Craig Raucher leverages skills gained during an executive career in the transportation industry to lead the Brooklyn/Staten Island Athletic League. As director, he guides a competitive amateur basketball league that includes many former high school and college standouts. As part of his strategy, Craig Raucher emphasizes teamwork-focused fundamentals of the game such as coordinated offensive passing and shooting.

2.  Craig Raucher leverages skills gained
during an executive career in the
transportation industry to lead the
Brooklyn/Staten Island Athletic League. As
director, he guides a competitive amateur
basketball league that includes many
former high school and college standouts.
As part of his strategy, Craig Raucher
emphasizes teamwork-focused
fundamentals of the game such as
coordinated offensive passing and
shooting.

3.  One of the most flexible and intuitive types
of offensive setups is the “motion offense,”
which was popularized by long time
Indiana State coach Bob Knight. Instead of
running a series of set plays, players operate
within a unified system of rules that
incorporates proper passing and cutting,
screen setting, and floor spacing
techniques. With this coordinated system in
place, players are able to quickly move into
open areas of the court and take
advantage of transitions

4.  Ideally, with five equally talented team
members, all players on the court can
rotate or switch into any position, which
keeps opponents guessing what is
coming next. A key to the success of this
approach is to avoid bunching players
too closely, which leads to the possibility
of turnovers due to interceptions, steals,
and double-teaming.