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Basketball Skills Training with Bob Hoffman Bob Hoffman is one of the best small college coaches in America. He consistently has teams that over-achieve by placing an emphasis on skill development. This basketball skills training DVD offers an unprecedented inside look into the exact drills that Hoffman used to development his team into tournament darlings that once upset #2 seeded Duke. All the drills you will see will be done in a live practice format so coaches will know exactly how they can implement everything they see. Ball Handling Ball handling is a vital part of any program and Hoffman does not neglect it. In these sessions, players develop dribbling and passing skills with both hands along with proper footwork while facing a defender. Hoffman shows a tremendous close-out drill that uniquely works on the offenses ball handling fundamentals along with defensive close-out technique. Perimeter Play An efficient offensive play has to be able to score from the perimeter with two or less dribbles. Hoffman's teams are terrific at this aspect of their game in no small part because of the drills shown in this section. Help your players develop a dizzying array of jab steps, pump fakes, and quick first steps that will make them a nightmare to stay in front of. Passing Hoffman shows a variety of highly efficient passing drills. Most coaches use passing drills with no defense but that is not what you will see here. Players are required to pass, with both hands, using a variety of angles and types of passes based on what the defense is doing. This added layer of competition will make a normally boring skill to practice much more fun for your players. Position Play While basketball is ever shifting towards a positionless game, most coaches still do and should work on position specific skills. Hoffman shows a great outline for how you can do that in your practice by dividing his guards and forwards into two groups. Guards work on perimeter play, cutting, and ball handling while the forwards focus on sealing and finishing inside. Finishing Coaches often neglect practicing layups because of the supposed ease of the shot. However, most players struggle with layups when a defense is present so it is important to give players reps in this situation. Hoffman shows a series of half-court and full-court drills that really challenge the players ability to finish strong at rim with contact. These drills are great conditioners and will also increase the energy of the practice. It does not matter what level you are coaching the fundamentals of basketball will never change. This DVD offers you a tremendous opportunity to grow your teams individual ball handling and skill in a competitive and upbeat fashion. Rent this basketball skills training DVD today.

Open Practice: Team Practice Drills University of Central Oklahoma head coach Bob Hoffman has over 600 career coaching victories. As the former head coach at Mercer University, Hoffman won back-to-back Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014. He led Mercer to its first-ever NCAA tournament win – over Duke in 2014 – in program history. In this video, Hoffman shares a collection of intense and effective team practice drills. With an emphasis on building a culture of teamwork and communication, Hoffman shows you how he was able to take a mid-major program like Mercer and beat a college basketball blueblood like Duke in the NCAA tournament. Transition Offense In a live practice setting, Coach Hoffman shows you five full-court drills that help you develop your transition offense. The drills include: Three Lines Drill: This is a two-ball drill that works on igniting the offense with quick outlet passes and finishing at the rim with layups. The Pacer Drill: Players are challenged to make jump shots in transition. Three-Man Weave: This traditional drill is made more difficult by decreasing time goals and limiting the number of passes allowed on trips down the floor. Five Man Weave to 3-on-2 Back Drill: Players work on scoring in transition when in advantage situations. Line Transition: This drill emphasizes defense and forces players to protect the rim in a temporary disadvantage situation. Early Offense A series of 3-man and 4-man full-court drills are used to develop the early offense. Coach Hoffman’s team practices a variety of scoring actions that they use in transition. Guards work on transition jump shots while also looking for different ways to feed the post. You will get plenty of ideas for how to develop your own early offense using these drills. Scrimmages Watch and see how Coach Hoffman and his staff control their scrimmages to teach players their offensive and defensive systems. When play is stopped, watch as the coaches and players huddle to discuss the previous play and talk about new strategies. Coach Hoffman’s presentation can be used as a template for a full practice or it can be picked apart drill by drill. For coaches looking for an up-tempo attack and how to build teamwork, Coach Hoffman’s presentation is the perfect addition to a coaching library.

