Coaching U Live
(Rental)-Coaching U Live Indianapolis 2012 11 Dvd Set
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Lon Kruger
(Rental)-All Access Basketball Lon Kruger
$44.99
Basketball Drills & Practice w/ Oklahoma Coach Lon Kruger
This basketball drills DVD contains three of the first practices of Oklahoma's season. Legendary coach Lon Kruger shows you how he builds Oklahoma's offense and defense from the ground up. He uses a combination of break down drills, individual player development, and shell drills to work on both the parts and whole of what he is teaching. You will also see why Kruger has won so many games with the the he motivates and teaches his players.
This basketball drills DVD contains the foundation of everything OU does during the season. While all of the skills, fundamentals, and offensive sets are not exhaustive, it shows how he teaches the basics. It includes individual skill development, conditioning, half court offense, half court defense, and transition work. It can be daunting to set-up your entire program in three practices but Kruger shows how it can be done.
Coach Kruger constantly emphasizes communication. You will see how he encourages both his players and assistant to continually use their voices to help communicate. His assistants are very involved and vocal during the practices and it adds a wave of energy for each drill. Kruger is not a drill sergeant of a coach but rather uses a softer, more encouraging tone to motivate his players.
Day 1 Basketball Practice
Coach Kruger has defense as the main focus of day one. He uses a variety of shell drills to teach the foundation of their defense which include positioning, communication, effort, physicality, covering cutters, screens, and help side responsibility. He also moves the defense into the full court. He goes over the fundamental transition rules and briefly covers their full court defense and the responsibilities of each layer of the press.
After watching this one practice you get the feel that OU really likes to run an up tempo game. Much of the practice is devoted to both offense and defensive transition. On offense, Kruger teaches his players how to use the trailer as both a ball-screened and ball reversal pivot man. He teaches his players to be patient when attacking so they can see all of the options and make the right play at the right time.
Day 2 Basketball Practice
Day two begins with a really cool series of 11 drills. The drills begin with individual player development and progress to include break down drills of the teams offensive and defensive schemes and actions. It is a great way warm up the team, work on individual skill, and team schemes.
This day also includes a huge dedication to breakdown drills. Kruger uses 1-on-1 all the way through 4-on-4 drills to reinforce the fundamentals they want to see on offense. Players will develop chemistry along with learning the basics of their offense which include moving without the ball, screening, passing, and dribble penetration. Kruger also briefly goes over their basic zone offense principles.
Defensively, Kruger piggy backs off the the first day be reinforcing what they learned about the press. He focus on teaching disadvantage situations by using more breakdown drills.
Day 3 Basketball Practice
The practice lay-out and drills are very similar to the previous two days, however, with a noticeable shift of expectations. Kruger moves from the mechanics of what they are doing to getting results from each drill. He continues to hone the half court offense and defense while also introducing his full-court man press.
In day three, the Sooners work more in groups of five. They get repetitions in primary and secondary fast break with 5-0 full court trips. They also spend a large amount of practice time going live with a 5-on-5 scrimmage. During the scrimmage Kroger and his staff continue to coach and emphasize the principles they are trying to teach on offense and defense.
This all-access look into Oklahoma's basketball team has the potential to change the course of your program and coaching career so do not wait to rent this DVD. Rent this basketball drills and practice DVD today.
Holly Warlick
(Rental)-All Access With Holly Warlick
$24.99
Women's Basketball Practice with Holly Warlick
Tennessee is one of most recognizable brands in women college basketball and it is led by a highly successful coach in Holly Warlick, played for the late Pat Summitt. Coach Warlick runs an intense, passionate practice and it has led Tennessee to the Elite Eight twice during her tenure. This an amazing inside look into how constantly practicing intensity, hard, and fundamentals can lead to team success.
Basketball Practice 1 - Tennesse Women
Tennessee is known for having high standards and defensive intensity. This first practice shows how they develop those two traits. This practice is early in the season and Coach Warlick is laying the foundation for how the team is going to play through both discussions with the players and on-court work.
