John Calipari Basketball Practice John Calipari has experienced a high level of success during his tenure at Kentucky. For the first time he is opening the doors of the famous gym to show you how he has accomplished so much. During the over five hours worth of instruction you will get an all access look into the first practices of Kentucky's 2009-2010 season. Basketball Practice 1 The first practice is almost entirely focused on the offense. Coach Cal gives instruction on his philosophy behind his offense along with showing you how he build his transition game. He then shows the foundations of his now famous Dribble Drive half court offense. He continues his offensive instruction by showing how Kentucky runs their transition using a 5-0 drill where all the different options are explained and demonstrated. He then moves into a series of player development with a focus on ball handling and layups. He has players go through a series of drills that focus on improving the players speed, moves, and finish with contact. Calipari continues to drill transition fundamentals using a handful of drills that include a full court team layup drill, full court two-man passing, three-man full court, and a handful of others. During this practice segment Calipari feeds his players his attacking mentality by requiring them to attack the basket harder and faster with each progressing drill. Calipari briefly goes over the defense by emphasizing how to protect the basket. Post Basketball Practice Discussion An amazing feature of this DVD package is the nearly 40 minutes of question and answer after the first practice. Calipari fields questions from the attending questions that range from player skill level, dribble drive philosophy, and practice planning. It is a truly valuable piece that allow Coach Cal to go into greater detail over what you have just seen. During the same segment, NBA veteran and current assistant coach Rod Strickland goes over some ball handling drills that Kentucky uses to increase skill and ball quickness. He was also an assistant at Memphis where he helped mentor NBA studs Derick Rose and Tyreke Evans. Another Kentucky assistant, John Robic, goes into much greater detail about the dribble drive offense. He details player spacing and positioning along with going over position specific expectations. He goes into even more detail involving some of the post skills required in the drive that include slides, relocation, sealing, and screens. Basketball Practice 2 The second practice is when Coach Cal builds his stifling man-to-man defense. Calipari uses drills ranging from 1-on-1 to 5-on-5 that reinforce Kentucky's defensive fundamentals which include early help, back foot fake, lunge, and closeouts. Calipari also teaches his rules for transition defense and demonstrates a combination transition drill that progresses from 2-on-1 all the way to 5-on-5. Kentucky is known for intense, aggressive man defense and this segment will show you the foundation of how they get there. Using the tried and true shell drill, Calipari show you how they teach the base actions of their defense which include closeouts, ball pressure, closeouts, and keeping vision of the ball. While the shell drill is not new, the way they run it is certainly unique. Calipari stresses the importance of getting the "30 Second Perfect Stop" as a way to ensure players are performing each action perfectly. Throughout practice you will get a great feel for how Calipari coaches. He does not hold back in providing coaches and players with all of his knowledge and experience as he perfects their technique in every drill. Get a first-hand experience into what makes Kentucky basketball practice so special by renting this DVD today.

Your players should be encouraged to work hard and remain disciplined. Practice is more important than playing games Set the Tone - Win, lose or draw games on defense Matt Painter is one of America's most respected and successful coaches. He shows four Purdue basketball practices that demonstrate the principles, drills and techniques that took the Boilermakers from the top of the NCAA rankings to three regular season Big Ten titles, the Sweet Sixteen (4x), and onto the Elite Eight in 2019. Coach Painter emphasizes the four main parts of the game, and he organizes his practice around these. Half-court defense Rebounding Take care of the ball Transition defense Painter sets the tone for each practice by beginning with his defensive breakdowns. Painter dissects PurdueÕs man-toÐman defense using a variety drills and exercises. Painter's practices include transition motion, post and perimeter skill, transition motion, secondary breaking, free throw work and man defense. Painter concludes each practice by giving a competition drill that includes a rebounding drill, shoot out (No Man's Land), and a limitation drill (60 point drill). Your team can be champion-ready with competitive drills, one-on-1 teaching and breakdowns. 4 videos (485 minutes). 2010.

