Reverse Engineering Offense w/ Wesley Brooks

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We are fortunate to have Wesley Brooks on this episode.

Brooks is entering his third year as the head coach at Utah State University. Prior to that, Brooks worked as an assistant coach that included stops at North Texas, Utah, Michigan, and Ohio State. He was also a grad assistant for John Beilein at West Virginia.

"If you have good spacing, you can manipulate any defense."

Discussion topics in this episode

• Why the low man is often the most important defender on the floor.
• Using spacing to eliminate tags and create offensive advantages.
• Coach Brooks' framework of Single, Double, Triple, Quad, and Zero spacing concepts.
• Reverse-engineering offense: teaching players how to play after the play instead of relying on set plays.
• The importance of floor geography, interior spots, and clear offensive language.
• How Utah State teaches players to attack help through concepts rather than memorization.
• Using 0.5 basketball.
• Integrating concepts through shooting drills and small-sided games.
• Offensive triggers from interior touches, including X-cuts, post splits, Laker cuts, and Punch actions.
• Practice design, film study, and the six performance metrics Brooks tracks every day.