Much of the court time is dedicated to half court defense. You will see one of Tennessee's fundamental defensive drills in the Circle Closeout drill. The drill is a 3-on-3 highly competitive drill that focus on closeouts and help side D. The staff shows how you can score the drill to make it even more intense.
Warlick spends a large chunk of time focusing on defending the post. She teaches how guards can help the post players by "digging" from the wing along with the post players fundamentals guarding the ball in the post.
The Lady Vols work on both their conditioning and full-court pressure with 2-on-2 and 3-on-3 breakdown drills. These drills are the foundation of their "Fire" press option which they use after they score an easy transition bucket.
Basketball Practice 2 - Tennesse Women
The second practice is mostly focused on offense. They used a series of breakdown drills and controlled scrimmages to teach players what is expected of them. They also show two types of layup drills that can used as a warm up and work on finishing in traffic and with contact.
Coach Warlick keeps the theme of toughness and intensity even on the offensive side of the ball. She shows the teams War Drill, an offensive rebounding and transition drill, which will add energy and intensity to any practice. They also teach the fundamentals of offensive rebounding by showing players how to get around the defender and finish.
The Lady Vols spend a large chunk of time working their half court offense against man-to-man and zone defenses. They specially work on their "Drag" set along with how to attack traditional and trapping zones.
The team works on some more conditioning with a more free flowing 5-on-5 scrimmage. During this time Coach Warlick likes to emphasize full-court pressure and scoring in transition.
Coach Warlick and her staff are tremendous teaches that know how to improve both the team and individual talent. There a more than a handful of coaching concepts you can take from the DVD. Learn how to bring the intensity of a program as successful as Tennessee to your team by renting this DVD today. Rent this basketball practice video today.
Greg McDermott
(Rental)-All Access: Greg Mcdermott
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Basketball Practice Tips in Video 1:
Plenty of basketball practice tips from Greg McDermott that will make you a better coach instantly. You will get your hands at the 20 sets that will give you a quick hitting strike. You will be able to learn all the counters and options off of Creighton’s Blitz package. Apart from that a few baseline out of bounds sets that you can add right into your offensive playbook. After you completely learn his set play guide, the next thing you are going to learn is how to defend various actions within their set play package. The players gain important IQ level that will help you counter that the defense throws your way and ultimately you will become unstoppable.
Basketball Practice 2:
Now when the afternoon session starts, the coach will demonstrates his experience and knowledge on the defensive side of the floor. He will provide you with detailed drills that he Jays used to build their defensive scheme. Paying attention to detail and being mentally focus is very important and that’s what the players will learn with the help of these drills. The coach will make use of the competitive 5v5 quarter court drill to incorporate defensive build up and execution. In this practice 2, the players will be challenged to go deep on the defensive end in order to attain the important stop that you need to win the game.
Basketball Practice 3:
This is going to be the very first practice on Day 2 and the Coach McDermott will break out into station work where he will explain how to defend the flare screen, post to post cross screen, back screen from the wings and also the ball screen action from the wing. The coach leaves no stone unturned as he makes use of the Superman Closeout Drill to teach effective closeouts from the help side position and to create effective habits for defenders that are on infinite repetition.
Basketball Practice 4:
The final practice session is very important as everything learned in the previous practice is put into this fourth practice session. The players will go through 5v5 drills that will make use of the drills learned in the previous sessions. The Continuous sets technique is also introduced that is very hand in making the players learn the game flow, communication and the mental toughness. These things are put through the half-court defense, transition and the half-court defense and back again in a game setting. So, there are lots of basketball practice tips happening the practice 4 that will definitely improve different areas of your overall game.
In order to make you and your team better, each and every drill that you will use will make you competing and efficient. The players will enjoy the chance to improve their games and to get better. Learn great basketball practice tips with Greg McDermott.
Tod Kowalczyk
(Rental)-All Access: Tod Kowalczyk
$39.99
The main theme of the Coach Kowalczyk’s practices is accountability. From pre-practice video session to working on individual skills to full court scrimmages to players learning the art of being accountable, there is so much that the players will be learning in this program. The practices developed by the coach are so good that they focus on both the individual and the team development and the way coach teaches its style is very honest, positive and demanding.