7 Seconds or Less Early Offense Score quickly with the 7 Seconds or Less Offense. If you are looking to up the tempo and improve your options in transition, East Carolina head coach Joe Dooley can show you how. Coach Dooley was the back-to-back Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2017 & 2018) while leading Florida Gulf Coast to two NCAA tournament berths. His success led him back to East Carolina where he served as head coach in the late 1990s. Dooley employs a system that will help you play faster. You will see loads of quality plays and concepts that can be easily implemented into your existing transition offense. Coach Dooley will take you even deeper into his system with 14 quick-hitters and seven drills that he used while at FGCU. 7-Second or Less Offense: Transition Coach Dooley’s 7 Seconds or Less Offense system promotes scoring early in the offense using motion action. He also will show you how to best take advantage of a defensive stop, a steal, and a turnover and turn them into easy baskets at the other end. Coach Dooley will go through a number of offensive tools like the pick & roll, pick & pop, pitch ahead, high-low actions, and much more. You will also see detailed individual plays like Stagger, a play designed to get a great shooter open by using multiple screens quickly in transition. Coach Dooley also presents counters for attacking defenses, especially those that switch. You will see how Dooley creates scoring opportunities for his best players with drag and double drag ball screens in transition. Coaches will learn the finer points of how to flow right into multiple pick and roll situations and how to space the floor to avoid traps. Coach Dooley also shares his Spurs Action where you can create looks for talented post players using high-low action. The segment continues with a number of other actions and plays including screen the screener actions and how to free up your best shooter for quick shots. There is so much of the 7 Seconds or Less offense here you will surely find something you can incorporate into your system. 7 Seconds or Less Offense: Drills In order to implement the fast break, Coach Dooley will show you six practice drills that have served him well over the years. Drive and Kick is an easy and competitive way to get all of your players repetitions as they work on creating shots through dribble penetration from a number of angles on the floor. The 3-on-4 Contest Drill is great way for players to learn how to make good reads on offense and find open shooters. The drill is also beneficial for defensive purposes as players work on closeouts and defensive rotations. Coach Dooley provides you with a multitude of offense in this 68-minute video that is a must-have for those coaches that love to move and score early in transition. Rent the 7 Seconds or Less Offense DVD today.

AAU COACHING BOYS BASKETBALL SERIES: MOTION OFFENSE These motion offense series can be used effectively by coaches to train their basketball players to perform effectively at the top level. As a coach, you will be able to utilize effective press offenses to attack those aggressive full-court defenses and ultimately make them pay for any errors. Train your basketball players to maintain possession and to mount pressure on the defense while having possession of the ball. You will be able to implement offensive techniques that will be able to break even the toughest of defenses and become a team to be feared by all your opponents. MOTION OFFENSE When there’s no break to punish the defense, the video explains how a coach can train his players to maintain possession and mount a lot of pressure on the defense as long as they are still in possession of the ball. You can break the motion offense down into skills, drills, and movements that are simple and easy for your basketball players to understand and master those skills they develop while practicing. Build a 5-on-0 offense that can make the movements of players very visible and then runs the motion 5-on-5. Use a post-on-guard screen to execute every motion offense to create a lot of scoring opportunities right from the start of the match. Teach your basketball players to communicate with their teammate by means of message cuts that help players to tell their players if they should look for another option, if they are open, or if they need to catch. This way the team will function properly. In the video, you will also find another way by which you can use the ball screen to attack the defense and force the key players of the opposing team to commit fouls. This simple and effective offense blends well with motion and secondary breaks. PRESS OFFENSE Without a press, an offensive system cannot be complete. If your basketball players maintain spacing and ball control while using an organized attack to play against a full-court defense, your team will be able to score a lot of goals. Your players will be able to use a simple press breaker to attack either a man or zone defense and then easily flow into a fast break option, motion offense or secondary break offense depending on the style of the defense. By means of these simple offenses, you will be able to complement both the secondary break offense and the fast break to mount and maintain pressure on your opponent’s defenses and create many scoring opportunities. This way, you will have a team that will be a formidable opponent for anyone.

