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Herb Magee: Teaching the Art of Shooting

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with Herb Magee, Philadelphia University Head Coach;
distinguished member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2011);
1,000 career wins (most wins in NCAA Division II men's basketball history);
2x national coach of the year; College Division National Champions (1970);
known as the Shot Doctor across America, Coach Magee has worked with several current NBA players to help better their shooting performance

Herb Magee, one of the most successful coaches of all time, is known for more than winning. Having instructed and improved thousands of players' shots over his 40-plus years in coaching - including NBA players - Coach Magee has earned the name "Shot Doctor."

In this presentation, Coach Magee breaks down the art of shooting into four points of emphasis to teach and become a great shooter.

You will learn the key elements of the shot, how to teach them to your players and how to make them better shooters.

Coach Magee begins with an introduction of shooting mechanics, shows how to identify errors in technique and how to teach a proper shot. It's important for both the coach and player to understand "why" a shot missed so that corrections can be made.

In this presentation, the shot is broken down into four elements:

  • Shooting Hand - Learn proper hand placement and span for great control of the ball. Discover effective methods for self-evaluation, the four noises in shooting, three key points about the position of the ball and holding your release.
  • Guide Hand - An often neglected component of the shot is the guide hand. A bad shooter most likely is not using the guide hand properly. You will learn the critical elements of hand placement, the point of release and how to "fix" a player's misuse of the guide hand.
  • Legs - Footwork is just as important as the shot itself. While Coach Magee acknowledges differing philosophies of shooting footwork, he explains his proven technique and why it's the most effective.
  • Target - No matter how good the shooting form and technique, if a player doesn't aim for the right spot the ball will not "swish" through the net. Coach Magee's technique is simple to teach, simple to assess and provides simple fixes after a missed shot.

Once you've developed great shooters, it's time to give them opportunities to succeed. With over 1,000 wins, Coach Magee knows how to get his players open shots. He closes out the session with a couple of plays designed to get shooters open - including a play the Golden State Warriors use to get Steph Curry a great look at the basket.

Coach Magee will tell you he's in the Basketball Hall of Fame not because his teams relied on a "system" to win over 1000 games - it's because his teams could shoot better than their opponents. Making shots leads to wins. In this shooting clinic, you will see why NBA players and teams that need shooting guidance have called on Coach Magee for more than 30 years.

Produced at the Fall 2014 Philadelphia (PA) clinic.

76 minutes. 2015.


All Access Basketball Practice with Danny Manning

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with Danny Manning, Wake Forest University Head Coach;
former University of Tulsa Head Coach; 2014 Conference USA Champions, 2014 Conference USA Coach of the Year;
distinguished member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2008); former University of Kansas Assistant Coach under Bill Self, 2x NCAA Champion (coach and player),
NABC Player of the Year; No. 1 overall pick in the 1988 NBA Draft; 2x NBA All Star; 1998 NBA Sixth Man of the Year; member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team (Bronze Medal)

Sit in on live practices featuring distinguished member of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and former Bill Self assistant, Danny Manning. Throughout Coach Manning's practices you will see individual defense, the 2-2-1 three-quarter court press, offensive sets out of a 1-4 high, transition game and more. And, great attention to detail!

Practice One
The Wake Forest coaching staff begins with the basics, both defensively and offensively. Proper technique for defensive movements and an attention to detail on offense is emphasized. Defensively, Coach Manning and his staff work on slides, making sure each player is low to the ground and making explosive movements. Closeout techniques are also taught. The Concepts drill reviews five of the core principles of man-to-man defense. This drill works on closeouts, defensive stance, denying the point-to-wing pass, fronting the post and reacting to the dribble while in help.

Offensively, the Demon Deacons review their sets out of a 1-4 high alignment. In a 5-on-0 setting, players walk through the plays without the distraction of dribbling the ball without intent. Coach Manning teaches strategy not only in terms of steps A, B, C, but also challenges players to recognize how to make defenses move to their advantage. His staff emphasizes the timing of cuts, the use of screens and the footwork involved with each play. This thorough review works on a wide variety of reads out of each play.

The disc concludes with team strength and performance training in the weight room. The Demon Deacons' strength coach meets with the coaching staff to show how the team is expending energy and the impact of recovery days on strength and performance workouts.

Practice Two
Coach Manning and the Wake Forest staff spend a significant amount of time working on their 2-2-1 3/4 court press, which drops back into a 2-3 zone. You'll see the press breaker the Demon Deacons run against this type of zone pressure. You will also see how Manning runs press breakers against man-to-man full court pressure and man-to-man sideline out-of-bounds 3/4-court pressure.

Defensively, Coach Manning uses breakdown drills to work on defending specific offensive actions like dribble hand-offs and staggered double screens. In the Shell Drill, the Demon Deacons learn how to take away front cuts and react to baseline dribble penetration. In this 4-on-4 drill the team reviews how to defend back screens and flare screens. You will see a great drill for working on "blitzing" or double-teaming ball screens.

The Wake Forest coaching staff ensures the team gets plenty of shots up in the Hurricane Drill, a fast-paced transition shooting drill that uses multiple basketballs. On the offensive end, the team is broken down into guards and post players for skill development drills. While the forwards work on scoring off front pivots and reverse pivots, the guards work on coming off ball screens and pin downs. From here it's all about learning to work as a team. Starting from a box-out situation, the team runs through plays 5-on-0 at the other end. Watch as Coach Manning's team competes in 3-team and 2-team scrimmages. In the final segment of the practice, you'll see how Coach Manning works on baseline out-of-bounds versus man-to-man defense.

Practice Three
In this light practice session, the team uses the "Shell Drill" to work on jumping to the ball and being in help position on each pass. Later in the drill, Coach Manning adds a post player to work on raking down on the post once he touches the ball. The second half of the presentation begins in the weight room where you see more of the exercises the team uses for in-season workouts. These exercises are designed to improve and maintain range of motion, flexibility and explosiveness, and they help prevent injuries.

