Getting the Most out of Your Basketball Practice Sessions Don Showalter is one of the nation’s most accomplished high school basketball coaches. He has won over 500 career games at Iowa City (IA) HS. He also served as a USA Development coach and was a six-time gold medalist with USA Men’s U16 and U17 national teams. In this basketball practice video, Coach Showalter shares his years of experience and how he refined his philosophy to help him get the most out of his practice sessions. Part of that philosophy is that coaches have to create an atmosphere that players enjoy and desire to improve. Along with that, Showalter stresses a passion for the game and your players as well as making adjustments to fit your personnel. Showalter shares 17 practice thoughts and ideas that include expectations, ideas about team building, and designing drills that make players hate to lose. Everything Coach Showalter shares will make you think about how you can improve your practice sessions and get your players vested in what you want to accomplish with your program. Basketball Practice Drills Coach Showalter also goes on the court to share some of his favorite combo drills for full- and half-court work. The four-part Texas Drill is a full-court drill that uses the speed dribble, layups, jump shots, the perfect layup and a 5-ball combination layup-jump shot drill. Showalter finishes with offensive and defensive cutthroat drills that incorporate three rules that players have to follow to stay in the drill. These can be done in 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 settings. All in all, Coach Showalter gives you plenty of nuggets to help you get the most out of your players and your practice sessions. Rent this basketball practice 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.

Learn Coach CalipariÕs "8 All-Star Foundations" To achieve success, keep a list of your goals and dreams. Develop character, serve, be a teammate, and be a good person Every player can be an All-Star at school, in basketball, and in life if they are their best. John Calipari, Kentucky's basketball coach, reveals eight principles for being an All-Star. These eight characteristics will help players exceed their expectations and achieve high performance goals. The journey of a player is a daily effort of hard work and diligence. A structured approach to basketball and life can lead to amazing accomplishments. Calipari urges his players to take ownership, follow role models and work until exhaustion. Calipari believes that the mind is the most powerful tool a player has and is crucial to their success. Calipari's model is one that every coach and player can use. To reach new heights, you must take responsibility for your actions and serve others for the benefit of the team. To become an All-Star, you must be empowered in each of the fundamentals. 35 minutes. 2009.

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Coach Crean says that coaching is all about creating game-like action in practice. Players will see improvements in their game which will increase confidence and prepare them for action. Crean starts by dissecting the Chicago set play and the various schemes that it contains. To review each player's role in the play, Crean spends time with them. Clear 40 is another play that focuses on improving timing and player execution. Marquette's offense is based on hand-offs. The handoff drill focuses on timing, passing, and explosion at exchange point. The 4-Cone Drill focuses on game moves and shots. Each player performs a crossover, inside out dribble move, and slides shot or scoop shot. Reversing the ball to open-shooters is another part of the offense. Crean's ball reversal drill teaches key points about good reversal. Crean practices the art of making a lay-up game. Every layup in a game could make the difference between winning or losing. The fast break is another aspect of practice. Specific player responsibilities are required for the 2-on-1 advantage break. The 5-on-5 break can then be put together and executed. To save practice time, set plays can be added to the fast-break. 68 minutes. 2007.

Bruce Pearl's late-game and clock situations are huge opportunities for his team. Pearl's initial offense is described in detail. This attack is based on optimizing each player's abilities at different areas of the floor. The read & react full-court offense makes use of all defensive decisions. The ball screen calls are two reliable options for this offense. A high screen and roll is the first play, which creates an inside seal opportunity for post players. The high screen and pop is another play. This spreads the floor out 1 in. It can also flow into continuity offense. Five unique set plays are unleashed by Pearl starting at the baseline. This OB series will result in a lob lay up, switch seal and hi/low seal. It also has a high/low backscreen and post pin. Five variations can be created by the box set alignment, all of which could lead to baskets. The pin down screen removes the guard from the top of the floor. There are three options: slip screens, down screens, and penetration. 40 minutes. 2007.

A defense that is good at defending your opponent's interests and takes it away is called "good defense." Coach Auriemma shows you the four cornerstones for half court defense. These areas include defending the baseline drive and guarding and trapping post, closing out the shooter, and protecting the pick and roll. Two key components of the half court are ball pressure on the point guard, and wing denizen. Defensive players can use the three-point line as a guide to help push the offense past the line. For good offensive players, it is necessary to double the line on the pass. Auriemma instructs his defenders how to react to the pass, trapping the post aggressively. To demonstrate the importance of proper close-outs on the ball, a 2-on-2 drill is shown. There are many different ways to pick and roll. You need to consider the abilities of both your opponent and your players when designing a defensive strategy. Auriemma's main goal is to encourage good players to take difficult shots. 75 minutes. 2007.

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Team Ball Handling Drills with Ganon Baker This ball handling drills DVD does not lack for star power as players learn from Ganon Baker, world famous basketball trainer, and Boo Williams, chairman of Boys Basketball AAU. Baker is renowned for being passionate about improving the lives of young men and women through the sport and basketball. His energy will grab you from the first minute. Ball Handling Drills Progression Baker and Williams do a great job of having a natural progression with each drill that starts with form and moves to speed and finally contact. In the form stage, players are encouraged to focus on doing the drill perfectly but then to move out of your comfort zone and push yourself. This will inevitably cause mistakes but Baker and Williams get joy out of seeing those mistakes because it means the players are trying to improve. The goal of the teachings in this ball handling drills DVD is to develop a players confidence with the ball. Competent ball handling is the best way to quickly improve your game and keep yourself on the court during games. Ball Handling Drills Workout The workout is broken up into a multitude of sessions or series. It begins with the "Form Series" which as used as a warm up to strengthen the hands, develop hand eye coordination, and feel for the ball. These drills are all done stationary. The DVD then progresses to the "Drive Series" which teaches the basic form and technique for dribble moves on the move. During this series the coaches demonstrate the best way to take advantage of your dribbling skills by practicing with a partner. They show you how to eat up the space in between you and your defender to effectively blow by them. The workout finishes with some full court drills which adds a layer of conditioning into your workout. These drills are applicable to all coaches at all levels. Since the difficulty of each drill is dependent on how hard the player pushes him/herself there is no limit to who can benefit from these drills. Ball handling is the beginning of every basketball players journey and it is the differentiation of the elite players. Quite frankly you cannot afford to neglect this part of your game and you have the chance to learn from two of the best. Rent this ball handling drills DVD today.

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