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Edwardʼs University Menʼs Basketball


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Nike Championship Basketball Clinics


Verona, New York
May 14 – 16, 2010
Brandon Rosenthal

Speakers:

Angus Berenato, Pittsburgh


“My Favorite Drills”

“Great head to head pressure will take away high % shot.”

-This is why you put pressure on shooters.

“Make kids buy into head to head competition.”

-During drills make them accountable by asking for a head to head score.

“Make kids love playing head to head defense.”

-Low % shots make for better defense.

Drill:

Head to Head Series

1 on 1
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Player A spins ball out

Player B defends

Player A reverse pivots

Series:

1) Player A goes through jab series

-Keep eyes up, be realistic, pivot

Player B traces ball

-Talk, move feet, be aggressive

2) Stationary Dribble

-Player B play the ball, dive for loose balls

3) Player A is now free to dribble

Player B must defend base on team principles

-Force baseline

4) Add shot after whistle

Player A only gets two dribbles after whistle

-Ask outcome of game

Kevin O’Neill, USC


213.300.9262
“Man to Man Defense”

Man to man defense:

-Bonds team together

-Makes players responsible

-Makes champions
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“Whatever you do, be committed to it.”

“If you give up easy baskets you won’t win.”

Key’s to Defense:

1. Transition “D”

2. No easy layups

3. No open 3’s

4. Contested 2’s

5. Enjoy contact

6. Play as a group on defense

“One guy always on the ball, four guys always in help.”

“In transition, one man must stop the ball, the other four must be ready to help.”

“Send to guys back on the raise.”

“3 on 2, 5 on 4 D, must be great or you won’t win.”

-Up 6 or more points, consider sending four guys back on defense.

-Don’t let the ball into the shoot. Keep it out of the middle.

-Work on 3 on 2 defenses every day.

-Must get the ball on one side of the court to be a functional group.

Defense:

1. On the ball

2. One the middle help line

3. Or on the bench

“Want people to feel you on defense.”

Get your big to sprint to the nail and help stop penetration from the point guard.

15’ area: Dribble, shot, pass – Own this area and you win.
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“It’s how you play after you get beat that decides how good your going to be.”

“Turn and run to paint.”

Drills:

5 on 4 Scramble -> 5 on 5, each team plays offense and defense once

5 on 5 Switch & Change


• Pull
• Change – Run other way
• Switch – Drop ball and go defend someone else

3 min games – Conditioning

Aspects to Defense

1. System

2. Adjustments

3. Parachute

-When offensives teams swing, bump them.

-If you have the best players you should win.

Defense Half court Man:


• Play at the level of the ball at all times
• Man to man, shoulder to shoulder
• Close to touch
• No middle stance
• Be in air space
• Physical presence
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• Be in shrink spot
• Make it look crowded
• Front post
• No middle ball in post

Pre-season practice - 3 Days on 1 day off

In practice work on changing coverages. “It’s your job to prepare your players.”

-Arm bar, foot free

Defending the Pic & Roll:

-Hand on, go to player and chest up

-2 hand tag with help guy in the middle

Teaches them to always be in help

3 Things to get on guys for:

1. Effort

2. Coverage

3. Play

-Make guys hate to lose! If you win, they should love it, if they lose make them pay for it!

-Be physical, refs get tired of calling fouls.

-“We constantly are working on our double teams. We practice it every other day or every third
day. This way if we did it, we are ready!”
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Special Team’s:

1. Foul line block out

2. Foul line offensive rebound

3. Fouling up – 3 (Practice)

4. Foul with double team chop

5. End of game switch and double handoff

-When you talk to players always make it we (talk selfless).

-No out of bounds, no fouls in practice.

Makes you play harder.

-Coaches should always stick up for other coaches.

When you lose, respect the other team. Congratulate the game the other team played.

-Respect the game!

-Head Coaches have a responsibility to develop their assistants.

When you’re an assistant you have the responsibility to be an assistant not the head
coach. Respect what your head coach wants.