Practice Four
Transition basketball is emphasized in Practice #4. In the Deacon Drill, Coach Manning's team works on the primary break in a 5-on-0 setting. The Demon Deacons stress hitting ahead in transition and utilize this drill to make sure everyone gets a scoring chance. The Disadvantage Drill, is a 5-on-4 break with a fifth defender trailing. You can use this drill to work on both transition offense and stopping the ball while shorthanded in transition defense. In the shooting, Coach Manning uses different drills to simulate shooting in transition, shooting against a zone defense and position-specific breakdown drills on ball screen actions.

375 minutes (3 DVDs). 2015.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's gym can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

All Access Basketball Practice with Mark Few

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with Mark Few,
Gonzaga University Head Coach; 11x WCC Coach of the Year;
12 WCC Tournament Championships and 14 WCC regular season titles;
has advanced to the NCAA tournament in each of his 16 years as head coach at Gonzaga (1999-2015)

Efficient is the word to describe Mark Few's practices. Every minute of every drill is used to improve his players' skills and understanding of the game. Coach Few opens the doors to the first three practices of the 2014-15 season, which resulted in his 11th West Coast Conference crown and an Elite Eight appearance in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Practice 1
In Gonzaga's first practice of the 2014-2015 season, you will see live, unedited practice footage of the Bulldogs working on defense, transition, and half-court offensive execution. Using breakdown drills, Coach Few introduces the principles and fundamentals of man-to-man defense. In the "3 v 3 Circle Drill," players work on close outs, defensive positioning, and "bluff and recover" to help on dribble penetration.

On the offensive side, a mix of breakdown drills to improve passing and shooting are taught. In the "In/Out Shooting" and "Angle Passing" drills, you'll learn how to teach common actions. The Bulldogs also begin to develop their offensive system using 10 set plays.

Throughout the practice, you'll see how Coach Few breaks down the whole to ensure players learn how to do the little things - which leads to getting the big things accomplished. Coach Few and his staff are constantly communicating and teaching. Every mistake is addressed and every success is acknowledged.

Practice 2
Coach Few continues establishing the foundation of his defensive system. Many of the drills emphasize raising the intensity of the on-ball pressure. In the "Z Drill" and "Snake Pit," defenders focus on keeping the ball in front of them. The "Pressure Trap Drill" teaches players to aggressively play for deflections. In another major defensive segment, the team focuses on coordinating with one another to defend ball screens with hard shows, soft shows, traps, switches, and X-outs.

The team breaks down by position for individual skill work. The post players work on high/low entries and finishing in the post while the guards drill driving, spacing, and relocating. Both guards and bigs simulate the shots that they will get in Gonzaga's half-court offense. The practice session concludes with a 5-on-5 half-court scrimmage. Coach Few goes into the detail teaching the Bulldogs' set versus man-to-man defense. He stresses making the proper reads and knowing the fundamentals of each play.

Practice 3
The building blocks of offensive and defensive strategies continue to be emphasized in the third practice. To read ball screens effectively, new drills are introduced to teach players how to quickly dismantle defensive reactions. After working on fundamentals, the Bulldogs work on defending off-ball screens and helping on drives.

Coach Few introduces "icing" the pick-and-roll in this practice. Icing is a ball screen defense in the NBA that forces the ball handler, in a side pick and roll, towards the baseline and away from the middle. Gonzaga's Blue coverage is also introduced. Blue is a big-on-big double on the post when the offense has three on the perimeter and two inside. Coach Few goes over how to trap and rotate. In 4-on-4 shell drill, the Bulldogs use a scoring system that rewards defense in various ways.

On offense, breakdown drills are used to teach players how to make reads out of side ball screen situations. Full-court drills such as "Laker Break" and "Rebound to Break" are used to show players how to score in transition off a fast break or to flow into their half-court offense while keeping the defense on their heels.

In the guard/forward skill segment, each position learns how to battle for rebounds. Practice ends with a 5-on-5 scrimmage where defensive efforts win the game.

As you watch this presentation, it becomes clear why the Gonzaga program has been so successful over the past 15 years. As a coach, you'll have the opportunity to learn different drills and sets that you can implement into your program. Understanding and then teaching these principles will help teams regardless of age and skill level to play smarter and more effectively.

378 minutes (3 DVDs). 2015.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's gym can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

Kevin Boyle: 20 High Energy Drills for Pressure Defense

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with Kevin Boyle,
Montverde Academy (FL) Head Coach;
2015 High School National Champions; back-to-back-to-back High School National Champions (2013-15);
has led Montverde to a 107-7 record in four season (2012-15);
2011 Naismith National High School Boys Basketball Coach of the Year; 2x USA Today National HS Coach of the Year; the only High School Coach to have back-to-back NBA Draft picks (picked #1 and #2) with the 2011 #1 pick Kyrie Irving and the 2012 # 2 pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

Kevin Boyle is one of the country's premier high school basketball coaches and his teams are widely known for their in-your-face pressure defense.

This on-court presentation is jam-packed with high intensity drills that will turn your defense into a competitive advantage for your team. The drills are progressive and will improve both individual and team defensive skills. Each drill in this step-by-step model is physically demanding, easy to implement, game speed and provides built-in conditioning.

Warm Up
The presentation starts with seven warm-up drills that have offensive and defensive elements to challenge the skills of both. The drills include passing, cutting and shooting action. The flip pass action is described in even more detail than some of the other drills and can be extremely valuable to any coach. Because Coach Boyle uses warm-up drills that simulate their offense, players get two benefits from these drills and the coach gets more time in practice to work on other important concepts.

