Coach Cal is attending a [URL=”http://www.allkyhoops.com/2011/09/john-calipari-to-appear-at-special.html”]Coaching Clinic today[/URL], and Draft Express is keeping us up to date on what Cal is talking about.
The tweets are listed below:
Bill Self also spoke, right before Cal, and gave a little jab towards him.
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[I]Bill Self: “Ill give you an out of bounds play now. We’re going to run it on Kentucky and dunk it on Calipari’s ass.” (Cal 5 feet away)[/I]
Cal had a nice reply:
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Here is the Coach Cal portion:
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[I]Kentucky’s John Calipari is up next. Will discuss “playing fast without being in a hurry” and the dribble-drive motion offense. [/I]
[I]Calipari showing 3 on 0 transition drills he uses to start practice, against clock. Wants players coaching themselves using “peer pressure.”[/I]
[I]Calipari likes using these basic fundamental drills every practice so his team can learn how to play fast without turning the ball over.[/I]
[I]Cal wants his players playing fast, but without making mistakes. That’s why he works so much on fundamentals of catching, finishing, passing[/I]
[I]Calipari says team will be running a modified version of the dribble-drive this season, inspired by what he learned at the FIBA Americas.[/I]
[I]Guards in corner on dribble drive will first read where their defender is before deciding whether to curl towards middle or cut on baseline.[/I]
[I]Calipari surprisingly says that his teams don’t do any specialized work on half-court defense at this stage of the season. Only offense.[/I]
[I]Surprising because Kentucky is always one of the best defensive teams in the NCAA. I guess the freshmen need more work on offense early on.[/I]
[I]Calipari says its important to know how to ask for help & even more important to teach players that. Talking about Jerry Colangelo’s story.[/I]
[I]Clinic done. Cal talking to press now. Says “this might be the fastest team I’ve coached since 2008. Anthony Davis runs court in 3 steps.”[/I]
[I]Calipari: “There will be 4 super conferences. I said 4 months ago. Our commissioners & ADs are making decisions. They don’t ask my opinion”[/I]
