Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast Playing Through Triggers w/ Taylor Tucker
Jun 5, 2025
Taylor Tucker, Associate Head Coach at Des Moines Area Community College and creator of the @Tucker_Thorson Twitter account, shares his expertise on basketball strategy. He dives into the concept of triggers, discussing their role in maintaining offensive flow and how to effectively recognize and implement them. Tucker also highlights the importance of closeouts, offering strategies for offensive exploitation. He shares tips on adapting plays to player strengths and emphasizes the value of embracing mistakes in the learning process.
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Junior College Summer Week
- Des Moines Area CC brings players to campus for a week in June for workouts, camps, and a jamboree.
- After that week they send players home until August while staff continues film and project work.
Possession Goal: Paint Touch First
- The goal of a possession is to get a paint touch or create rotation before resorting to a trigger.
- Triggers restart meaningful action to avoid isolations and stimulate high-quality scoring chances.
Leverage Triggers To Maximize Practice Value
- Use triggers to leverage practice time on high-value, unscripted moments and create randomness for the defense.
- Teach triggers so all five players share decisiveness, anticipation, and aggression while keeping the defense guessing.