With the help of this All Access video, you will come to see how the coach Kowalczyk has started a tradition of great shooting teams at Toledo. In order to improve your overall skills, each practice consists of three competitive shooting segments (at the beginning, middle and at the end). Furthermore, you will also be having some really good examples of how to make your intra-squad scrimmages more demanding, competitive and productive also.
The best part about these practices is that these are very well organized and are highly demanding. Each practice is beautifully paced and all the drills have proper time components and consequences for losing.
Disc 1
The first segment of the practice is all about focusing on the man-to-man offense, transition offense, defensive breakdowns and game-like shooting drills. So, the coach will be working on lots of different areas of yours. It will make you a better player overall when you will go through the first segment. The coach will be working on your skill development with the help of several segments for shooting and for the position breakdown drills. In order to get a fast-tempo offense to beat the defense down the floor for easy scoring opportunities, the Toledo staff will be making use of the mini-scrimmages with a 10-second shot clock. For the sake of getting transition shots for point guards, wings and posts the coach will be making use of the Bang Bang which is a 3-on-0 transition offense drill.
The next thing that coach Kowalczyk will be focusing on will be the series of breakdown drills in order to work on the defensive concepts like post traps, on-ball defense and helping the helper. In order to defend both high and side pick and rolls, the Toledo will be making use of the Rockets drill which is a 4v4 ball screen defense drill.
The first practice session will come to an end with the late-game special situations in a full-court, 5-on-5 scenario. You will witness how the Rockets play with a lead late in the game.
Disc 2
In this practice session, both the sides of the ball are covered by the coach. The coach will also cover numerous offensive and defensive drills. When it comes to the offensive side, the coach Kowalczyk will make the club play the 5v5, running secondary break actions, motion offense and sets vs. man-to-man in a controlled scrimmages. These drills and scrimmages are very important for the betterment of your offensive skills.
Now for the defensive side, the coach Kowalczyk will make the players focus on the ball screen defense. The Rockets will be working on the closeouts and will contain the dribble in different station work. The players will try to trap the ball screens and the rotations on the back end of the defense when the players will go through the Shell Defensive drill. For the post players, they will have to guard the post prior to the post entry and then practice walling the moment the offensive player gets the ball on the block.
Now for the transition offense and defense there are multiple drills like the 5-on-4 transition and the 76ers drill.
Keith Dambrot
(Rental)-All Access: Keith Dambrot
$39.99
Keith Dambrot Basketball Practice Disc 1
There drills that the players will work which will break down the man-to-man defense of Coach Dambort. With these drills his philosophy will become crystal clear to you. These practices will work perfecting the individual defensive techniques like the stance, on the ball defense, denying passes and also the closeouts. The segment is very exciting and you will get to learn lots of things like how to build on larger team concepts such as defending on the dribble weave, helping on dribble penetrations and also the Akrons famous 1-2-1-1 DIAMOND full-court pressure defense. In the minimal practice time, the drills will result in high number of reps. Furthermore, the practice will also work on the 2v2 and 3v3 defensive drills as well in which both the half and full court that work on effort, resilience, intensity and game-like situations. The game-like situations include providing help, guarding the post, defending the dribble actions and much more things.
The practice will come to an end with the numerous offensive plays and actions series that will be run against the man-to-man defense. There will be movement and screening in the Knicks series that will put pressure on the defense to cover. On all the three days of practices, you will go through the demonstration of 5v5 and 5v0. The Xavier series and the 3-in offense will be demonstrated in the very first day as well.
Keith Dambrot Basketball Practice Disc 2
Now you will learning some of the very important defending skills. The coach Dambrot continues from where he left off by teaching how to defend the ball screen. There is a defensive focused practice, in which in order to beat down screens, flare screens, stagger screens and ball screens, the player will explain a series of breakdown drills. All the defensive concepts from communication to positioning to defending the post through denial and double teams, the players will be learning each and everything in order to strengthen your defensive side. All these concepts are emphasized in the 5-on-4 full court drill and shell drill. In order to focus on the positioning and correct technique, the players will go through the Akrons four-man shell defense. After sometime, a fifth player will be added to this drill and now the team will be focusing on the digging and doubling the opposing post player after a post entry pass.