Half Court Defense
Throughout the presentation, Boyle shows how each drill is run and corrects the players when they make common mistakes. Drills include:

  • Tracing the Ball - Effective ball pressure must be quick and smart. Although this is a simple drill, it is essential for creating the kind of ball pressure that will help every other aspect of your defense.
  • Denying the Passing Lane - The best way to stop an offense in its tracks is to take away passing options. Coach Boyle teaches proper spacing, angles and movement to deny passing lanes.
  • Guarding a Cutter - When you aggressively deny passes, a good offense will resort to face cuts and backdoor cuts. After learning to deny a perimeter pass, this drill teaches defenders to stop and redirect cutters.
  • Help and Recover - When a teammate gets beat off the dribble, the help defender must learn to step in without giving up an easy shot from his own man. Quick reaction, timing, and a quick closeout are key elements in this drill.
  • Closeout Drill Series - With more and more players shooting and driving, closeouts have become a key element of a successful defense. This collection of short drills will quickly improve this skill set.
  • Slide Drill Series - Staying in front and slowing down the ball handler is of utmost importance. Coach Boyle improves the age-old zigzag drill by making it more realistic. Your players will improve their defensive slide, learn to cut off angles and transition quicker from slide to sprint in a full court setting.
  • Defending Drives from the Wing Series - In this collection of four drills, players first learn to cut off wing penetration and then they learn how to defend a spin move that results from the cut-off.
  • Guarding Duck-ins and Post-ups - Duck-ins put the offensive player right into the heart of your defense. In this drill, players learn how to keep the post player out of the paint and how to deny passes to the post. Your players will improve their toughness and their footwork.

Full Court Defense
While defending in the half court is essential to a team's success, picking up in the full court can also present some major issues for teams. Coach Boyle teaches a full-court pressure defense that stresses some of the same concepts he covers in the half court. He shows you what to do after you get split when trapping in full court. He then shows how players must get below the ball in order to be in a great help defensive position. Coach Boyle shares five great trapping drills to train players on how to keep chasing the ball and how to continue hounding the ball handler full court.

Quick Hitters
Coach Boyle ends the session with a couple of his favorite quick hitter plays that can assist your team with scoring easy baskets and get the ball to your best player in good scoring position.

This inside look into Coach Boyle's system is a tremendous way for any coach to help his or her team improve on the defensive end of the court. If you want to build a championship-caliber defense, these drills are sure to help.

Produced at the 2014 Philadelphia (PA) clinic.

70 minutes. 2015.

Dan Majerle: Pro-Style Transition and Secondary Break

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with Dan Majerle,
Grand Canyon University Head Coach; former Phoenix Suns Assistant Coach;
14-year NBA veteran, 3x NBA All Star, 2x NBA All-Defensive Second Team, member of Dream Team 2

For the majority of Dan Majerle's 14 year NBA career, he played on teams whose success was based on high-octane, fast-paced offense. Majerle, a three-time NBA All-Star, takes what he's learned from some of the best NBA coaches and demonstrates a pro style transition and secondary break offense that can be run off of makes or misses.

You'll learn how to execute quick options for every position and in multiple scenarios, which will wear teams out and allow you to exploit specific match-ups. This offense is easy to implement and will produce excellent opportunities for any team.

Transition Off a Miss
Coach Majerle starts with how the 2 and 3 run the floor and how they position themselves on the offensive end. You will see how bigs run the floor, the options they have on pitch aheads and their positioning.

Once the team is down the floor Majerle shows three easy-to-run secondary breaks. These sets deliver back doors, dribble hand offs, screens and double screens, and help with handling defensive switching.

Transition Off a Make
Learn how these same transition concepts off a made basket. Four secondary break plays are demonstrated using the 2-player game, drag and double drag, and pinch the post. Majerle also shows you how to empty out a side of the floor to create space for your best players to operate.

Shooting
A big part of Dan Majerle's NBA career hinged on his outside shooting ability. In this segment, Coach Majerle shares essential fundamentals for becoming a successful shooter. Majerle focuses on footwork, shooting in game-like situations and how to catch and release the ball on the seams.

The transition offense plays and secondary options on this video will elevate your team's scoring opportunities. This fast-paced style of play is not only fun to watch, but your players will enjoy running the court end-to-end.

Produced at the Fall 2014 Phoenix (AZ) clinic.

62 minutes. 2015.

All Access Arkansas Basketball Practice with Mike Anderson

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with Mike Anderson,
University of Arkansas Head Coach;
2009 NABC Coach of the Year;
in 13 years as a head coach he has never had a losing season (2003-15)

Mike Anderson is no stranger to playing up-tempo, fast paced basketball. As a part of the Arkansas basketball program in the early 90's, he assisted legendary coach Nolan Richardson during a National Title run utilizing speed, pressure defense and playing 40 minutes of hard nose basketball. Now, as head coach of the University of Arkansas, he practices some of those same principles as he guides his teams.

This All Access DVD gives you a look at how Coach Anderson puts together practices that push his players to play 40 minutes of fast-paced basketball every time they take the floor.

These live practices take place two weeks into the start of the season and with a little over two weeks remaining before the team's first game. Anderson emphasizes reducing turnovers, getting out on the fast break, and individual defensive intensity. The majority of the team's skill development and drill work is done in the full court with a special emphasis on pressure defense and getting up and down the floor quickly.

These practices are filled with ideas and drills for developing fast break offense and full court pressure defense.

Practice 1
Practice one of this three practice package delivers a heavy emphasis on skill development. You will see time-saving practice drills that simultaneously work on passing, footwork, ball handling, and shooting.

In the Two-Ball Shooting Drill, players improve shooting accuracy while shooting off the dribble and while taking spot-up shots. During guard/post breakdowns, the perimeter players work on attacking the rim and playing through contact while the bigs practice footwork and post moves.

You will see defensive breakdown drills like the "1-on-1 Drill" that works on denying passes to the wing and forcing the ball baseline. You'll also see 2-on-2 drills for developing defensive awareness, while stressing wing and post denial.

The Arkansas coaching staff reviews offensive sets vs. man defense. The squad runs plays 5-on-0 and practices running each option of the play while developing spacing and timing.

