When do you run uptempo while pressing? What stamina do you look for? I go 11-12 deep, on presses team depending on a redshirt or an ineligible. My team have 78 stamina combined.
4/15/2015 8:23 PM
I would use your exhibition games to see how exhausted your players become when going uptempo. All of the usual uptempo suggestions still remain even when you play press. Just be watchful of how many fouls your team commits.
4/15/2015 9:35 PM
also if you have a clear ath/spd advantage I'd go uptempo and draw the fouls
4/15/2015 10:15 PM
uptempo press can be great, but it is going to fatigue you significantly. you have to consider which team will get fatigued more, as a result of your uptempo. 

also, going uptempo while pressing doesn't really draw fouls... its going uptempo INTO a press that draws fouls. i mean, uptempo doesn't draw fouls. but fouls have increasing marginal utility (opposite of diminishing returns), and press teams get in more foul trouble than most. for this reason, uptempo can be especially dangerous if you are the pressing team. if you are 5 deep guards and bigs, its a lot safer. i would be scared to run much uptempo press otherwise, personally. if you have that (or 4 with good stamina who don't draw lots of fouls even) uptempo press can be really powerful. teams that have shorter rotations in general or at certain positions can get in a lot of trouble, quick, you can push those teams into the deep oranges often enough to be quite powerful.

running uptempo into less deep press teams typically makes sense (depth = rotation + stamina, if you want to be picky throw in propensity to foul). assuming you have good depth, running against 10 man or less zone/man teams often makes sense as well. you have to be careful against zone teams in particular, but it can often work in your favor when they are short stacked, too. i would be strongly against running uptempo into a competitive zone/man team who has comparable depth. the only exception is with those no-3s mass foul drawing teams and maybe but probably not fb/press teams.
4/15/2015 11:57 PM (edited)
I lost this game, going normal. I thought of running uptempo. Do you think it changes the result?

http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/GameResults/BoxScore.aspx?gid=11837843
4/16/2015 7:27 AM
I think, based on the fatigue level of your team in that game, that you can play uptempo.  But if you keep playing -5 in the press, you are going to keep having guys foul out.  Also, I only personally play uptempo if I have an ath/spd advantage on a team, you really did not have that against that team.

His top 4 scorers are Guards and 30% of his shots are 3 pointers .. why on earth would you play him -5 press?

EDIT:  Never mind .. he was playing -5 :)

4/16/2015 7:09 PM (edited)
Yeah, he knew my offense was based on post players... I truly am weaker at the guard spot. He did shoot really high with all his guard. I am not sure his team is better. Maybe I did not coach it well. The only three points threat I have is Lupien.
4/16/2015 7:31 PM

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