The presentation of Coach Dambrot will go on with different play options which will include screening and dribble drive, in scrimmages against both man-to-man and the 2-3 zone defenses. You will also learn how the team apply and attack the full-court pressure during the scrimmages.
Keith Dambrot Basketball Practice Disc 3
When it comes to the third Disc, the players go through a practice in which Akron team practice in front of a coaching clinic audience. There are some benefits for that like the Coach Dambrots will give a detailed presentation and will explain everything to the members of the audience. The players will also go through a series of defensive breakdown drills which will work on the technique involved in on-ball defense and great closeouts. You will also learn the strategies of learning several off ball and on ball screens defending. Rent this basketball practice DVD today.
Roy Williams
(Rental)-All Access: Roy Williams
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Basketball Practice Video 1 with Roy Williams
Everyone who has knowledge about Basketball knows about the rich history and tradition of North Carolina basketball. You will get access to one of the most acclaimed basketball franchises with the help of Roy Williams. You will also get the chance to see how North Carolina and Coach Williams will be preparing for the upcoming season by making use of three basketball practices in the first week.
Learning the fundamentals is very important and that's what the coach Williams focuses on earlier on. The practice 1 is broken down into two sections one is for offense and the other is for defense.
When it comes to the offensive side, Coach Williams will the teach players the following:
Posts work on in-game low post and trail post moves, while the guards work on attacking the rim with hard drives and precision jump-shooting.
Full-court team drills to develop the up-tempo primary break
The team's secondary break options: regular, B3, Dribble, among others
The offensive set 'Open' as an alternative to their primary and secondary break
Freelance offense - whereby players learn to play together, out of their offense
Coach Williams will focus on intensity, agility, speed and intelligence with drills mentioned below:
Half-court defensive shell
'Step-Slide' team defense
Inside shot 'walls'
Challenging 'outside shots'
Closeouts
Defending down and back screens
Basketball Practcie Video 2 with Roy Williams
After finishing with the basketball practice 1 the players will now carry on their form into the second practice session in which individual skill development will be focused. The post players will be going through different breakdown drills from the regular secondary break. On the other hand, the guards will be working on their individual skill development and for that purpose the players will be going through v-cuts and curl cuts.
Now for the defensive side, the coach William will make the team carry on the drills to build their screen defense as the players will be working on coverage against: shadow screens, ball screens, and flare screens. In addition, the coach Williams will also make use of progression defensive shell drill to make the players work on these concepts.
Now for the offensive side, the players will be developing the popular secondary break actions which has been a staple of Carolinas offensive system. The players will go through the full-court secondary break series with the help of 5v5 and 5v5 game situations. There will be two teams one is blue and the other will be white. The teams will be separated with the help of these two colors and will work on their options out of secondary and open in the half-court.
The coach Williams will make the players compete against each other in the half-court in 5-on-5 live situation in order to conclude the breakdown of each offensive concept.
Basketball Practice 3 with Roy Williams
The practice segment is very important and plays a crucial role in overall development. This session is very challenging as everything the players have learned so far will be put into effect as two teams are pitted against each other that will promote healthy competition. You will also be learning the value of rebounding and running for the implementation of a successful fast breaking system. In order to generate easy baskets in transition the Coach Williams will make use of the pitch ahead drill.
The team will go through the 5 on5 live training in the secondary break. Furthermore, the open offensive set will be explained by the breaking of offense elements in several steps. Rent this basketball practice plan today.
Scott Drew
(Rental)-All Access: Scott Drew Baylor
$39.99
Day 1 Basketball Practice:
You will go through a video session in which coach Drew will make you learn lots of things. This video session is also used to reinforce good habits into the young players of the team. This basketball practice will start with the rebounding, closeouts and transition defense. The coach will also explain what differentiates a good rebound from a bad one. You will also learn how a team should look while coming back in the transition defense. In order to get the players go the coach Drew will be making players go through several fundamental drills. There will be a post development workout for the Bears in which the players will be practicing finishing at the rim with duck-ins, cheat steps and lobs over the top. Furthermore, the players will be learning the progressive closeout drills, 2-on-2, 3-on-3 and then spends a good amount of time on the 5-on-5 scenarios. In this scenario, the players will be working on all aspects of the game that includes half-court defense, offense and the transition game.
