Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form. We do not have overly quick guards but they are very capable ball handlers. Coach Rick Petri Dear Coach Petri, The fact that you have identified your guards strengths and weaknesses should be a tip-off to the solution. What you are really asking is how to develop a delay game philosophy for your team. Any game that winds down the closing minutes where you are less than 15 point ahead should involve some delay game strategy.
Most coaches call it working the clock.
But it is more than holding the ball till you have 7 seconds on the shot clock and throwing up a shot. Many games are decided in the last minutes by execution of their delay game. Execution is based upon your players understanding of every situation that might occur. When there is player indecision, it is almost certainly because, you as the coach, haven't prepared your team to know what to do in that situation so that their decisions and physical responses are automated. All teams should have a delay game philosophy just like you should have one for your offense, defense, transition game, and presses.