AAU COACHING BOYS BASKETBALL SERIES: INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE DRILLS In this video, you will learn how to build the defense of your team from the ground up and make them a team to be feared by the opposition. Place great emphasis on the four important aspects of a team's defense to enable your basketball players to compete at the highest level and create a defense that is impenetrable and near perfect. Improve your team's side defense, learn how to rebound to finish a possession, and train your basketball players to effectively defend against cutters. This way, your players will be able to dominate the paint defensively and create a defensive wall difficult to penetrate. Let go of your soft defense and adopt a defensive play that your players will love and that help them to play even against a more athletic team. Teach your basketball players by means of a series of drills that are progressive, logical, and habitual in nature to help your players build proper footwork, technique, and defensive fundamentals. Use drills like the 1v1, 2v2, and the 4v4 to help build the defense by heaping on-ball-pressure on your opponents. By using these drill progressions (i.e. drills that stack on each other), you are able to teach your players a variety of techniques and skills by teaching one concept before the next, making the drills simple and easy for your basketball players to understand. Train your basketball players on the court by four sets of build-up drills starting with the defensive stance to the 5-on-5 man defense. The drills will help your players develop foot faking, on-ball defense, help-side positioning, slides, closeouts, footwork, defensive positioning, and many more. Your team can be at a disadvantage offensively when in transition, and when defending in the full court. By means of the transition defense series, you can use two great drills to defend the break and conversion from offense to defense. Stimulate 5-on-5 half-court defense and use the shell drill to create a defense by means of a variety of offensive attacks. The shell drill will teach your players skills such as denying the cutter, help defense, rebounding, communication, and protecting the rim. Use these tactics and techniques to create a team that plays the game well and adopts a defensive style that shuts down even the most offensive opponents and creates a wall that cannot be penetrated. Whether you are a new coach or an old one, you will find these defensive drills timeless as you improve the quality of the defense if your team.

A HIERARCHY OF ADVANCED SKILLS FOR YOUTH BASKETBALL These advanced drills and skills by Dr. John Tauer aim to provide the following for your basketball players: The hierarchy of advanced drills is suitable for advanced offensive skills since this is an excellent teaching progression. You’ll be able to identify the common mistakes youth players often make and those areas that can often be challenging to your youth basketball players. This is made possible by means of youth demonstrators in the video. Additionally, this video will prove insightful for you as a coach as you try to train your players because Dr. Tauer is well experienced having had a successful career as a player, coach, youth camp director, and a psychology professor. These drills build on the Individual Skills drills by Dr. Tauer. With these advanced drills, you will be able to train your youth basketball players to be on top of their game at different levels by means of a sequence or progression of offensive moves. The drills also focus on how players are quick to reach when they catch the ball. Some of the areas they cover include: Shots fake. Change-of-direction moves. Proper footwork on jab steps. Individual defense. The importance of changing speeds. How to be efficient with every move they make. How to create separation from defenders. The importance of using both hands for dribbling and shooting. You will be able to use the progression of offensive moves to implement off the ball movements such as ‘pass and screen away' and ‘pass, cut, and fill'. You will also be able to successfully teach your youth basketball players to read the defense by means of simple and effective drills. Other unique features of these advanced drills include: You will be able to watch demonstrations performed by youth players to help you understand the areas that might be challenging to your youth players as well as certain common mistakes they are prone to make. The progression of these drills increases in their complexity whining different skill areas. You will be able to use drills that focus on the individual needs of your youth players as well as the needs of the team. Due to Dr. Tauer's expertise in sports psychology, you’ll find these coaching and teaching points very helpful. In the video, Dr. Tauer highlights those areas that you need to watch as you train your youth players. These areas include: To help them easily create separation from the opposition’s defense. To ensure greater effectiveness with their moves. To also finish effectively across the basket. Additionally, Dr. Tauer highlights how coaches can use positive feedback to encourage their players. This way, the players will be able to achieve greater results. He also explains how you can make these drills both challenging and competitive while training your youth players. Lastly, you will be able to train your youth players by incorporating several basic skills into each of the drills. This way, your youth players will be able to build different skills sets at once.

