we add is to make sure the players go to a gap, not a back. In this phase a team could also work on keeping the ball alive. If you can’t secure the rebound try to tap it out to keep the ball alive for your teammates.
- 3 v 3 (air dummies) defensive rebounding: On the shot players use their rebounding technique to block out the air dummies. They must hold the block out allowing the ball to bounce two times before pursuing to and capturing the ball. Make sure players keep their hands high (above shoulders) and use their assets. Once they have possession the best handler of the group comes to receive the outlet and the three player’s transition into a fastbreak and finish.
- Scramble block out: This is the same as above but now the defensive player is not allowed to block out the man in front of him. This encourages communication and incorporates help side rebounding techniques.
- Baseline trap and cover down wide blockout: The ball is now moved to the baseline and trapped. The player who traps the ball needs to rotate back to find the man coming down the middle of the lane.