Thunder: Scott Brooks runs Unique Drill for players to understand each other better

[spursparker9]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/okc-th...215845530.html

In a sit-down interview with Bleacher Report's Jared Zwerling, Brooks described one method he uses to keep the team together. During practice, he likes to run a drill where he makes players switch roles so they can better understand each other on the court:

"I'll also change player positions in practice so they can understand each other. I'll run a skeleton offensive drill—no defense—where I'll have, like, [center Kendrick] Perkins at point guard and Russell at the five running pick-and-rolls. Then I'll stop and say, "Perk, you didn't get into the ball; you didn't force it over the screen and square him up. And Russell, you didn't bump the screener; you didn't come to the level of the screen and you didn't wall off the point guard." They're like, "It's not as easy as I thought." So it helps them appreciate each other's role."

[ElNono]

[lefty]

yup


the drill is effective

[Mal]

What is the purpose of Perkings even dribbling the ball ?

[Jenks]

Russell, blow the whistle.

Joey Crawford, run towards the hoop with the ball flailing wildly with no chance at taking an actual shot, then shoot two free throws.

[pgardn]

Westbrook with the cheeky, y, insolent face.
I hate his face.

[pgardn]

Russell, blow the whistle.

Joey Crawford, run towards the hoop with the ball flailing wildly with no chance at taking an actual shot, then shoot two free throws.

Yup.

[AaronY]

Not a bad drill. But Brooks is awful obviously

[HemisfairArena]

Horrible idea. Lets make QB's play linebacker,,,and LB's play QB while we're at it. Pitcher play shortstop and vice versa,,,lmao.

[100%duncan]

lol Ibaka spearchucking got has the most fga of the team. Mother er has the nerve to go off on their best player smh

[100%duncan]

And lol what a goty drill. "appreciate each other's role"? in high school coach

[Narutoluva]

Westbrook with the cheeky, y, insolent face.
I hate his face.

I hate you.

[Malik Hairston]

Damn, Ibaka probably apologized the moment that he was alone with Russ, he doesn't have a chance in that fight, tbh..

[ambchang]

Spends too much time doing things they won't do when the guys don't even know how to do the things they should do.

Or maybe there aren't too many things to practice so they can do all thesecpointless drills.

[UZER]

Westbrook with the cheeky, y, insolent face.
I hate his face.

hate that too. But when he stupidly turns the ball over, he has the stupid over smiling grin like "hey we just out here having fun"

[elmanutres]

just a past their peak team doing past their peak things

[The Reckoning]

lol they'll just be telling each other what to do now

[Spurs 4 The Win]

Russell, blow the whistle.

Joey Crawford, run towards the hoop with the ball flailing wildly with no chance at taking an actual shot, then shoot two free throws.