Open Practice: Man-to-Man Defense Offense will win you games, but defense wins championships. Former Mercer University and current Central Oklahoma head coach Bob Hoffman can attest. In 2014, Hoffman took Mercer to its first ever NCAA tournament and proceeded to knock off No.3 seed Duke in the first round. One of the keys to Hoffman’s success has been an aggressive but flexible man-to-man defense. In this presentation, Coach Hoffman emphasizes the fundamentals of closeouts, footwork, and communication in every drill of this live practice video. You will see how Coach Hoffman balances the importance of these fundamentals while teaching different shell drill variations as well as different ways to defend on-ball screens. Small Group Stations The practice begins with a series of stations. One of Hoffman’s assistants does the teaching as the team is run through a series of drills focused on improving defensive tactics. The drills include: Single-Double Drill: Players learn to coordinate single or double off-ball screens. Closeout-Contain-Chest Up Drill: Helps players improve their on-ball defense by recovering and stopping the offense from scoring. Show Drill: Focuses on hedges when defending a side ball screen. Handling On- and Off-Ball Screens Most coaches use some form of the shell drill to teach and practice team defense. In this segment, Coach Hoffman delivers a number of ways to handle on- and off-ball screens. Players work on defending basket cuts, staggered weak side screens, staggered screens, and baseline drives. The Box Screening Drill is great for working on setting and defending screens. In a small area in a 4-on-4 situation, offensive players work on their timing and spacing while the defense works on fighting through and around down and back screens. Scrimmage The practice session ends with a 5-on-5 scrimmage segment. Here, Coach Hoffman shows you how you can mix up different strategies to defend on-ball screens with switches, jamming the roller, and more. Coach Hoffman’s presentation will prompt you to examine how you play defense. A great communicator who emphasizes fundamental defensive skills, Coach Hoffman presents something that any coach at any level can use in his or her program.

Open Practice: Offensive Drills and Strategies Discover a diverse, adaptable offense that will take your team to the next level in this video from University of Central Oklahoma head Bob Hoffman. Coach Hoffman focuses on-ball screen offense, quick hitters, set plays, and more using live practice footage and whiteboard sessions. Coach Hoffman is the former head coach at Mercer University who took the Bears to their first-ever NCAA tournament back in 2014. Before hitting the court, Coach Hoffman discusses the keys to his offense. One very simple key is keeping plays simple but adaptable in both setup and execution. This makes it easy for your players but difficult for defenses to defend you. Another element of Hoffman’s defensive philosophy is a belief in fast tempo secondary transition. He draws up a few quick hitters from his version of the Carolina Break. These actions are used depending upon what the defense does and then easily flow right into the offense if an immediate scoring chance is not available. Next, Coach Hoffman shares two box set plays used to score off of a delayed screen. Both plays use early screening action and can adapt into any Horns set you would like to run. Dead ball situations are ones that Hoffman believes are scoring opportunities. You don’t just work to get the ball inbounds, but you use the play as a direct attempt to score. Coach Hoffman draws up two baseline inbounds plays to attack either man or zone defenses. On the practice floor, Hoffman’s players run their ball screen offense in a 5-on-0 format in both full- and half-court segments. They begin in transition and then run through several series of their early offense. “Double” is one such series where both posts set a double screen for the point guard in transition. The play is simple but confuses the help defense, which must decide which player has the ball handler and the roll player. “Chin” is another series that uses a down screen to free up a post to run into a high-ball screen without a help defender. Coach Hoffman also shows you how to flow into early ball screens in your transition offense along with variations. The practice setting also reveals a number of other aspects of Hoffman’s offensive system. You will see four baseline inbounds plays that use stagger screens and screen-the-screener actions. There is also a segment where Hoffman’s players practice against a 1-2-2 zone using “Muscle” and “Muscle Runner” set plays. Both overload the defense and create post-ups with a high-ball screen and quick reversal to a corner shooter. Coach Hoffman’s presentation is a culmination of 25-plus years of coaching offense. It’s a diverse and adaptable strategy that players can learn easily and keeps opposing defenses guessing.