Day 2 Basketball Practice
So, the second basketball practice will start where the first practice session ended. The coach Drew likes to go with the flow and will keep you connected. In this practice session, there is a strong focus on defensive rebounding and transition. The players will get amazing instructions from the coach Drew for better understanding and to be successful when rebounding in the Big 12 with the help of 1-on-1 box drill that is being used to teach you proper form and technique when boxing out. He will make you understand everything related to post pass and rotate out of it in the 4-on-4 diamond shell drill and this a different way to make use of the shell defense in order to teach your principles. This is not it as you will learn lots of new things like how to defend or score in transition when the coach Drew is explaining his build up transition drill. Furthermore, not everything is related to the Defensive side of the game as Coach Drew will be making use of 5-on-5 half court scenario in which he explains the Baylor Ball Screen motion offense. This offense also includes several ball screen set and you can use these sets to implement into your playbook the next moment.
Day 3 Basketball Practice
The third day of the teaching is related to the post player and perimeter offensive skills. The coach Drew will be teaching the post play technique by using 2-on-2 and 1-on-1 drills. These drills will also help the players score against any opponent. The coach will also make use of the 4-on-4 half court drill that will break down your offensive screening action. Furthermore, the players will also learn more things like how to react off of a screen and how to counter in order to be successful basketball player. The coach Drew focuses on almost every part of the game and he will also help you improve your IQ level in the basketball game as well. Rent this basketball practice video today.
Geno Auriemma
(Rental)-All Access: Geno Auriemma (2011-12)
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You have the chance to get full advantage of the seven-time NCAA Championship coach Geno Auriemma. You will get to learn the skill development and also his offensive and defensive systems to a new set of young players.
There are 13 hours of intense practice that will improve your overall game and performance. There are more than 30 drills and different variations shown by coach Auriemma and his staff in order to improve your passing, ball handling, shooting, transition and also the skill development.
Offense
In order to improve offensive skills and create good team defense the coach Auriemma and his staff will execute half-court and full-court offensive drills. From ability to pass to catch and dribble and shoot all areas of your offensive skills will be covered. From coachs 2-man passing full court drill to 2-line layup drill to the 3-man weave half court and full court drills, he will make you go through different drills that will improve your overall performance.
The coach full focus on building his full court transition offense and for that purpose the coach will run 3-man transition drill that will progress to 4-on-0 and 5-on-0. So what these drill will do? Well, the drills will replicate a game-like atmosphere and will really work on pushing the defense for a lay-up or it will also get them to back up that will ultimately leave you with a 3-point attempt. Not only this, but these transitions will also improve team communication and conditioning.
The half court offensive attack is also explained in the best way possible by the coach Auriemma. He makes use of player positioning, spacing, methods of entry, selected plays and many of the passing and scoring options for the offensive set. In order to work on paper timing, cutting, screening, reading the defense, spacing, getting open and shooting, the coach will run several breakdown drills.
Defense
Good defense is all about knowing your opponent strategy and anticipating his moves and then blocking it and taking it away. You will learn how coach Auriemma and his staff will teach the players to defend the baseline drive, close out on the shooter and defend on-ball screens, rebounds and also the communication factor.
Mark Gottfried
(Rental)-All Access: Mark Gottfried
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Basketball Practice with Mark Gottfried
You will go through a quick basketball practice session in the first Disc 1 on the court and in the weight room. This will keep the players in contact and working with a goal in their mind.
So, how everything starts? The players will go into the basketball practice shell with game speed shooting, a great shooting routine and this routine will enable the players to utilize their skills and improve their footwork game and form to build a great jump shot. The routine will be full of moves from jab step to one bounce to pump fake to go and rip and go. All these moves will help the players get past their defender and hit the open jumper.
In order to improve defensive communication and also the positioning skills the coach Gottfried will make his player go through a half-court 4-on-4 shell drill that fine tunes the Wolfpack defensive principles. To defend ball screens, down screens and how to build a steel wall around the paint the players will be learning all this in the 4-on-4 shell drill.