Coach Anderson's team also reviews some of their secondary break options while running dry in a full-court up-and-down scenario. Practice closes with live 5-on-5 action with Anderson focusing heavily on the team's half-court, attacking, trapping, zone defensive system.

Practice 2
In this practice, the intensity of the workout is ramped up with a bulk of the session devoted to 5-on-5 competitive scrimmages. Players are pushed to use their skills and fundamentals at game speed.

The warm-up consists of a variety of defensive and offensive drills like the 1-on-1 Zig Zag, which has players guard the ball the full length of the court, and the Medicine Ball Weave that develops strength as they run the floor.

The skill development segment has the posts working on multiple skills such as curl shooting, rebounding, finishing, v-cut attack moves and 3-on-3 in the half court. Guards work on shooting back screens and pin down screens. Coach Anderson also incorporates some 2-on-2 and 3-on-3 controlled scrimmage drills into the segment.

In the 5-on-5 scrimmages, players work on multiple aspects of the Arkansas up-tempo philosophy including their fast break offense, half court man-to-man defense, 41 full court press, and match-up zone defense.

Practice 3
Practice three begins with post players working on skip passing, re-posting, screening, wing catch attacks and passing. Guards work on catch and shoot, one dribble pull ups and dribble hand offs.

You will see a breakdown of defensive skills beginning with proper trapping then moving to post defense and 2-on-2 rebound outlet. The 5-on-4 drill has players scrambling and communicating as a team to get a defensive stop in a disadvantage situation.

Coach Anderson gives an extended look into how they run their 2-2-1 press, which ends in a half-court trapping 2-3 zone in "Full Court 5-on- 5." From there you see their pressure man defense.

Special situations like running off free throws is also covered giving you a comprehensive look into the full-court pressure system.

Practice ends with "Shooting Game," a competitive partner drill that works on conditioning and hitting different types of game shots from game spots.

These practices are a valuable resource for any coach who wants insight into what it takes to be successful running a pressure-oriented system.

257 minutes (3 DVDs). 2015.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's gym can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

Open Practice: Individual Skill Development

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with Jay Wright,
Villanova Head Coach;
3x Big East Coach of the Year;

Jay Wright opens up one of his practices at Villanova University to show you how his program develops their offensive system. Learn how to improve even the smallest details in techniques for passing, footwork and shooting. Watch as Coach Wright breaks down different scoring options in his offensive system into drills for players to master. See all of the pieces come together and learn how Coach Wright teaches players to recognize game situations as Villanova practices its offense in live scrimmages.

From the outset, Coach Wright explains that the goal of the 2-hour practice is to continue to build an offensive awareness that will allow each player to execute any offensive move regardless of which foot is the pivot foot. Coach Wright stresses the importance of spacing, reading screens and a general understanding of the details of the various offensive sets that will be used. He wants players to understand the concepts of each set, which then enables them to react more efficiently when an opponent takes away specific options.

Coach Wright uses skill development, 5-on-0 offense and 5-on-5 situations to translate drill work into game situations.

Individual Skill Development
This segment of practice centers on individual skill development. Guards and posts are split with the goal of improving footwork, taking shots that will be available within the offense and reading ball screen situations. Each drill utilizes a passing line as well as a shooting line, with shots present for each of the two players to get repetitions within the drill.

In the footwork drill series, inside pivots, reverse pivots, drop steps, jab steps, rip-throughs, jump stops in the lane and "bully" drives are heavily emphasized as Coach Wright walks from rim-to-rim to correct any mistakes he sees.

In the shooting series, players focus on footwork and reading the situation as they execute shots off of ball screens, down screens, curl cuts and flare screens. Within each exercise, players are taught both a go-to move and a counter, as Coach Wright informs the team of which situation they are to imagine occurring prior to each set of reps.

5-on-0
The 5-on-0 segment involves incorporating the individual skills work into a 5-on-0 situation (dummy offense). On display are the Villanova aces, deuces, and flat offensive sets. Each involve ball-screen actions but from different locations on the court. As an example, flat involves a high ball-screen at the top of the 3-point line, with two spot up 3-point shooters spread on opposite wings below the free-throw line. The remaining offensive player is below the block near the short corner. The ball handler is instructed to penetrate into the lane where he will have his choice of options depending on which direction he went and which help defender is forced to leave their man.

5-on-5 Live Scripts
The segment of practice brings it all together; everything previously worked on is now incorporated into a 5-on-5 setting. A half-court shell offense is on display as aces, deuces and flat sets are incorporated against an active defense. Coach Wright then allows full-court scrimmaging action in a game to 15 where points are awarded for techniques that were emphasized during practice such as turnovers forced, offensive rebounds and all-around skills execution.

When the crowd is going crazy and the pressure is high, players are going to revert back to the habits they have developed in practice. This presentation will help you to create exceptional technique in your athletes that will translate to victories in games.

104 minutes. 2015.

SWARM Match Up Zone Defensive Concepts

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with Wayne Walters, inventor of the SWARM Defense,
former Head Coach at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
His junior college team forced more than 30 turnovers per game in the last four years of his coaching career.

One of the toughest defenses to face is the match-up zone defense. The creator of the SWARM defense, Wayne Walters, shares the foundation of his match-up zone defense and teaches you how to implement it into your arsenal using various setups and according to the level of aggressiveness you prefer.

Starting with breakdown concepts for a 1-2-2 and 1-3-1 zone, Coach Walters shares the necessary components for creating an overpowering match up zone defense. He explains the fundamental responsibilities for each position. Based on your personal preference, you can choose to match-UP or match-DOWN to the ball to limit you opponent's offense to specific spots on the court.

Once these fundamentals are established, Walters adds another very effective layer: the triangle-and-two concept. This is a simple-to-teach concept with a big pay-off. It also confuses the offense because there just aren't any gaps in the paint to pass to. You'll learn how to execute the triangle-and-two concept against both an odd and even front.

