Jody Adams-Birch wanted to know what her players did best on the basketball court. So she asked them.
“They labeled what their strength is, what their No. 1 shot is, what their No. 2 shot is,” she said. “They’re not pigeon-holed, in that, ‘I have to bang, I have to use the on-ball screen coming this way.’ It really gives them some freedom to work to get to do what they’re really great at.”
Adams-Birch, Wichita State’s women’s coach, asked those questions as part of implementing a new offense in the spring, one that borrows from the dribble-drive offense and rewards penetration and outside shooting.