The players will go through the 5-on-0 man offense and with this the players will get an idea of the Gottfried offensive system. The players will go through each and every option possible within their set plays and continuity offense. There is an interesting way with which the players will build their IQ. So, what is that way? Well, the players will go through a 5-on-5 full court drill to increase their IQ and get familiar with defending variety of screening actions and getting to know how and where to look for the open man on offense.
The players will also go through the weight room workout and the Assistant Strength Coach Craig Sowers will take that responsibility. This will explain lifts that work the core and that will help develop the upper body strength and get physically strong. This will enable the players to find under the boards for rebounds. The Assistant coach will be making use of numerous dumbbell exercises, bar exercises and also the plates training to make sure are getting into the best shape possible. In-depth knowledge will be passed down to the players with each passing circuit. With each circuit players will know in what areas the lift will work and why they perform the lift.
Basketball Practice Coaches Meeting & More
There will be a coaching meeting session in which the players will learn how everything will be carried out. From what they want to work to what they want to achieve to what areas they want to cover the coaches will make you understand and analyze each and everything. You will also be learning how to evaluate the practice in the end. The direction of the practice and how the coach wants to reach his goals have been explained in the best way possible by the coach Gottfried.
There will be pre-practice individual workout sessions that will include both the post players and the guards. The Wolfpack Coaching staff will be carrying out these responsibilities. This will improve the position skill training with the offensive system of the post and guard players. When it comes to the guard play, the players will get to learn the dynamic shooting routine and it is being performed with the Gun that will fully increase the time of the players and the Guns shooting and rebounding capabilities in order to push your players during a workout in the best way possible.
Coach Gottfried will be showing how they will implement their press attack that will make the defense pay for pressing them full court. You will also be getting knowledge of the 2-3 zone and its responsibilities and how to implement in basketball practice in a short span of time. Rent this basketball practice template video today.
Matt Bollant
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Basketball Practice Drills with Matt Bollant
You will learn new techniques and workouts that will help you improve your team's focus, temperament, effort and will to fight. You will see how the coach Matt Bollant has build the Phoenix offensive and defensive system with the help of a live practice setting.
The basketball practice session will commence with a 5-0 shell drill and also numerous other drills in order to make you learn the cut, communicate and play with poise on the offensive end.
In order to work on the high percentage game shots out of the Phoenix offense. The coach will make use of the rapid fire drill. After that, the players will go through the full court 2-on-3, 3-on-3 and block-hold-release drills. These drills are very useful as these will help the players work on the offensive fundamentals in the half-court game and the primary and secondary break. All these drills are very useful in allowing your players to make mental transitions during games and to achieve the flowing brain.
The coach will also make use of the full court blood drills that will help the players learn how to be aggressive. This will also make the players build an attacking mentality in the open court. With a 3-on-3 Cut Throat Drill the players will pick up the defensive fundamentals that will work on the closing out low, communicating with the teammates, utilizing the jump shots and making sure the players don't use a butt ball action.
Basketball Practice Defensive Drills
The focus on defensive side of the game will go on and the coach Matt Bollant will teach the closeouts inside the V. In order to explain how to square up to a defender off the closeout the coach will make use of the 1-on-1 drill. He gives huge importance on working on high hands, long and low first step and making sure you dont open the gate. The defenders will also learn how to communicate and pressure the ball with the help of 4-on-3 passing drill. This drill will also allow you to make your opponent think about their next pass.
The basketball practice will come to an end with the 4-on-4 shell drill. To teach the players the cutting and screening action of their motion offense the players will go through the different layers of shell devised by coach Bollant. The players will develop a tough practice mentality with the use of 4-on-4 and 5-on-5 shell drills. There are lots of things that you are going to learn at the end of the practice session like building solid defensive principles and pressure, how to create good help side defense and help the helper action and many more useful things. The coach will end the practice session with the 3 ways Drill to sum up everything. Rent this Matt Bollant basketball practice DVD today.