-“The players on your team are the most important part of the job.”

-If you have someone in your program who is hurting it, get rid of them!
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Billy Donovan, Florida
352.375.4683 XT 4200 (Darrin Hertz for Drills)
“Utilizing the Three Point Shot vs. Man to Man and Zone Defenses”

-Chart everything in practice.

Chart the 3 point shot %:


• No Defense
• Defense

Show every type of 3:


• On the break
• Out of post
• Ect.

-Consider all the ways you get a 3 point shot over the course of a game.

-Florida runs a 4 out 1 in offense because it’s difficult to defend in transition, forces a true 4 man
to defend on the perimeter, and makes it difficult to double team post with so much space.

-Donovan and staff tell their players no 3’s unless there is a post player in the paint to rebound.

-Look to get 3’s off dribble penetration.

-Look to get 3’s out of post (double teams).


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-Send 3 to 4 guys to offensive rebound.
• If offensive rebound, clear shot to 3pt line every time, creates the next way to get a 3pt.
shot.

Implement all five into offense.

5 ways to get 3 point shot:

1. Fast Break

2. Catch & Shoot (Penetration)

3. Post Catch (Double Team)

4. Shots Out of Offense (Screens, Pic & Roll)

5. Offensive Rebound

-In practice make players pass to shooters.

-Passers should always lead shooters and pass the ball into inside shoulder.

-“No one just gets up shots, always shoot for a goal.”


• Use managers to rebound and keep track of shots.
• Always set goal when you go to shoot.
• Players doing get to shoot by themselves.

-Work on shooting conditioning.


• Want players to know how to shoot when tired.

-Chart all shots on the floor.


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• Have managers keep track of every shot in practice and games.

-Don’t ignore the numbers. Numbers are facts.

Drills:

-Olympic Shooting Drill


• Loop & Follow
• Time the weave, so your running into the 3pt. line
• 3 min
• -3pt.-3, 2pt.-2, Layup-1pt.
• 120 points, go up 2pts each time

-Celtic 50
• Make 5 from 5 sports/10 from 5 spots

-Inside foot Pivot

-Get Trapped
• Get trapped from offensive rebound and find open shooter on wing

Sets:

1. Pic and Pop, reverse ball to corner.

-Screen inside of elbow defender.

2. High-Low Action, double screen in low block, top of double screen flash to high post.
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Things to consider:

-How many shots does your best player get in a two hour practice?

-Always do a good 20 to 30 minutes of individual work.

Kevin Sutton:
Monteverde Academy (FL)
“Post Skill Development”
Kevin.Sutton@montverde.org

A Great Post Player does all of the Following:


• Runs Rim to Rim
• Legally Physical
• On Balance
• Good Feet
• Relentless Rebounder
• Good Hands
• Defends the Position
• Defends and Controls the Paint
• Makes Free Throws
• Vocal
• Does not miss Layups

Tell Bigs:
• Run for scores
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• Run Rim to Rim
• Fist Fight (1st to get position) – Then Foot Fight to Score
• Own the Paint
• Get in Operating Position
• Post Play is a Leverage Game
• Catch Ball Clean (eyes first – hands second)
• Jump to the Ball

-To get better you must take players out of their comfort zone.

Drills:

-Blind Pass
• Slap ball then players turns around and catches pass.

-Blind Pass Chair Drill


• Coach passes the ball to post player who starts in low block
• Then catches off the block
• Then passes back to coach and circles around chair
• Player must whip his head around to see and catch ball
• Coach passes lob and player finishes at the rim

• Next, catch lob and pass back to coach


• Swim move back to low block

-Pound Back Board Jumps


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• Hold shirt to create resistance

-Tips
• Inside hand touches rim outside hand tips ball 6X’s

-Always get players to talk.

-Find a responsible player to take ball out, so develop post player.

-Second jump is more important than the first.

