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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.