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Basketball Practice Template with Ben Jacobson Three-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year Ben Jacobson of Northern Iowa shares his basketball practice template and drill instruction in this video to help you produce better results in live game action. Coach Jacobson has been extremely successful at Northern Iowa – he has the most career wins of any UNI head coach – and he doesn’t hold back in this open practice presentation. Jacobson shows you how he builds his on-ball and off-ball defense at Northern Iowa. Warm-Up for Basketball Practice The warm up portion of the presentation consists of Coach Jacobson and his staff demonstrating a number of drills used to improve footwork, balance, and the closeout. Jacobson stresses two key fundamentals – closing out to contest the shot and keeping the hands wide to defend the dribble. The warm up drills then progress to longer closeouts where players must take short steps to remain in contact with the floor as they execute the closeout. The warm up drills progress to 3-on-3, 4-on-4, and 5-on-5 scenarios where Coach Jacobson emphasizes being light on the feet, keeping the head on a swivel, and always being ready to move. Transition Defense Drills Teams that win in transition are usually teams that win plenty of games. Teams must be able to convert offensively in transition when they have an advantage. Likewise, teams must be able to defend in transition when they are at a disadvantage. Coach Jacobson shares a transition drill that addresses both the offensive and defensive ends. Half-Court Defense Coach Jacobson’s basketball practice template concludes with two drills he uses to teach his half-court defense. Teams must have the ability to produce stops in the half-court game especially when at a disadvantage. Jacobson presents these drills: Butler Drill: Starts as a 4-on-3 drill where the defense must communicate, cover for each other and rotate. Emphasis is on defending the ball one-on-one to reduce the number of rotations. Shutout Drill: This is a 5-on-5 drill that teaches the defense to make stops until the 35-second shot clock runs out. The clock resets when the offense scores, gets an offensive rebound, or is fouled. Coach Jacobson’s 72-minute basketball practice template video is a wonderful presentation if you are looking to raise the level of your team defense this season. You will see how you can organize your practices and get the most of your time on the court. Rent this basketball practice template DVD today.

Open Basketball Practice with Gary Waters Former Cleveland State head coach Gary Waters transformed the Vikings into a winner by developing the fundamentals needed to play a pressure style of defense and a continuity ball screen offense. In this video, Waters, the winningest coach in Cleveland State history, shows you how he organized practice and gives you some of the drills he used to lead to the Vikings to a 2011 Horizon League championship. Warm ups for Basketball Practice The first 15 minutes of each practice worked on individual player development with a heavy emphasis on individual skills. Guards work on ball handling and posts work on finishing at the rim. A number of ball handling drills are used while posts work on drop steps, jump hooks, and jump shots in the paint. Part of the warmup at the beginning of practice also includes a series of dynamic stretches, jump rope, and agility ladders. These help to prepare the body as well as work on individual quickness and agility. Jumping rope is made competitive to help athletes increase foot speed. The team jumps in 30-second intervals with a goal of 100 to 120 repetitions. Transition Drills for Basketball Practice The next segment of practice is all about transition. Coach Waters works first on fast break offense before flipping to transition defense. Players spot up in transition in a full-court shooting drill. They also learn to start the break with an outlet drill where they work on a quick outlet pass. Coach Waters explains the transition offense and identifies the various scoring options. The transition segment ends with a 5-on-5 ‘get back’ drill where the defense tries to recover from a disadvantage situation in the fast break. This a great drill for developing both offensive and defensive transition. Defense Drills for Basketball Practice To build proper defensive habits, Coach Waters shares a number of on-ball defense and close-out drills. You will see the basic rotations of his defense in the 4-on-4 Step Up Drill. There are also variations of the drill that will force the defense to change its rotations to stop dribble penetration. Ball Screen Offense Drills for Basketball Practice Coach Waters teaches his players the continuity ball screen offense by demonstrating the pattern and scoring options in a 5-on-0 setting. You will then see four breakdown drills that help to build the offense and train players to use the ball screen. You’ll see the whole offense in action in two different 5-on-5 scrimmages. This is a great look inside how a coach designs a whole practice system to build a program from the ground up. Rent this basketball practice DVD today.