-Alternate Tips
• Inside then outside 10X’s each side of rim
• Alternate, then finish tip drill with made basket

-George Mikan Drill


• Do mikan drill, take it out of the net then inbound it into a guard and sprint to rim for
long pass and finish.

-Communication
• Information Given
• Information Received
• Information Understood

-Mikan Drill
• Outlet out of bounds
• Run and touch half court
• Pass back for finish
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• Then swim move to low block (swim with arm and leg)

-3 Man Weave Tip Drill

-Hold players accountable.

-Don’t miss layups, always make players use the back board.

o Paint-Own

o Outside the paint-Rent

o 3point Line-Homeless

-Chair Drill
• Grab rim then go chair to chair
• Chairs are placed outside the paint just a little above the low blocks
• Keep body low and keep elbows up!
• Post moves should include:

Drop Step

Dribble (2) middle turn spin and drop step

Use chin check move.

Tell post players to look middle, most likely a doubles comes from the high side.
• Pull chairs out further and use reverse pivot fake. Tell post players to use their
shoulders to fake.
• Reverse pivot, one dribble middle and finish.
• Reverse pivot opposite direction.
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“When players hold each other accountable you have something special.”

-Tell your post players to establish position and maintain it. “Be legally physical.”

-When you’re in the post, a post player should feel a hand or forearm, a leg, so know which way
to go.
• Forearm –use power game.

• Hand-use face up game.

-When you pivot, pivot even to even. Feet are always shoulder width apart and under your body.

Drill:

High-Post Reverse Pivot and Shoot


• Post player on the baseline.
• Runs the lane line to elbow, coach passes from top of the key.
• Post player reverse pivots into jump shot.

“Fist fight under the hoop, foot fight as you move out from underneath the basket.”

1 on 1 First one to the Ball


• Players start at elbow, must touch baseline.
• First one to the ball that is in the middle of the paint is on offense.

Bob McKillop, Davidson


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“Davidson’s Offensive Philosophy.”

 Always make yourself better.

 Be a great copier.

 Keep it simple.

 Establish a system you believe in, trust, and fits your personality.

 Must have consistency.

7 Fundamental Keys

1. See

2. Talk

3. Have an Act

4. Down and Balanced

5. Details

6. Flesh to Flesh Contact

7. Finish Everything

See – Games are like darting taxis.

Act – Faking a cut.

Down and Balanced – Need to be powerful.

Detail – Do the little things.

Flesh to Flesh Contact – Take a charge.

Finish Everything – Last play has to be the strongest.

Daily Objectives

1. Get Better
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2. Have Fun

3. Make Every Play Count

4. Play to Win

Every meeting, practice, game day, ect.

Rules of Offense

1. Fight for Space

2. Catch and See

3. Help Somebody

4. Finish Your Cut

5. Dribble with a Purpose

“Coaching is not plays, its playing.”

“Teach playing and teach decision making.”

“Teach Unselfishness.”

-If you want to miss a foul shot, lower the arc.

-Fill the penny jar.

Players were given a penny for doing a good job; the penny was placed into the jar. Team
was able to visually see the good things they had accomplished throughout the season.

-Play Volleyball one practice, everyone must touch the ball before it goes over the net. Find
team building games outside of basketball.
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“Players can never be afraid to lose or make a mistake. Your team should never be afraid to lose
or make a mistake.” #4 on Daily Objectives.

-Can’t worry about the things you can’t control.

-Control: Attitude, and build the 4 Daily Objectives up every single day!

Davidson Offense

-Attacking Team

-Offense based on rhythm & flow

“If you want to get an offensive rebound, take high % shots in transition, no one rebounds very
well in transition.”

-Run with a sense of discipline.

-“The ball is like spot light the longer you hold it the hotter it gets!”

-“Running in transition run for a spot on the floor, fight for the space!”

-“Run through you cut, no no-mans land.”

