A Coach's Diary

J ay Wright here is teaching their 'Bully' finish move.  The definition of a bully can be seen here: He starts out by talking about hearing at a basketball clinic at Princeton that they work for 30 minutes of layups every day.   Think about how many times in a game do you get a layup out of your offense or on a steal do you get a layup and miss? You have to practice finishing around the basket off either feet and off two feet when you get contact to finish. Jay calls finishing off two feet a 'Bully Move.'  Get to the basket, come to a 2 foot stop and extend at the rim.  Coming to a 2 foot stop allows you to also read the help defense.  You can stop and finish a layup, stop and finish with a jump stop, or stop and read the defense and pass. Here is a video of him talking about the Bully and the team working on the Bully. The reason you teach going off 2 feet is that you might beat your man, but you have to read the help.   He tal...