Basketball Practice Drills with Greg McDermott Take a look behind the curtain at a typical Creighton University men’s basketball practice in this basketball practice drills video with Bluejays head coach Greg McDermott. You will see a variety of breakdown drills and a 4-on-4 shell drill all geared toward making your team better defenders. McDermott knows a thing or two about defense having taken Creighton to three Missouri Valley Conference tournament championships and the 2013 regular season title as well. With the focus on defense, McDermott shares with you a series of drills that build from basic concepts to larger team strategies. Players demonstrate these individual skill drills as McDermott provides his insight. Two great drills are seen here: Slide, Run and Pivot Drill: Players work on their defensive slides as they learn to explode into a move. Balance and footwork are the keys to success in this drill and in the game of basketball. Ranger Drill: This breakdown drill teaches the proper defensive rotations in a baseline drive-and-kick situation. Players get into the correct defensive positions, take charges, and hustle to block out. Coach McDermott works religiously with his players on closeouts. The ability to closeout is critical to building a sound team defense. McDermott uses two drills that help his players in this area. Three Line Closeouts: Coach McDermott demonstrates three different closeouts players must be able to execute – the Kobe, Korver, and Rondo. Each is different but must be mastered in the Creighton system. Berlin Closeouts: Players do not closeout their man in this drill. They work to the correct defensive position. Basketball Practice Drills for Team Defense Team defense is emphasized in the Shell Drill. Players must be able to deal with screens and McDermott discusses the components of screen defense. Finally, there is a 5-on-5 segment where you get to see the defensive concepts in action as well as some of Creighton’s offensive sets. Coach McDermott does share some of his offensive breakdown drills for perimeter and post players. He uses offensive breakdown stations that include: Guards: One More Drill, Shots Out of the Offense, Game Speed Cuts Forwards: Flips, Figure 8 Shooting, Walling Up & Boxing Out Coach McDermott’s practice is an excellent example of a fast-paced, well-balanced, and effective session. In 81 minutes, McDermott covers nearly every important aspect of defensive play offering something for everyone to take away. Rent this basketball practice drills DVD today.

Duke Basketball Offensive Plays  Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski opens up his playbook in this video and shares practice film to give you an inside look at the Blue Devils’ high-scoring offense. With material from coaching clinics over the past several years, Coach K introduces both his man-to-man and zone offenses as well as a number of quick hitters in the half-court offense and out of bounds plays. You will also see the practice drills used to teach proper spacing and correct tempo as required in the offense. Krzyzewski, of course, has the most career wins of any NCAA Division I coach, has won five national titles, and is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. His presentation begins with the primary and secondary fast break actions used in the Duke offense. He reviews each position and the actions they can execute to create angles against a particular defense. Duke players run through seven different transition drills to refine their set plays. The Weave Series works on your fast break attack with drills like 3-Man Weave into 2-on-1. Coach K also shows you how to flow from transition right into the set offense using the 5-Man Weave into 5-on-0. Duke Basketball Offensive Plays vs. Half Court Defense Coach K illustrates a variety of set plays that Duke uses against half-court defenses. You will see how Duke continually works on getting the ball up the floor quickly and spreading the floor with shooters and attacking with ball screens. The Down & Through plays show you how to get a certain player a shot in crunch time. You will also learn how Duke attacks all zone defense with the Gap and 3-Deep offenses. The practice 5-on-5 video will show you adjustments that are made to add quick hitters against both odd and even zone defenses. You also get a look at the Four and Cross baseline inbounds play that is used against zone defenses. Don’t let defenses dictate what plays you run. With Coach K’s offensive system, you will have a series of set plays that can be used with great success against most any half-court defense. By eliminating the memorization of new plays, Coach K’s system also frees up time to spend elsewhere on other team needs. This 104-minute video is an absolute must-have for any coaching collection. Rent this Duke basketball offensive plays DVD today.

Duke Shooting Drills To become a consistent winner, you have to be able to shoot the basketball. The Duke basketball program under head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been able to sustain a championship culture by becoming one of the more consistent shooting teams in the nation. In this video, you will find more than 20 shooting drills taken directly from coaching clinics throughout the years. Featured are Krzyzewski and former Duke players and assistant coaches Johnny Dawkins and Chris Collins. With five national titles and over 1,000 career wins, Krzyzewski has developed some of the best shooters in NCAA history. Coack K will take you through warm up drills to full court shooting to half-court situations in an effort to develop more dynamic offensive threats. Each coach takes a turn demonstrating various Duke shooting drills they have used to develop perimeter talent. Molding perimeter players is of extreme importance to Krzyzewski since his offense is based upon spreading the floor and attacking with a 3-point shooting arsenal. You will see individual, partner, and three-man shooting drills. Duke Shooting Drills with Pressure The Celtic 50 and 10 Spot Shooting Drills apply pressure to the shooter by setting a goal number of makes or by not allowing the shooter to advance to the next spot until the goal is achieved. Two Ball, Three Person Shooting ups the intensity with constant movement and a wide variety of shots. W and Shooting Suicide are drills that work on transition shooting and help to build players’ conditioning levels. Players sprint from half court to a designated spot where they catch and shoot. Again, a predetermined number of makes is required to advance or reduce the running distance to the shooting spot. With the importance of ball screens in the offense, players work on a series of drills to train players in the different ways they can use ball screens. These include: Off of a refusal of a ball screen Off the acceptance of a ball screen Off a defender going under the screen Off splitting two defenders to get into the lane The coaches also demonstrate Catch and Face drills to improve footwork and gain offensive awareness by squaring up to the defense. A number of drills are based off the Catch and Face. Players work two- and three-man penetration and kick 3-point attempts, relocations, angle screens, and more. Players learn proper spacing off every angle of dribble penetration. There is also the Finishing Moves Series which works on attacking the basket with a variety of dribble moves and finishes inside the paint. Coach Collins discusses the need for guards to be able to shoot from a number of angles without getting a shot blocked. He presents drills to work on skills such as floaters and runners. All in all, this is a complete presentation of a number of Duke shooting drills designed to help players execute shots in game-like situations. Improve your team’s ability to score from anywhere on the floor with this excellent video! Rent this Duke Shooting Drills DVD today.