Most coaches will try to attack your match-up zone with dribble penetration and kick-out to shooters. In this segment, you'll learn how to stop dribble penetration from different spots (top, wing, corner) with efficient rotations. The Fist and Twist approaches will keep the ball on the perimeter without leaving shooters open.

Included in the presentation are two build-up drills: the Bee Drill and Chair Drill. Coach Walters has used these drills to successfully teach rotations and movements within a match-up zone. The Chair Drill teaches players how to stay low defensively. Your players get a great workout while learning how to move within the zone.

The Bee Drill helps to teach the basic concepts of staying within a triangle. As offensive players cut through the zone, defenders learn where to pick them up and how to bump them to another defender. Starting with 3v3, Coach Walters builds to 4v4 and into the complete 5v5 match-up.

Boxing out can be a tough task when playing a zone defense. How are you supposed to box out when you are also fronting the post? Coach Walters shows you how to solve these problems and turn a weakness into a strength.

This on-court presentation covers all of the elements you'll need for a greater understanding of this defensive strategy. Whether it's an odd front, even front, baseline drive, wing drive, or dribble entry, Coach Walters covers every possible situation along with options you can use to create the complete defensive package.

Explaining innovative ideas to players and coaches can be extremely challenging. Coach Walters has a unique way of making the complex simple by giving clear instruction and giving a visual "home" base. He applies that concept on both sides of the ball and creates what he calls "simple multiplicity". In other words, looks complicated to opponents but crystal clear to your team. SWARM concepts can be integrated at the speed and level of your players basketball IQ regardless of base defense or level of pressure. Coach Walters' teams typically over achieve on defense forcing a high number of turnovers with only half court defense. High school and college coaches that have adopted some version of his system have experienced similar results.

94 minutes. 2015.


Scorpion SWARM Attack 2-3 Zone Defense

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with Wayne Walters, inventor of the SWARM Defense,
former Head Coach at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
His junior college team forced more than 30 turnovers per game in the last four years of his coaching career.

If you like switching defenses and stunting opponents' strategy, this is the presentation for you.

Wayne Walters is a master of the match-up zone and switching defenses. This presentation covers all aspects of his aggressive, half-court 2-3 zone defensive package that has more variations than an opposing offense can handle.

You will learn the basic SWARM defensive alignment along with nine different coverages ("stunts") that change the rotational patterns and the "when," "where" and "from whom" the trap will occur. Since each coverage has different rotational patterns, you can keep your opponent guessing as to which player or which passing lane will be left open.

The "Scorpion" is a 2-3 match-up zone that can instantly transform into a man-to-man defense or a 1-3-1 zone. The 2-3 zone formation is used to lure opponents into initiating their usual zone offense against a 2-3. Once they commit, the defensive formation essentially changes into a match-up zone. Stealth, Razor and Laser are used to describe the coverages, rotations and roles of both the guards at the top of the zone as well as the two low block defenders.

Once the foundation is established, there are several ways to put pressure on your opponent. Your team can show an aggressive 2-3 zone that traps the point guard at the top of the key forcing him/her to give up the ball. Coach Walters gives you different ways to "stunt" to this pass out of the trap and to stunt the next pass or drive.

The offense never gets comfortable as each stunt involves a different rotational pattern leaving the right wing, left wing, or the high post open after the initial trap. Each package also demonstrates how to rotate out of the center-court trap and includes what to do once the pass is entered to the wing or the corner, and how to handle a baseline drive.

If a trap on the wing is preferred (or when the opponent does not have a scoring point guard), Thunder, Gamble and Bullet can be used to force the offense into a turnover. Each play tricks the offense into believing that a certain passing lane is open, only to be immediately closed off by the specific stunt related to the coverage being run.

Lastly, all of the pieces are put together to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Scorpion 2-3 zone. Based on calls from the sideline or the floor leader or based on a predetermined number of passes, the team can run a number of quick stunts to disrupt the offensive flow and strategy to your advantage.

The Scorpion 2-3 zone will give your opponents nightmares because it's impossible to prepare for. You have so many simple yet highly effective stunts in your arsenal that opposing players cannot help but improvise for a shot.

Explaining innovative ideas to players and coaches can be extremely challenging. Coach Walters has a unique way of making the complex simple by giving clear instruction and giving a visual "home" base. He applies that concept on both sides of the ball and creates what he calls "simple multiplicity". In other words, looks complicated to opponents but crystal clear to your team. SWARM concepts can be integrated at the speed and level of your players basketball IQ regardless of base defense or level of pressure. Coach Walters' teams typically over achieve on defense forcing a high number of turnovers with only half court defense. High school and college coaches that have adopted some version of his system have experienced similar results.

76 minutes. 2015.

Junk SWARM Defense

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with Wayne Walters, inventor of the SWARM Defense,
former Head Coach at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.
His junior college team forced more than 30 turnovers per game in the last four years of his coaching career.

Junk defenses are unexpected and teams are rarely prepared for them. Wayne Walters, the inventor of the SWARM defense, takes the floor to demonstrate an innovative defense for coaches with a limited talent pool that will create havoc for opposing teams.

Coach Walters focuses on the three primary junk defenses out of his "Scorpion" 2-3 zone that will allow you to maximize the skills of your role players, while taking the opposing team out of their regular offensive sets by denying their main scoring threat(s).

You will learn effective strategies for the Box-and-1, Triangle-and-2, the Tandem-and-3-Chasers and more.

Walters begins with the Bee Drill that teaches players how to defend cutters into the paint. This drill is used in the Triangle-and-2, as well as the Box-and-1. In a progressive manner, Walters shows how to stop individual cutters, multiple cutters, and two cutters and dribble penetration.

Coach Walters has an arsenal of different junk defenses that are easily taught without spending too much practice time on them, especially if your team is accustomed to his SWARM attack defense.

He breaks down the positional responsibilities for each player within each defense and includes situational drills. Coach Walters also shows how to double team out of these defenses.