Rules of Offense

1. Fight for Space

a) Space to pass, dribble, & shoot

b) Use pivot to create space. A pivot is an act, it forces defense to cover space.
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2. Catch and See

a) Opponent

b) Teammates

c) Teammates opponent

3. Help Somebody

a) Reward, who gets ball.

b) Cheer the guy who sets the screen, runs hard.

c) Willingness to sacrifice.

4. Finish Your Cut

a) Top of key

b) Slot

c) Corner

d) Low Block Ball Side

e) Center of Paint, Head Under Basket

5. Dribble with a Purpose

a) Attack Somebody

b) To Help Somebody

-When you cut, its talk & see, flesh to flesh cuts, have an act, are balanced and finish your cut.

“When you help somebody you help yourself.”

“Always talk imagination with your players.”

“Always get your players thinking.”


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“Imagination is greater than knowledge.” -Einstein.

Drill:
• Line at the slot
• Line in opposite corner with ball
• Coach at elbow
• Corner player dribbles up the wing while player in from the slot cuts hard off the coach
and then receives a nice hard bounce pass.
• Players then switch lines
• Emphasize imagination, finishing their cuts, talking, seeing, flesh to flesh

CHECK NOTES FOR SIMILAR DRILLS

-Teach your players to seek contact, not avoid it. Find contact first, and then shoot.

-Again, flesh to flesh contact, seek and then finish.

-Never become good at drills and bad at playing. We want to perform our best when the lights
are on! Often teams act as robots and run drills perfectly. Then in games can’t do what they do
in practice. Use imagination, make your players think.

-In practice make drill for your offense.

-When you want the ball “Ask with 10”. Get your hands up!

-Play a lot of 3 on 3 live on different parts of the court with different rules. Make players use
their imagination and become comfortable with all types of situations.
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-If the first pass into your offense is easy, then the second pass is easy, and then so on.

-Finish your spots and angles.

-Slow down, avoid the pressure of time. Teach your players to feel comfortable with different
time situations on the clock.

Drill:

Pivot – 360 Degree Move

1. Jab

2. Step Across

3. Reverse Pivot
• Down
• Seeing
• Protecting the ball
• Work on both feet
• Handle the pressure

• Three players or two players with one coach.


• Offensive player with the ball can’t dribble.
• Defensive player traces ball and puts as much pressure on offensive player as possible.
• When offensive player can see the coaches or players “numbers” he can pass them the
ball.

Emphasize the pivot and having it create space for lots of ball pressure. Can’t
give up your space to the defense, you must create it for yourself on offense.
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Pivot – 360 Degree Move

1. Jab

2. Step Across

3. Reverse Pivot

4. Down

5. Seeing

6. Protecting the ball

7. Work on both feet

8. Handle the pressure

SCREENS:

-Set fat screens on the crack of someone’s ass.

-Be skinny to get through a screen.

Drill:

Triangle Shell Drill


• Offense and Defense on the low blocks and free throw line.
• Coaches on both wings to pass.
• Free throw line players sets a down screen for low block player after he passes to a coach.
• Drill is continuous; player can choose which side to screen.
• Then add shooting, driving, or concepts.
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- “Arena football made me make my reads faster.” Kurt Warner

-Thus, play games in a small or shorter space.

Story: In the 60’s and 70’s players played 3 on 3 outside because there were no great gyms, and
then played on two hoops so 12 guys could play.

-Credibility and presence are key for coaches.

 Respect the game

 Market Individuals

-Get five guys to do simple things and work together, because when it happens its magical!

-Balance, freedom, and responsibility.


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ALAN STEIN, CCS, CSCS


Alan@strongerteam.com
Checkout BLOG, VIDEO, TWITTER
“Offseason strength and conditioning –The foundation of a championship
program.”

“Basketball changes things; it speaks the essence of a universal language.”