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50 Set Plays for Attacking Man-to-Man Defense Coaches would give just about anything to get inside the mind of the best college basketball coaches in the country. In this collection of offensive sets from the game’s best, you get to do exactly that. This video provides you with a variety of offensive plays that include half-court sets that represent some of the most well-known formations like Horns, 5-Out, Hi-Low, and many more. Here’s what is included: Duke Elbow Series The Elbow Series from Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and assistant Chris Collins can produce an easy 3-point opportunity with added rebound protection at the rim. Coach Krzyzewski and Coach Collins demonstrate the Elbow Series which includes Elbow Weak, Elbow Up, and Elbow Get. Each play spaces the floor for the best scoring chance. Fred Hoiberg Series Former Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg shares a number of plays from his 5-Out formation. You will see 50 Pistol, 50 Dive Stick, and 50 Dive Special each with the ability to produce a scoring opportunity at the rim or a 3-point attempt. Coach Hoiberg also presents Horns Handoff Burn, High Stacks Pacer, L, Owl, and High to give you a number of different ways to create scoring chances from multiple spots on the floor. Tom Izzo Series From Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, you will get his Chest, Chest Down, Thumb Down, and Horns, and I plays. Izzo emphasizes sharp cuts, a lot of quick ball movement, and misdirection in an attempt to get a shot at the rim or a reversal and a weak side jumper. Larry Brown Series You will see how former NBA and SMU head coach Larry Brown gets his posts to take advantage of defenders using Split, Horns, and Horns Shake. Posts move quickly from screen-and-roll perimeter action to the low-block scoring position. Gregg Marshall Series In this segment, you will see Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall put his team through the 41 Iso Play. It is designed to use stagger screens to free up an open shooter when a baseline drive is cut off. Greg McDermott Series A series of nine plays is demonstrated by Creighton head coach Greg McDermott. Each play has a counter for how a defense might play it. McDermott goes through plays like Blitz, Blitz 1 Down, and Blitz 1 Back to take advantage of movement and secure the post for an easy basket against an out-of-position defender. Dave Paulsen Series To help players that might otherwise not be able to get open, Bucknell head coach Dave Paulsen shares his V-Entry and Rip plays. Using stagger screens, spacing, and quick ball reversals defenses are put into difficult positions and give up easy shots. Tim Floyd Segment Tim Floyd’s NBA influence is apparent as the former UTEP head coach shares his 43 play. The idea is to use court spacing and high screen and roll to produce dribble penetration at mid-key with two perimeter shooters ready in the corners. Tara VanDerveer Segment Watch as Hall of Fame Stanford women’s head coach Tara VanDerveer runs her team through Scram, a play designed to force a defense to overplay a double screen. The motivated defense leaves a screener open on a duck-in at the rim. Pat Summitt Series Former Tennessee women’s head coach Pat Summitt guides her team through Spin, Horns, and Horns 2. This series of plays is designed to get the ball inside for a layup.

Post Player Drills for Advanced Skill Development Teach your players how to dominate the post in this video from one of the great post players in NCAA history, Danny Manning. Now the head coach at Wake Forest, Manning shares a series of advanced drills designed to develop a post player’s all-around skills. Manning won a national championship while a player at Kansas in 1988. He also served as an assistant under Bill Self at Kansas before moving on to Tulsa where he won the 2014 Conference USA title and was named the conference coach of the year. Fundamental Post Player Drills In the video, Coach Manning begins with a breakdown of a fundamental but almost indefensible move – the jump hook. Manning takes you through five phases and shows you how to use the move to create easy scoring opportunities. Footwork is a key to becoming a great post player. From working the half-court to full-court sprint and seal, players learn the proper footwork needed to create scoring opportunities. Coach Manning uses 1-on-1 and 1-on-2 drills to teach post players how to read a defense and score in any situation. He adds a cardio element to the drill as well as a run-and-seal action to initiate it. Moves On The Block Players then move to the block where they learn how to master the shot fake. Manning emphasizes the shot fake with every move to take advantage of defenders and to draw the old-fashioned three-point play. You’ll see the Double Chop Drill where players learn to create separation by attacking the hip of their defender. Moves off the Block Continuing in the video, Coach Manning takes players off the block to work on jab steps, cradle dribbles, cheat steps, and crossovers. You will learn nine post moves players can master off the block. Players learn the footwork first and do it slowly so they do not develop bad habits. Coach Manning includes seven different hand-eye coordination drills to help develop your players’ hands. He uses a variety of equipment like tennis balls and medicine balls to put players through a dynamic workout. As Kansas’s all-time leading scorer, Coach Manning was able to score at will around the rim. In this video, he takes his knowledge and experience as an elite post player and teaches it to you. This is a must-have piece of any coach’s collection. Rent this Post Player Drills DVD today.