The defenses demonstrated on the court are:

  • Box and 1
  • Triangle and 2
  • Top stinger/bottom stinger
  • Diamond and 1
  • Twist

If you're looking to add effective junk defenses to your coaching toolbox, let Coach Walters show you how with his unique variations. With the tricks you'll learn from this presentation, you'll be able to disrupt your opponent's last-second play or haunt them all night long.

Explaining innovative ideas to players and coaches can be extremely challenging. Coach Walters has a unique way of making the complex simple by giving clear instruction and giving a visual "home" base. He applies that concept on both sides of the ball and creates what he calls "simple multiplicity". In other words, looks complicated to opponents but crystal clear to your team. SWARM concepts can be integrated at the speed and level of your players basketball IQ regardless of base defense or level of pressure. Coach Walters' teams typically over achieve on defense forcing a high number of turnovers with only half court defense. High school and college coaches that have adopted some version of his system have experienced similar results.

53 minutes. 2015.

All Access Xavier Basketball Practice With Chris Mack

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with Chris Mack,
Xavier University Head Coach;
2009-10 Basketball Times Rookie Coach of the Year,
2010 Sweet 16; tied the school record for the most wins ever by a Xavier rookie head coach (26).

With this all access pass, you get the opportunity to watch Chris Mack and the Xavier Musketeers build on their Sweet 16 performance from the 2009-10 season. This DVD contains the first four practices of the 2010-11 season. See what it means to do things "the Xavier way!"

Throughout the video, you will see the emphasis of competing every day, demonstrating box toughness, and working on the little details that will set your program apart. In addition, Mack demonstrates various transition drills on both offense and defense, half-court defensive drills focusing on closing out and "walling up," and the breakdown of the ball-screen offense.

Pre-Practice & Warm-Ups:
Assistant coaches take the court with the players to get them loose both mentally and physically. Practices begin with the "daily dozen," consisting of drills to attack the basket.

Defensive System:
Coach Mack emphasizes the packline pressure defense, keeping the ball out of the middle, relying on excellent help defense and communication. Learn how he builds his defense with individual and team defensive drills, highlighting drills designed on close-outs, building walls, closing all gaps, and jumping to the ball.

Rounding out team defense drills, Mack incorporates triangle block-outs and WAR rebounding to replicate game situations. Mack also gives his players a plan on how to defend middle and side ball screens, pin down screens and back screens

Transition Offense:
Teach your players how to put constant pressure on the defense with these transition drills. Watch the flow of the ball screen offense take shape in their 4-on-4 Baseline Touch drill, leading to many wide open three-point shot attempts and easy lay-ups.

Offense:
Mack shares his ball screening continuity offense. This offense allows players to flow into ball screening situations on the side and middle while looking to get great drives at the basket and dribble drive kick outs. Getting the basketball into the post is heavily emphasized with this offense as players can ball screen and dive to get a deep pin inside the lane. Mack passes along some of his set plays that go into the flow continuity offense and side out of bounds plays.

Special Situations:
Learn Coach Mack's philosophy in regards to jump ball situations, free-throw alignments, timeout huddles, low shot-clock situations, and sideline out-of-bounds plays. These concepts can guarantee an increase in efficiency for your team.

See what it means to play hard and compete at a championship level every season. Purchase this DVD and implement the techniques that Chris Mack teaches and you will see why he was the winningest first-year head coach in Division I in 2009-10.

462 Minutes. 2011.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's gym can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

Dominating 1-3-1 Zone Defense

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with Steve Klaas, Adams Friendship (WI) High School Head Coach

Force your opponents to constantly react, rather than dictate the action on offense.

Coach Klaas has compiled an incredible record and has been consistent throughout his coaching career. The reason for his success is the 1-3-1 zone. This defense starts with ball pressure, utilizes both" traps and fake traps" and provides tremendous "team help."

Coach Klaas starts the DVD by explaining the personnel required to play each position. He goes over the "five rules" needed to play the 1-3-1, which include stance, watching the eyes of the passer, move when the ball is in the air, look for deflections and aggressively go to the boards.

Klaas teaches the simple execution of the defense. Klaas demonstrates the many adjustments that can be made out of this very effective defense by "overloading the defense." He offers countless teaching points in stopping penetration, handling screens, and applying various traps. Klaas also teaches adjustments for various situations such as playing against a 7-footer, good shooting teams and penetrating guards.

This defense is predicated on multiple coverages out of the 1-3-1 alignment. Klaas includes different trapping options, such as corner traps, trapping when the ball crosses half court and extending the 1-3-1 as a three-quarter court half-court press. Finally, Klaas briefly explains a 3-2 zone he has been experimenting with.

Coach Klaas concludes this DVD with 10 minutes of game footage that reinforces the alignments and rotations that have allowed his teams to consistently upset more athletic opponents.

90 minutes. 2009.

Bob Hurley Coaching High School Basketball 4-Pack

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BD-03723A: with Bob Hurley,St. Anthony's High School (NJ) Basketball Coach;
2010 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee;
27x State Parochial Championships; 65-game win streak (2010-12);
back-to-back Xcellent 25 (MaxPreps) National Champions (2011-10);
3x USA Today National Championships (1989, 1996, 2008);
2x National Coach of the Year by USA Today (1989, 1996); over 1,000 career victories

A 2010 inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Hurley has won 25 state titles, three high school national championships, is a two time national coach of the year, and has over 900 career victories. More than 100 athletes have earned Division I basketball scholarships playing for Hurley, and five have been first-round picks in the NBA Draft.

BUILDING A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM:
Coach Hurley takes you through his coaching philosophy and provides an outline into what you need to be thinking about when building your high school program. Everything from developing your style of play to building a feeder system to cultivating an identity for your team is covered. He describes what he calls the keys to a successful program. These eight keys include having an emphasis on fundamentals, physical fitness, playing hard, as well as his "WIN" stats. In the last section, Hurley takes you step-by-step through his team's basketball contract that his players and their parents have to sign. These 18 points cover various items both on and off the basketball court.