Drills:

Skip Forward and Backwards

1. Belly Button to Back of Head

2. Sway Side to Side Overhead

3. Twist 180 Side to Side

Side Skip Slide

1. Belly Button to Back of Head

2. Sway Side to Side Overhead

3. Twist 180 Side to Side

Side slide – Walk the Ball

1. Roll the ball back and forth

Side to Side Jumps

1. Ball Above Head


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Back and Forth Jumps

1. Ball Above Head

-Foundation of success stems from the work you do in April till November.

-Comes down to executing skills.

-#1 Reason to be on year around program: Reduce Injury.

Enforce good habits on a daily basis:

1. Toughness

2. Competiveness

3. Communication

All Programs Should Include:

1. Use of Angles

2. 3 Ranges of Motion – Twist, Length, Vertical

3. Balance

4. Work Front and Back of Body

5. Everything must be Safe

6. Time Efficient

-Feet are the most important part of the basketball body. You do everything starting with you
feet. In a perfect world, workouts would be done without shoes.
• Several Muscles and Bones
• Do Exercise Bare Foot
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-Triple Extension:
• Ankles
• Knees
• Hips

WORKOUTS:

-Heel to toe jumps.


• Ball Above Head

-Reach forward

-Reach to side
• On one Foot

 -Use static stretching at the end of practice.

-Staggered feet touch toes:


• Ten Fingers Inside
• L Side
• R Side
• Up & Down

 -Use workouts to stimulate audio and visual functions…Read & React

-Tennis Ball Drills

 Tell kids “Chest over knees, knees over feet, on the power pads of your feet.”
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1. Throw ball over shoulder and do a HOCKEY STOP

2. 2 Balls, 1 over shoulder and 1 right before you get back

 A false step or a plyo step is ok

3. Throw ball out and do footwork circles around it.

4. Roll out suicides.

5. 3 in a line, get it and throw it back.

6. Hold tennis balls straight arm, drop and let player chase it, then throw another behind
head.

7. Place two balls in hands while other person puts hands on top. Drop ball and must catch
ball before it hits the floor.
o Change Positions

o Use Word Cues

-Sprint to elbow, back pedal to baseline, push slide to corner, and sprint to half court.

DEFENSIVE SLIDES:

“Push Step”
o Don’t open up outside foot.

o Create Pyramid.

Pyramid

Knee

Ankle
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Have to be outside to create greatest push off.

RACES:
o Player 1 starts on baseline and back pedals to half court

o Player 2 starts on 2nd marker and chases on coaches call

o Same starting points, chase around the middle circle.

PLAY TAG:
o Agility

o Accountability

PLAY CARD GAME BEFORE GAME-Show card and read.

THROW CARDS IN AIR


o Make them catch

o Make them pick up

3-2-3 box, ALWAYS PASS TO THE RIGHT and ALWAYS TRADE PLACES WITH PARTNER

FULL COURT TIP DRILL


o Two Lines

o Don’t let the Ball Touch the Floor


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FOUR PERSON BOX – FOUR ON THE INSIDE
o Each person on the inside touches on the outside, comes back to the middle and runs
right.

John Calipari, Kentucky


“Dribble Drive Motion Offense”

-To be an effective leader you need to be concerned about individual development.

-Get out early to practice and spend time with the guys at the end of the bench so they know you
care.

-Can’t listen to parents.

-We live in the INFORMATION AGE:


o Kids listen to rankings

-“Spend time developing the people around you because it is the most effective way to be a
leader.”

-Start practice and end practice with a message because these guys hear so much different stuff
over the course of a season.

-Whatever you put in, you need to feel good about it.

-Dean Smith – Points Per. Possession


o Foul Line
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o Lay Ups

o Open 3’s

-Worst shot is mid-level shots 31% over two seasons.


o More turnovers from guys working to get that shot.

-Run plays to get layups


o Ask yourself, can you get a layup out of this?

-Don’t practice defense in pre-season


o Long season

o Work on development

o Practice dribble drive with is 1 on 1 defense

Drills:

1 on 1 full court with a chaser, come back 2 on 1

o Look at the defender you are attacking.

o Drive to score.

o Not driving to pass.

o Drive at the man.

