Transforming Basketball Blog

Spacing has changed the game. NBA offenses today look nothing like they did in the ’90s—more threes, better efficiency, and smarter shot selection. But why? The key lies in how teams use space to create and capitalize on advantages.

If you were to search for pick and roll spacings, the internet would give you a myriad of different spacings. We wanted to keep this blog simple and present four of the most common spacings in the modern game.

This blog unpacks ways to develop the relay pass through CLA practice environments.

What a relay pass is, when to use it, and why it's particularly effective against aggressive defensive coverages?

Paris Basketball has burst onto the scene in their first season in the EuroLeague, bringing their elite offensive rebounding approach with them. But what is their secret?

Coach Christophe Ney shares how to fix a stagnant basketball offense when you have limited practice time. Discover how shifting from rigid set plays to a dynamic, trigger-based "conceptual offense" can empower your players, speed up decision-making, and reignite your team's creativity on the court.

A while ago I had a really good conversation with another coach here in Germany. I re-posted a particularly ‘shifty’ dribble move on Instagram, and he wanted to know how I would ‘teach’ that using the CLA.

To achieve this seamlessly, have a small 'menu' of triggers for your players to choose from. This may be player and opponent specific. The ideas is to avoid having too many that your players don't execute any of them well.

How do you introduce the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA) to an entire coaching staff? Discover practical strategies for building trust, providing the right resources, running effective workshops, and using Staff Development Plans to help your coaches confidently embrace the CLA framework.

This is a bit of a ‘catch 22’ scenario! While we make use of BRADs extensively at Transforming (original credit to Sefu Bernard), we don’t believe in having a list of external cues that are uniformal to every player. The reason is this implies that there is an optimal way for each player to shoot.