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Competitive Drills for Man-to-Man Defense If you are looking to improve your man-to-man defense, this is the video for you. Ben Jacobson, head basketball coach at the University of Northern Iowa, will help you create a defensive philosophy that will shut down opponents. Coach Jacobson is a two-time Missouri Valley Coach of the Year who took his Panthers to the Sweet 16 in 2010 using an intense, tough man-to-man defense that held opponents to just 63.5 points per game that season. If you have been searching for your team’s defensive identity, Coach Jacobson can help you find it. Coach Jacobson will help you organize your practice so that you improve the effectiveness of your defensive practice time. The four key principles of his quarter-court defense are revealed as well as 10 different defensive drills. These drills provide the foundation as you plan your defensive practice time. The drills begin at the very basic level from 1-on-0 the whole way to a full 5-on-5 situation. Coach Jacobson preaches working on the fundamentals of defense which include maintaining balance, keeping feet on the ground, and squaring up to defenders. He also emphasizes teamwork. Players must learn to communicate in order to be good defenders. These drills also work on pressuring the ball, developing a closed stance to gain an advantage in a short close out, and moving with the ball as it is being moved. Coach Jacobson’s drills advance to 5-on-5 situations which become more game-like. These drills will help you increase your team’s intensity and overall toughness on defense. Pressuring the ball, contesting shots, and maintaining good baseline defense are all keys to Northern Iowa’s success on defense. Coach Jacobson’s philosophy can be adapted to your program and bring you similar success. 65 minutes. 2010.

Horns Sets vs. Man-to-Man Defense Northern Iowa basketball has flourished under head coach Ben Jacobson who has found a way to carve up defenses in the half-court with a variety of horns sets. In this Horns Sets video, Coach Jacobson shares many of his half-court set plays and why they actually work. At UNI, Jacobson has had great success winning two Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles and three conference tournament championships. More often than not, Coach Jacobson has guided the Panthers to a top three finish in the MVC during his tenure. Learn why his sets work and how he has adapted them to build a solid foundation of play. Horns Sets In Coach Jacobson’s version of the Horns set, he puts his top two post players at the free throw line and his best shooter in the corner to create space in the defense. The posts create various screening actions which lead to multiple scoring options. Coach Jacobson focuses on the details, especially setting screens, so that his players understand how to attack the defense. Jacobson helps you understand how your players should use the various types of scoring actions. For example, in the base set a dribble hand-off into a double screen is used to allow your best shooter to turn the corner and attack the basket or pull up for an easy jump shot. Comeback Action is a play where the post sprints out and sets a ball screen for the shooting guard. Players must be able to read defenses to understand when and how to attack. 2-1-2 Sets The final segment of Coach Jacobson’s presentation focuses on a number of 2-1-2 sets where players learn to attack screens coming from the wing. Post players learn these plays are great opportunities for them to score. Posts set screens and roll back into the paint where they can seal off a defender and post up. Coach Jacobson’s presentation is full of set plays that work against any defense. This video is 67 minutes of pure offense and if you are in need of some ideas to spark your scoring, you will find it here! Rent this Horns Sets DVD today.

Ben Jacobson: Individual and Team Offensive Drills Northern Iowa head basketball coach Ben Jacobson is known for challenging the best teams in the country with a controlled, disciplined offensive attack. The style of play has served Jacobson well as he has led the Panthers to two Missouri Valley regular season championships and three conference tournament titles. His teams have won 20 or more games in six different seasons. In this 72-minute video, Jacobson uses on-court demonstration to show you some of his favorite practice drills, transition sets, and baseline out of bounds plays. The drills you will see are great conditioners which frees up practice time to work on other aspects of the game. You will see four options in transition that challenge your opponent no matter what they try to stop. Practice Drills If you want to be a successful basketball player, you need to be able to do three things well: shoot, pass, and dribble. Coach Jacobson shows you six practice drills that build these individual fundamentals. Two-Minute Passing helps players perfect the art of passing as well as condition themselves as they move up and down the floor. The Corners Drill allows players the ability to see the floor, handle ball pressure and use individual offensive moves. Transition Sets Coach Jacobson diagrams three transition sets that his teams have used over the past few seasons. You will see each set demonstrated on the court. Each set offers a number of different scoring options on both the perimeter and at the rim. You will see the transition sets in action in both half-court and full-court scenarios in 5-on-5 so you get the feel for beating any defensive alignment. Baseline Out of Bounds It never hurts to have an extra baseline out of bounds play. Coach Jacobson shows you two here. Each play gives you a shooting option from the corner and one at the rim versus the common 2-3 zone that is played in these situations. Coach Jacobson also shows you his favorite play for a late-game 3-point shot. This is an excellent video for coaches looking to get the most out of their players through the use of individual and team development drills. The concepts and drills presented in this video are a great place to start in improving any team’s skills.

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.

Your offensive actions can improve your team's shooting. This season, guard the ball better The numbers rebounding drill will help you improve your team's rebounding. Use 14 of Ben JacobsonÕs most effective offensive and defensive drills to improve your basketball skills. SHOOTING AND SCREENING: He shares some of the team's most effective shooting drills. He incorporates his motion offense screening actions to get his teammates to communicate, read screens, and work on screening while taking shots. The 3-man drills allow the players to get two shots from each screening action, including the elbow screen and diagonal down screen. Coach Jacobson shows his screening philosophy and the options available to his players after reading the defense. The layup drill is a 2-minute drill that focuses on conditioning and passing. DEFENSE: Jacobson discusses his defensive philosophy in the defensive drills segment. It is 80 percent Pack Line defense and 20 percent ball-denial-push baseline. He walks you through the alley drill. This is where you can practice defending the ball and controlling the dribble. He then moves into the 3-on-3 defensive drill that his teams practice every day. He focuses on the help position early and protecting the gap from dribble penetration. This drill helps him to develop his defensive fundamentals such as angle of approach, closeouts and guarding the dribble. Your players should be able to defend in any situation and the offense must play to a set defense whenever possible. REBOUNDING: Jacobson demonstrates how to ride with your opponent away from the basket in Jacobson's numbers rebounding drill. This will allow you to make space for a "clean" rebound. His defensive disadvantage drill, which combines all the basics learned earlier in a scramble situation, concludes the session. This collection of drills and ideas will help you improve your practice this season. 68 minutes. 2010.