Purdue Drill

o Get the ball on the back board.


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o When you drive, go to the ball.

o Must play through bumps.

o “Showing your back shows you’re a weak player.”

o Throw lobs when help comes because we have the advantage in length.

o We are “Shooting layups and driving the ball.”

-2 on 1
o In line throw lob

o Comes late, off backboard

o No inline, drive and finish at the rim

 Second pass receiver is shooting or passing it

 350 layups missed 90

 NBA is about spacing

 College is about movement

 Players feel “unleashed” because they can score a layup with either hand

 Big man must read driver and get out of the way

 Everything is keyed by the ball

Bob Huggins, West Virginia


“Our Defensive Philosophy.”

-Do drills that you’re going to do in a game.

-Defense better always have help.

-“Sprint to help.”

-Defend in a box, shorten box, we don’t want to switch boxes


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o Keep ball on one side of the floor

-When you are a smaller team you need to extend the passing lanes.

-You get hurt by direct passes.

-Can’t pass the ball through someone.

-“Direct passes kill a defense.”

-“Want to help in line with our man, not the ball.”

 Use flat triangles

-See ball & man

 Bat, you constantly must readjust as a defender

 Get in a direct line

-Post feeds, no bounce pass because post players must give up position to catch ball. Pass ball to
hand.

-Sprint to help and plug back cut.

-“If your defender is not closer to the ball then his man you’re going to be in trouble.”

-“You must do things the right way to be the good teams and have a chance to be the great
teams.”

-“Read shoulders, not eyes.”

-Help comes from same guy so big can rebound.

-Next guard rotates.


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-Worry about defending the ball.

-Get players to buy in “you’re going to have to beat more than 1 of us!”

-Bottom guy of a 1-3-1 zone must be a tough guy.

Bob Knight, “Knight School: Defending today’s Offenses.”

1. Conversion
o Most fouls are dumb and unnecessary

o Know what goes on that leads to a foul

o Officiate Practice

o When converting to defense, don’t give up easy points

o Always work on defense by converting from offense to defense.

2. Offense
o Get it there

o Don’t turn it over

o Rebounding must be worked on everyday

o Always do an offensive and defensive possession

3. Use timeouts during practice


o Discuss out of bounds

o Screeners

o Shooters

4. Make kids think and concentrate

5. See & Listen makes you a better player


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6. Be observant

7. Make kids pay attention to their surroundings

-Defense starts with transition and ends with a box out.

-If you rebound well


o Take away easy shots

o Make easy shots

-Box out:
o Step over – cross over

o Get elbows up

o May need a reverse turn

o Hold him with butt

-Post Defense
o Play defense behind big man

o Takes away angles

What you look for:

1. Somebody who’s got a good shooter

2. Or can’t shoot
o No help responsibilities or if can’t shoot then ball off and channel ball to him.

Guard Defense:

1. Square stance
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2. Head up

-Best way to drive is attack extended foot.

-Force ball to corner.

-Give up corner shot.

Ball side – Channel ball to corner

Help side – Protect the drive

-Can’t press good teams


o So how far can you extend your defense

o 1 step above 3point line is last line of defense

-Good teams get better and better with the ball so it gets harder to press.

-Look at how athletic and quick a team is on when you will pick up on defense.

 Most important thing is the ball, if you don’t know where the ball is, you have a problem.
Five guys must stop the ball.”

-Recover low and short on close outs.

-Spend time on shot fakes


o Everyday use shot fake.

-Pay attention just to what your kids can do.


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-Ball side and defensive help.

-Nothing better to do to aid your defense then to switch.

Post Screen:
o The slop is effective against the switch.

o Offense can’t be effective if you don’t screen.

o Look for key spots to switch.

“He who hesitates is last.”

2 Things to Watch When Kids Shoot

1. Eyes on free throw

2. Eyes on jump shot

Shooting Drills – Make quick and have a fatigue factor.

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