John Calipari has had his first chances to work with his new team this week. Teams are allowed a limited amount of skill instruction time each week before the official opening of practice (for UK, that’s Big Blue Madness), after which Calipari and all coaches are allowed the full allotted time of 20 hours per week.After practice, Calipari stopped to chat for a CoachCal.com video briefly describing the work the team is doing. Offense is the focus right now and the dribble drive is being taught to the newcomers. Calipari also said pick-and-rolls and hand-offs will also be a big part of UK’s attack. Hand-offs, in particular, were used to great effect last season in the Wildcats’ Final Four run despite the fact Calipari has not used them significantly in the past.

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