Help - Instructions

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Viewing an Article.

Use the menu at the top to view the Playbook articles, or you can use the index on the "Playbook Index" page. This web-site employs "responsive web design" so it should re-size itself to fit in any browser, tablet or mobile device.

Printing an Article

You can also right-click on the page and then select "Print" from the pop-up menu. Or use the browser's "Print" button. The header, footer, menus, etc. will not be printed.

Viewing Animated Diagrams

Many of the articles contained in this web-site have an associated animated diagram (especially the various plays, offenses, defenses, etc). These animated diagrams help demonstrate the play and the important timing of the play. If there is an animation for that page, the "View Animation" button will appear at the top of the page. Click this button to load the animation.
Or you can click on "Animations" in the menu above. The "Animations" page contains a listing (menu) of all of the web-site's animations. Using the animations menu allows you to move quickly from one animation to another without loading each article first.

When loading an animation, if all you see is a blank window, it's probably because you have an older, unsupported browser, which you will need to update. The animated diagrams are in html5 formats and are compatibile with most browsers, tablets and phones, including iPad and iPhone.

Viewing Plays, Diagrams

Offensive players are O1, O2, O3, O4, O5, and are circles.
Defensive players are X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and are triangles.

In the diagrams, player cuts are solid lines, whereas passes are dotted lines. A screen is a line with a perpendicular "bar". Dribbling is indicated by a wavy or "squiggly" line.

Video Clips

There is an extensive library of video clips demonstrating ball-handling, one and two-ball dribbling drills and dribble moves. Player fundamentals, guard play and post play clips are included. You can click on "Video" in the menu above. The clips are in several html5 video formats which should facilitate compatibility with nearly all browsers and devices. There are also a number of YouTube video clips scattered throughout the website.

Problems, Suggestions

If you are still having problems, or if you have a suggestion, please e-mail me. Please make sure that your own email server will accept a return email from me, and that your email storage space is not full. In either case, I will not be able to get back to you, and this is frustrating for both of us! I will usually respond to your email within a day or two. If you don't hear from me right away, check to make sure your email server will accept my email (your spam blocker may not allow me).

Copyright Notice

All of the contents of the Coach's Clipboard web-site, including the articles, animated diagrams and video clips, pdf files, MS Word documents, Playbook download, etc are protected by US copyright. You may not use any of this information on your own website without permission.

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