Duke Defensive Drills Learn how to apply defensive pressure the Duke way in this video featuring Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski and his former players and assistant coaches Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski. You will get all the breakdown drills used by Duke to help implement their defense. All of the Duke Defensive drills you will see are taken from three years of coaching clinic sessions and incorporate fundamentals like stance and footwork. You will see how Krzyzewski and Duke shape the individual defensive skills of their players into an in-your-face-pressure defense that has led Coach K to 12 Final Fours. Wojciechowksi, now the head coach at Marquette, begins the presentation with the most basic of defensive skills – the stance. He demonstrates the proper stance and runs players through drills like the Duke Zig-Zag Series, which builds the strength, stamina, and footwork needed to run an effective full-court pressure defense. Players learn to pressure the ball in the open court and other skills like how to jam the passer on a dead ball. These skills are learned in other variations of the Zig-Zag Series. Duke Defensive Drills Progressions You will then see Coach K and his staff work a progression of the Zig-Zag series in a practice setting. Players are taken through 1-on-1, 2-on-2, and 3-on-3 drills that begin teaching team defense. You will learn how to properly defend and rotate against baseline and middle drives to the basket. Coach K then introduces the Driving Line Drill, which is used to build Duke’s half-court defensive pressure. Players learn how to control a dribbler and force him to the baseline. Weak side defenders learn when and when not to help. There is also the 2-Man Contesting Drill that Duke uses to teach players how to see the floor as the ball moves. The drill challenges players to deny, apply on-ball pressure, transition between denial and help defense, and jump to help or take a charge against dribble penetration. The drill teaches multiple defensive concepts. If you are looking to build a pressure defense similar to Duke, these are the same drills that Krzyzewski uses at Duke and with USA Basketball. Players will learn how to effectively pressure the ball, provide help to teammates, and communicate to build a top-notch defense. Rent this Duke Defensive Drills DVD today.

Offensive Skill Development Take a courtside seat at the famous Cameron Indoor Stadium and learn to develop the skills of your post and perimeter players from some of the best in the college game. This offensive skill development video features Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and two of his former players who also became his assistant coaches – Chris Collins and Steve Wojciechowski. The drills presented in the video are the same drills that helped develop the likes of Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, Jabari Parker, and Kyrie Irving to name just a few. Developing “ball friendly” players is critical in today’s game and Krzyzewski is one of the best. Players practice more than 10 different passing and ball handling drills, including the Box Ball Handling Drill demonstrated by Wojciechowski, the head coach at Marquette. The drill simulates the various actions and movements that a point guard must make in running an offense effectively. Players will improve their vision while handling the ball, learn to create space, and learn to run an offense in the face of tough on-ball pressure. Offensive Skill Development Organization You will see how the coaches organize skill development into pre- and post-practice segments for post and perimeter players during the season. Coach Collins, now the head coach at Northwestern, takes perimeter players though drills that help them see the floor and make proper reads. The 2-on-2 Penetrate and Kick Drill trains players to space off different angles and dribble penetration to get free for open shots. Coach Wojciechowski takes the post players through a series of drills designed to provide snapshots of what they will see in games. Post players run through 13 scoring moves they will make in transition and in the half-court offense in pinch post actions and ball screens. The coaches even present some defense in the offensive skill development video. The 6-Point Contesting Drill is one of the favorites as it trains players for the different defensive scenarios they will face during the course of a possession. The coaches change up the drill adding variations that are specific to either perimeter or post players. Defenders work on such skills as denial, weak side help, defending the low post, and more. This 117-minute video shows you exactly how Duke has taken so many players to the next level. Reconsider how you develop your players’ skills in practice as you watch how one of the best programs of all-time does it. Rent this offensive skill development DVD today.