Anyone ever figure out how we fixed our rebounding?

[Kitaman]

All season many complained (me included) at our lack of toughness, strength and tenacity at getting rebounds. It was a major weakness during the regular season and seemingly the biggest hold-back from us doing damage.

Well come tournament time it was fixed. And we held our own against some very big and skilled boys!

Anyone know or have an idea as to what the hell happened?

 

[Scot-e]

Heart.

 

[elduderino]

Daniels and Giffey showed up to play every game. The rest did what they had been doing all year. The difference was in those two.

 

[jibsey]

As a seriously under girthed team and often undersized team we held our own when the chips were down. Credit to KO and staff for the motivation and our players who bought in, but we had a 6' guard who averaged 6 per game, with a knack for knowing where the ball was going to be. That's a gift like 6'8" Rodman who out rebounded everyone.

 

[intlzncster]

Our bigs finally got good at boxing 'backwards' and letting our guards/wings do all the boarding.

 

[mauconnfan]

I forgot to mention they called me in? I'm sorry…….

Well then there you go!

 

[Chin Diesel]

Our bigs finally got good at boxing 'backwards' and letting our guards/wings do all the boarding.

This.

About mid-season the staff realized our bigs didn't have the ability to box out and rebound. So the staff decided to have the bigs clear space and used the boards to crash. There's a reason why UConn's PG almost lead the team in rebounding. He was always in the paint for defensive boards. On most teams the PG is leaking out to the sidelines to catch the outlet and start the break. For UConn it was having the PG grab the board and start the break.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

I think Scote's Dad gave KO some tips.

 

[intlzncster]

I think Scote's Dad gave KO some tips.

Dude IS a genius so...

 

[8893]

Two words: Senhor Testiculo

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

actually, what happened was our guards forced teams to start farther out, so high pick and role started higher up, also, we doubled almost every post and forced kick outs for jump shots and then sent four or five to the glass every time. so, except for KY in the first half, there were few easy offensive put backs and many of our opponents were forced shoot jumpers and midrange shots, and uconn had everyone defensive rebound.

Plus, giffey, daniels and nolan all improved/got tougher

 

[elduderino]

The way UCONN likes to foster shot blocking, Brimah, Daniels, Nolan to some extent, just about every time a shot goes up inside of 8' we're going to be short a rebounder due to the shot contest. It has its advantages and disadvantages, but in general, we just played monster defense with heart all tournament and it paid off beautifully!

 

[Huskybass]

Niels became a rebounding monster. He simply wanted it more than anyone else, except maybe Bazz.

 

[Onions]

Niels became a starter, got more minutes and became an animal on the glass and DD started boarding consistently, buying in to what KO had been preaching, namely that he had to get rebounding touches to get in a scoring mode.

 

[art4life]

All the points above are credible,
but I think it was "The CHAMBER"!!!

(K.Free's mid-season rebounding drill)

 

[David 76]

This.

About mid-season the staff realized our bigs didn't have the ability to box out and rebound. So the staff decided to have the bigs clear space and used the boards to crash. There's a reason why UConn's PG almost lead the team in rebounding. He was always in the paint for defensive boards. On most teams the PG is leaking out to the sidelines to catch the outlet and start the break. For UConn it was having the PG grab the board and start the break.

I don't buy it. Bazz was leading the rebounding by more early in the season.DD finally caught (slightly passed him) at the very end of the season. DD improved and Giffey dedicated himself to rebounding.
Amazing, I still don't totally get how they did it. Just like the problem we had facing big front courts went away when we played smaller.

KO magic & lots of heart.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

All the points above are credible,
but I think it was "The CHAMBER"!!!

(K.Free's mid-season rebounding drill)

Okay, I'll bite....what is "The CHAMBER"?

 

[UconnU]

Giffey kromah and daniels became rebounding machines.

 

[selles]

All season many complained (me included) at our lack of toughness, strength and tenacity at getting rebounds. It was a major weakness during the regular season and seemingly the biggest hold-back from us doing damage.

Well come tournament time it was fixed. And we held our own against some very big and skilled boys!

Anyone know or have an idea as to what the hell happened?

Quite frankly, our decision to rehire Clyde Vaughan midseason was the biggest factor.

 

[Palatine]

The growth of our front court. Brimah got better. DD got better. Giffey got better. We improved as a group.

 

[art4life]

Okay, I'll bite....what is "The CHAMBER"?

It was from the middle of the 2012-13 season...

LINK

"The new drill was dubbed the chamber drill by Kevin Freeman, the director of basketball administration, an undersized-but-feisty rebounder during his playing days. It was meant to force players to box out, or, rather, to make the necessary moves and contact that leads to proper boxing out.

Each player would come down from center court and move first to one wing, hit a manager holding a pad, and then to the center to simulate defensive help. Then he'd have to dart to the other wing and hit another manager's pad. Finally, he'd have to move back to the middle and, as a coach put up a shot, fight a scout team member for a live rebound. "Send 'em back in the chamber," Freeman would yell.

"We have to get three boxouts at one time," Napier said, "and if we weren't able to get three, we'd have to run as a team. The first four or five guys couldn't get the boxout and we had to keep running and running."

 

[J-dog]

actually, what happened was our guards forced teams to start farther out, so high pick and role started higher up, also, we doubled almost every post and forced kick outs for jump shots and then sent four or five to the glass every time. so, except for KY in the first half, there were few easy offensive put backs and many of our opponents were forced shoot jumpers and midrange shots, and uconn had everyone defensive rebound.

Plus, giffey, daniels and nolan all improved/got tougher

Totally agree… It was all about the guard play on the defensive end… They cut off the head & the body was rendered useless. The UConn guards were ultra disruptive & they continually made it difficult for the opposing guards to run any plays. This led to a short play-clock, desperate shot selection & easy rebounds.

 

[Gurleyman]

Totally agree… It was all about the guard play on the defensive end… They cut off the head & the body was rendered useless. The UConn guards were ultra disruptive & they continually made it difficult for the opposing guards to run any plays. This led to a short play-clock, desperate shot selection & easy rebounds.

Agreed. We also allowed minimal dribble penetration, which forces bigs to rotate off their men and leave the boards open. If bigs can stay at home, they can utilize their box out drill techniques. If they have to help and recover, it's a lot tougher.