Difference Between Small Forward and Power Forward

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Hi, this is Sean Hobson. And what we want to talk about right now is the difference between what a small forward is and a power forward is. The forward position is usually a little bit bigger of a player than what we use for our guards. Our point guards are typically one of the smaller guys in the offense, and our shooting guards are usually a little bit bigger. But our forwards are going to be the big guys--you want to concentrate on the small forward being a big guard that can shoot. So, for example, we've got Kyle here who is a taller player, he's just a little bit smaller than our post players, but at the same time he's a good outside shooter. So we can use him out on the wing as an outside shooter, what we call the small forward position, which is actually like another big guard. Some offenses run a three guard set, so instead of having a small forward, they're going to have another guard. So, our power forward spot then is basically, if you're team is blessed like ours is, we have a lot of big post players, so you can actually use two players that might be centers, one as a power forward, and one as a center. But the difference between the two are a power forward is going to be a guy that can post up, but at the same time he can shoot from the outside as well. So we're going to use him as a versatile role, where a center is more of a guy that's just going to play underneath, and he's going to post up, and he's going to rebound underneath. But this guy's going to be a little more versatile. We're going to run him from side to side, we're going to run him off some screens, allow him to come up in the high post area and shoot as well. So we've got our power forward which plays down low most of the time, and our small forwards which are going to play out on the perimeter for us. And that's the difference between the two forward roles.

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