Jim Boeheim
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Jim Boeheim Practice 1
Get the drills you need to develop effective rotations at the top of the 2-3 Zone Learn the drill responsible for Syracuse's intense rotations and their ability to cover so many offensive looks Combine ball handling with agility ladder footwork to develop total body control
The Syracuse staff will first work on building the famous Syracuse 2-3 Zone along with the two defenders that will be learning how to play the top of the zone against numerous challenging situations. This will really help you in improving your overall performance on the court. You will also see a 2-on-2, 3-on-3 and 4-on-4 drills and these drills are taught because they are very helpful in teaching you the man-to-man principles that will eventually help make the Syracuse zone defense very powerful and dominating. A controlled 5-on-5 full court scrimmage will be result after the end of learning the man-to-man principles. In the 5-on-5 full court scrimmage both squads are exposed to a variety of half-court and full-court defenses.
Jim Boeheim Practice 2
Expose players to physical contact in rebounding and shooting to produce game-ready skills Teach fundamental close-outs and defensive rotations in competitive 2-on-2, 3-on-3, and 4-on-4 drills Get two quick hitters to use against man-to-man defense
In order to understand the defensive rotations on the weak side against ball side penetration and fighting down screens, these practices and drills will really help you a lot. There will also be a progression related to the defensive aspect of your game. This will focus on the back row of the zone with proper close-out technique and also the correct rotation in 2-on-2, 3-on-3 and the 4-on-4 match-ups.
Jim Boeheim Practice 3
See how to breakdown the 2-3 zone defense into position-specific drills Learn to defend against the Pick-and-Roll in a 3-on-3 and a 4-on-4 breakdown drill Discover the drills Syracuse uses as the building blocks of their offense
This is basically related to answering the questions regarding the 2-3zone, player development, how the practice will be evolving overtime and some motivational talk as well. All this is very unique yet helpful and the coaching staff has done a tremendous job here as you will get a clear picture of what you are doing. While being on the court, the guards will focus on the defensive tactics and on the other hand the post players will be working on developing their offensive and defensive skills. This session will also work on defending in the 2-3 zone versus high screen, that is very important to ensure the success of the Syracuse zone. The coach Boeheim has done a great job all round and you will learn lots of key things with all these practices and drills.
Part 4
Learn a simple technique for taking away easy driving lanes to the hoop See how to defend the short corner when playing the 2-3 zone - the weakest spot for any zone defense Get a series of shell drills that teach players the complex 2-3 zone responsibilities step-by-step
There are basically important discussions being carried out between the Assistant Coach Gerry McNamara the former Syracuse National championship team member. Rent the Jim Boeheim practice DVD today.
Billy Donovan
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All-Access Skill Development & Basketball Conditioning with Billy Donovan
Former NBA and NCAA head coach Billy Donovan has had a career full of success. He won back-to-back national championships at Florida in 2006 and 2007, won the SEC 10 times, and took four teams to the Final Four. In this video filmed during Donovan’s time at Florida, you will see how Donovan built the program. From strength and conditioning to fundamentals and defense, Donovan breaks it all down for you in three different sections.
Agility & Basketball Conditioning Workout
Florida strength and conditioning coach Preston Greene shows you a dynamic stretching and warmup routing that incorporates lane running and defensive slides. Players work through close outs and defensive footwork drills that teach players to pressure and contain the ball.
This phase of the presentation concludes with two players going through an intensive weight training session. The players perform 10 exercises with maximum effort and pace.
Perimeter and Post Development
Coach Donovan takes you to the floor for a fast-paced series of shooting and attacking drills. “Gator Guards” is a drill that works on dribble moves and transition shooting. “Shoot and Move” works on getting set up to shoot and beating the ball to certain areas of the floor.
Donovan also includes post drills like the Mikan Drill and forces players to compete. You also get the added bonus of watching game highlight footage between the drills that demonstrates the importance of practicing each one.
Individual Defense Basketball
Coach Donovan then goes to defense in this third segment. He works in groups of two and four players first working with the perimeter players then posts. He covers all areas of defense from stance to slide technique to help and ball screen responsibilities. Players are taught to discourage the drive and take away the easy three-pointer. He ends this segment by teaching how to defend the most used play in the game today – the ball screen.