PRACTICE PLANNING AND DRILLS:
In this DVD presentation, Coach Hurley takes you through his thoughts and philosophy as it pertains to practice planning. The eight areas cover everything from practice set up, using the clock effectively, having 30 second "quick meets" during practice just as a timeout in a game to make sure you practice special situations every day. On the court, Hurley shares more than 15 of his favorite practice drills that he uses with his teams. These drills include both half court and full court drills that work on the fundamentals of passing, catching, moving, shooting as well as individual and team defense drills, rebounding drills, and team shooting.

Coach Hurley is not only one of the top coaches in the country but he is also one of the toughest. But his demanding style has helped his players accomplish many things both on and off the basketball court. Take these new ideas, concepts and drills to help you not only run a more effective practice but also help you build a successful basketball program.

150 minutes. 2011.



BD-03723B: with Bob Hurley,St. Anthony's High School (NJ) Basketball Coach;
2010 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee;
27x State Parochial Championships; 65-game win streak (2010-12);
back-to-back Xcellent 25 (MaxPreps) National Champions (2011-10);
3x USA Today National Championships (1989, 1996, 2008);
2x National Coach of the Year by USA Today (1989, 1996); over 1,000 career victories

Legendary coach Bob Hurley presents an on-the-court clinic presentation that details both his highly successful Zone Offense and Motion Offense philosophies with various sets and quick hitters.

Zone Offense Philosophy
Force your opponent to guard you from sideline to sideline. Hurley reveals why it is important to dribble more against zone defense than it is to dribble against man-to-man defense. See how to effectively attack zones from behind to give your team easy lay-ups.

Defeating any Zone Defense
Hurley demonstrates five different offensive sets for attacking any zone defense you may face. He explains how to attack the weak side of a zone to create a simple 2-1 advantage with a ball reversal.

Motion Offense Philosophy
Hurley delivers 10 concepts that make his Motion Offense so successful, including: Fitting motion to your team, "tempo-ing" the game, and moving with a purpose while reading your teammates. He also provides you with an inbounds play he has used for 35 years that is so good he had to run it out of a regular set. Learn audibles and numbered cuts that you can use to keep your offense free-flowing.

Hurley shares two drills he uses to help build your own motion offense. The 11 Pass Drill and the Overplay Drill are based upon the offense making clean passes and using screens to get open as no dribbling is allowed

These are the same offenses that Bob Hurley has used to win three USA Today National Championships. Order now and use Coach Hurley's instruction to add a new wrinkle to your Zone and Motion Offenses.

77 Minutes. 2011.



BD-03723C: with Bob Hurley,St. Anthony's High School (NJ) Basketball Coach;
2010 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee;
27x State Parochial Championships; 65-game win streak (2010-12);
back-to-back Xcellent 25 (MaxPreps) National Champions (2011-10);
3x USA Today National Championships (1989, 1996, 2008);
2x National Coach of the Year by USA Today (1989, 1996); over 1,000 career victories

Turn your team into a defensive powerhouse using the same concepts used by legendary high school coach Bob Hurley.

System Philosophy
Hurley stresses the importance of never staying in the same system for too long and how to adapt to your players' strengths. He shares the three things that he works on every day to build his man-to-man defense.

Pick up the three essential rules that your team must follow in order to be successful against teams that like to push the ball in transition. Learn how to turn the table on a pattern team and make them play in an uncomfortable setting.

Building the Press
Hurley demonstrates four different styles of presses and traps that he utilizes to take the other team out of their comfort zone. He explains what he does in all late game situations, his philosophy behind it and why it has been so successful.

Gimmick Defenses
Within his system, Hurley explains that in every game he uses an "element of surprise" for at least one possession. Hurley tells stories of how he prepares for the opposition's leading scorer and what he does to keep that player from scoring.

Order now and teach the same defensive principles that Bob Hurley has used to win three USA Today National Championships!

72 Minutes. 2011.



BD-03723D: with Bob Hurley,St. Anthony's High School (NJ) Basketball Coach;
2010 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee;
27x State Parochial Championships; 65-game win streak (2010-12);
back-to-back Xcellent 25 (MaxPreps) National Champions (2011-10);
3x USA Today National Championships (1989, 1996, 2008);
2x National Coach of the Year by USA Today (1989, 1996); over 1,000 career victories

Help your perimeter players develop a full aresenal of skills.

In this on-court basketball DVD presentation, Coach Hurley takes you through his philosophy on effectively developing perimeter players. His drills for perimeter players develop 3-point range, the ability to drive to the rim and finish with both hands, fine tune passing skills and create a solid mid-range shot.

Hurley takes demonstrators through 11 multi-faceted drills, most of which work on multiple skills in the same drill. These drills develop shooting, ball handling, passing, rebounding and defense. The drills include:

  • 2-on-0 Full Court Warm-up (6 parts)
  • 5-3-1 Shooting (includes shooting, ball handling, and individual defense)
  • Curl-Pop-Fade (shooting while reading the defense while coming off a screen)
  • 3 Man Shooting (three shot drill off a pick & roll situations)
  • Passing Tag
  • Half Court 3-on-3 (competitive games)
  • Pitino 1-on-1 (conditioning and shooting)
  • Drexel 1-on-1 (individual offense and defense)
  • Dribbling Routine (7 part routine working on a variety of dribbling moves)
  • Steve Nash Shooting Routine (Breaks down the 20-minute workout while adding a couple extra shot moves)
  • Thirty and a half (shooting drill to finish the workout)

Coach Hurley's perimeter player drills emphasize teaching the fundamentals slowly and gradually, building them to game speed. Insert these new ideas, concepts, and drills into your program and start getting more from your perimeter.

85 minutes. 2011.