Learn the skills required to be a player at the next level. Show the post player how you score in the low, middle, and high posts More than 20 drills to help you become an elite offensive player or lockdown defender Steph Wood is a nationally recognized trainer for women's skills development. She has worked with athletes like Joy Cheek (Duke), and Maya Moore(UConn). Wood teaches you the skills and drills that will transform your game into something great. The Standards Steph Woods outlines nine standards you need to be able execute in order to improve your game and become a leader within your team. Sprint to the floor Be a trail jumper. Score in the low, middle, and high posts Use separation and confrontation moves in your post Hunt the middle-line Learn how to pick and roll Protect the rim Protect the paint Rebound the basketball Offensive drills Woods shows you every aspect of a post-player's game, including drills in transition, high post, low post and pick & rolls. Woods covers the best moves for the post as well as when and where they should be used. Defensive Exercises Woods will teach you how to use proper technique and keep your head up on the defensive side. These drills will teach you how to closeout at the high post, protect your baseline, defend in transition and control the glass. Steph Wood is one of the most respected women's skill development trainers. Watch this video to find out! 48 minutes. 2011.

Agility & Conditioning When you include training activities that boost agility and conditioning, you can sharpen the competitiveness of your team. You can also motivate your team chemistry with a wide variety of conditioning drills. Many sports such as basketball involves movements which boost the agility of players. There are so many available agility drills, reaction and change or direction activities which can help your team. It is important to note that there is a big difference between keeping fit and having s basketball shape. Playing basketball requires a lot of activities which would help the player posses a wide range of agility and conditioning strength which could help players to have a better performance, speed and athleticism.   Importance of agility drills When you want to carry out agility drills it is important to pay close attention to your speed. What counts for your agility is your ability to run with speed, then decelerate as quickly as possible and also change direction quickly. The art of developing agility makes one better in the court, especially in basketball. Many coaches can replicate real-life game situations that require agility and these drills make players better.  Agility drills are very important to basketball players and coaches endeavour to include it as part of their training.   Importance of Team conditioning It is important to know that the continuous running technique is not the best as a team conditioner. Making good used of more creative drills can also help keep the players of the team motivated and carry out different running drills. Many coaches form specific conditioning activities to meet the specific requirements of the players. There are also a lot of ideas that can be modified so as to create a good number of drills and various exercises to strengthen team activities. To accomplish more agility and conditioning among players, it is good to Incorporate agility drills to training sessions.  This can be done through verbal or visual means. Making good use of this kind of drills will help the athlete to make more movement when they get to the court.  Some coaches carry out their agility tasks by using various cones and also giving Commands. Even though a certain player is the quickest on the team,  he still needs to participate in agility drills.  This is because there is a big difference between speed and agility to read and react.  It is important for all players to improve in their reaction time. This is important because once their reaction time is quick,  their movement will also seem quick even though they may not be the quickest. This highlight extensively the importance of agility and conditioning to players.

Jim Larranaga: 3 Zone Offenses to Beat Any Zone Defense University of Miami head coach Jim Larranaga has enjoyed success everywhere he has been. He took George Mason to the Final Four in 2006 and took Miami to the Sweet Sixteen in 2013 when he earned the AP National Coach of the Year award. One of the things that has contributed to Larranaga’s success is an offensive attack that can break down any defense, including zone defenses. In this on-court clinic presentation, Coach Larranaga diagrams three-zone offenses you can use to beat any zone defense. He then takes those offenses on the court to demonstrate how he uses ball movement, man movement, screening, dribble penetration, and offensive rebounding to beat zone defenses. You’ll see each offense in a 5-on-0 and then a 5-on-5 setting. Slice & Dice Zone Offense The Slice & Dice is great against most any zone, but primarily the 2-3, 3-2, and 1-2-2. The offenses uses four perimeter players and one post. It forces the defense to move, communicate, and change their matchups. Crack & Carve Zone Offense The Crack & Carve is good against the same 2-3, 3-2, or 1-2-2 zone defenses. The difference is that this offense will utilize two post players. The idea, as the name attests, is for the two post players to carve out space, set screens, and create good shots either for themselves or for their teammates. Seek & Find Zone Offense The Seek & Find Offense is used specifically for the 1-3-1 zone defense. This offense uses a 4-Out formation and then uses combinations of diagonal passing, back screens, down screens, and penetration to break down and dismantle the zone thereby creating open shots. With three different zone offenses, you have the ability to install the one that best fits your personnel. You can also install all three and use them in different situations. Order now to take advantage of Coach Larranaga’s expertise in designing zone offenses.

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