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Don Showalter
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USA Basketball Practice Individual Breakdown
The daily fundamentals are the building blocks of the USA basketball practice and these are taught during the individual post and perimeter breakdowns. The guards and the big guys will have to work on the designed actions of the offense when they are going through these practices. Well, the staff does a great job in teaching many things like the art of using the screen to attack the Kill Area of the floor and also keeping the defender off the line of the ball. The staff will also teach how to attack an aggressive hedge by the defense.
There is a series of chair and shooting drills for the perimeter players. For the post players, the drop test series is being used. The jump hooks and the face up series are also used by the post players while they are attacking the basket with aggressiveness. Not only this, but they will also be working on a series of moves in order to enable them to score close the basket.
Transition Offense & Offensive Drills
The main focus of coach Showalter is on making the players play aggressively and strongly on each and every possession. He will also make the players focus on the amazing talent that they possess and he will help them unleash that talent with proper effort and drive to succeed at the highest of levels. There is a drill which is very useful in teaching you several important things like how to run the floor, how to create shots for everyone, the drill also focuses on communication amongst the players, and it also reinforces the importance of passing the ball. That drill is named The Hawkeye Shooting drill. Now when it comes to the 3-Man Fast Break drill and the Fast Break Cycle Work drill the coach Showalter will prepare the players in the best way possible which include physical and mental aspects.
Man-to-Man: 20-Offense
In order to attack the kill area of the floor, the USA team will make use of the wing pick and roll action. Now for the 20-offense the coach will give you a basic cover of the technique and will also see that the players must make coming off of the ball screens. Three of the more important things out of the 1-4 High Set are similar actions that will allow for post-up chances and the second is staggered screens and the last one is the false actions to occupy the defense. When the players will be on the floor, man-to-man offense will be focused in two separate scrimmages and this is how the offense begins to unfold.
USA Basketball Practice Defensive Drills & Press Defense
The USA coaching staff will also make the players realize the importance of separating themselves from the pack on the defensive end. Just to make that kind of mentality there are drills being applied to action for that purpose. When you are going through these practices sessions, there are different techniques and strategies being used to defend ball-screens, down screens, and flex screens are also covered and drilled in a 4-on-4 Shell Drill. Rent this USA basketball practice DVD set today.
Steve Alford
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Basketball Practice Warm-Up Drills
All the practices are very hand and every basketball practice will start with passing and ball handling drills. These drills are very important as they focus on the fundamentals, movements and teaching proper technique. The Coach Alford gives huge importance to these areas and he thinks that the good passing and ball handling skills will result in better shooting percentage. In order to make the players understand things better the coach will also make use of the Film to emphasize on different aspects of the game.
Transition Offense Defense and Rebounding
You will see how the full court build up drills are being used by the coach Alford to teach the transition offense. The coach gives huge importance to correct passing to players who can make plays and he also teaches balance within his teams transition defense and this balance and correct passing will help guard against easy baskets. Making drills competitive is very important and thats what the coach Alford explains in his practice. The competitive drills can generate all-out effort and competitiveness from your team in every basketball practice. Furthermore, the players will be learning coach Alfords unique and innovative Rodman Rebounding drill. This drill is very helpful as it puts the players in a very competitive overload principle. And this principle demands the players to compete to get out of the pit.
Defense Drills
When it comes to the defensive side, the Coach Alford will be teaching his half-court defense with the help of using shell drills. The coach will also demonstrate the art of defending dribble drive penetration, ball screens, downs screens, cross screens, back screens and also the flare screens. furthermore, the coach also gives attention and teaches the mental quickness in order to get the players to compete and think quickly in different situations.
Offense Drills
The players will be learning Coachs Alford disciplined motion and zone offenses. The players will also be learning on how to save time while teaching the defensive techniques with the help of 4-on-4 shell drills.
On the other hand, with the help of individual breakdown drills, the Lobo Staff will teach the movements of the posts, wings and points and also the roles within their motion offense. This skill work is very handy as it will improve the performance of the athletes and will enable them to be more competitive and will make them more complete as a whole. Rent Steve Alford's basketball practice video today.