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Who wins?

Bonus question: who wins if it’s Mahone vs (prime) Mike Tyson?

I hope nobody has put a bounty on my head after reading that title.

Right now I have a U10 boys team, and alongside our 5 out motion (pass, cut, fill), we’ve introduced Gonzaga continuity ball screen.

For years I ripped coaches who ran sets at young ages.

“You’re killing their development with ball screens.”
“Sets don’t teach decision making.”
“You should spend practice time on skills, not plays.”

I’ve probably been saying versions of that for close to a decade.

But here’s where I’ve landed:

1. It’s an incredibly simple pattern. The kids understood the basic flow in about 25 to 30 minutes.

2. It creates a ton of natural scoring opportunities where kids can actually use their skills with proper spacing.

3. The “posts” are on the perimeter facing the basket a lot of the time instead of just parking under the rim.

4. It teaches timing, spacing, and the basics of playing within structure without turning the game into robotic basketball.

I really think this will help the kids development long term by using it occasionally in games.

For context, this is a solid AAU team in their second season together. We practice 3.5 days per week.

First watch, I didn’t fully come around until Season 4 when it clicked how unreal it is to have him on your side.

Second watch, it was way earlier. Honestly from S2E1 I was already rooting for him.

Curious where it flipped for everyone else watching Prison Break.

I’m on my fourth rewatch, and I can’t remember if, on my first watch, I interpreted this as Mahone being involved with the Company.

Or if perhaps I thought he was just unhinged as hell. Later, there is the scene with him and Kellerman in the car, and this feels like a reveal of some kind (I think??)

My head hurts.