Aggressive 1-3-1 Zone Defense

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with Tom Blackford,
Fayetteville Manlius (NY) High School Head Boys Basketball Coach;
distinguished member of the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame;
over 400 victories, 2x New York State High School Champions

Legendary high school basketball coach Tom Blackford opens his practice session to demonstrate his dominating 1-3-1 half-court defense. With over 30 years of experience and more than 400 career victories at two separate schools (Hamilton High School and Fayetteville Manlius High School), Coach Blackford has built programs that successfully contend for the New York state title year after year. In this exciting presentation, he shares his secrets to developing a smothering 1-3-1 defense.

In detailed manner, Coach Blackford teaches the responsibilities and actions of the chaser, wings, center and point guard. His primary emphasis here is letting players play without over-thinking their actions. He allows his players to trap and move freely within the parameters of simple rules.

When teaching this aggressive 1-3-1, Coach Blackford starts with two offensive players bringing the ball up against all five defenders. This technique develops the chaser's skills.

Next, the defense faces three offensive players with a focus on trapping and getting the ball out of the middle.

In the next phase, five offensive players set up in a 2-1-2 formation, the most common approach to attacking a 1-3-1 defense. Here the defense works on getting in the passing lanes, stopping dribble penetration, box out responsibilities, defending the high post, low post and dealing with the short corner.

To make the defense even more effective, Coach Blackford shows how the 1-3-1 can transform into a "Triangle & Two," "Box-in-One" or "Match-Up" defense in the middle of an offensive possession.

As a bonus, Coach Blackford spends 20 minutes on the offensive side of the ball demonstrating two shooting drills and three offensive plays. These plays include:

  • Secondary - an offensive set that can quickly be run out of transition
  • Syracuse - a play that uses multiple double screens
  • Michigan State Interchange - a 4-out 1-in play with the post player giving back screen and ball screen action

Coach Blackford also shares some of the proven strategies he's used over the years to build successful programs.

This season, adjust and disguise your aggressive 1-3-1 defense on the fly using these proven strategies and techniques.

96 minutes. 2015.

2014 Howard Garfinkel Basketball Coaches Clinic

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This is your opportunity to see one of the most star-studded clinics in the country without leaving your living room. Howard Garfinkel's 2014 Basketball Coaches Clinic features a collection of top coaches sharing insights and strategies that will help improve your offense, defense, fundamentals and your coaching.

Six information-packed sessions!

Billy Donovan, Full Court Pressure Defense
NBA head coach Billy Donovan unveils a full-court pressure system that provides the best of both worlds: maximizing the rewards while at the same time minimizing the risk involved. He shows you how to trap in the full court and the half court, including secondary trap situations. You will learn how to effectively set up your full court pressure defense and the keys to making your press successful.

John Calipari, Coaching Ideas and Practice Drills
How does Coach Cal get his players to play as a team? John Calipari begins this session with an inside look at how you can build relationships and earn the trust of your players. You'll also learn some of his favorite practice drills for developing passing skills, teamwork and proper reads and decision making.

Jim Boeheim, Quick Hitting Plays to Attack Man-to-Man and Zone Defenses
See an extensive playbook that incorporates pick and roll plays used by Jim Boeheim. You will see quick hitters that flow into ball-screen plays against man-to-man defense aimed at getting specific players shots where they are most comfortable on the court. You'll also see two hard to guard "actions" you can use against a 2-3 zone defense.

Seth Greenberg, Disrupting Offenses with the 1-3-1 Zone Defense
Turn up the intensity of your zone defense by taking away passing lanes with Seth Greenberg's 1-3-1 zone defense. This strategy will disrupt your opponent's offense and enable your team to force more turnovers and get more points in transition. You'll also learn how to keep the offense off the boards, how to cheat out on great players and how to scramble or trap the corners to shut down shooters.

Brian Beaury, Basketball Drills for Every Practice
Brian Beaury has collected over 500 wins in his career. In this session, Beaury demonstrates 12 time-tested drills you can use to get the most out of your practices. These drills will help you teach the fundamentals in a fast-paced and competitive setting. Each drill can be set up quickly and breaks the monotony of longer, more strategy-based exercises.

Mike Fratello, Basketball Skills, Drills, and Basketball Wisdom
Coach Fratello mines the depths of his incredible knowledge to share the very best ideas he has learned from a lifetime of coaching at the highest levels. In this session, you'll get ideas for skill development, defensive drills and strategies, and a few dynamite quick hitting plays. In addition, you'll gain an abundance of wisdom that will change your coaching practices for the better.

This special lineup of coaches, handpicked by Howard Garfinkel, is an illustration of his basketball wisdom. Garf brings with him a lifetime of basketball knowledge and his speakers reflect that knowledge and success.

370 minutes (3 DVDs). 2015.


Fred Hoiberg: Transition Basketball with Six Secondary Break Sets

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with Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University Head Coach;
2014 Big 12 Tournament Champions;
2012 Big 12 Co-Head Coach of the Year; 10-year NBA veteran and former executive with the Minnesota Timberwolves;
In 2012, Coach Hoiberg engineered the biggest turnaround in Big 12 history (23 wins, including an opening round win over the defending national champion in the 2012 NCAA Tournament); In 2013 Iowa State lead the nation is 3-Pointers Per Game

Transform your team into a fast-paced, effective offensive juggernaut.

In just three years Fred Hoiberg has built Iowa State into a force to be reckoned with. His two consecutive 20+ win seasons and the two subsequent trips to the second round of the NCAA Tournament are largely due to Coach Hoiberg's effective transition offense.In this video, you will learn more than just a specific transition offense. Hoiberg delivers several multi-tiered transition plays with multiple looks and the philosophy behind them. It's an entire playbook!

Coach Hoiberg starts by showing his basic scheme, which he calls primary break, with spacing rules by position. He believes that transition can be the most important phase that a team can incorporate through proper spacing, crisp cuts and precise passing. Through on-court demonstration, Hoiberg teaches you the ins and outs of the Cyclones' sets:

  • Primary Break, Flex Set ( with six options)
  • Wide Pin Down Set (four options)
  • Drag Series (four options)
  • Isolation Set (three options)
  • "1" Transition (three options)
  • "2" Transition (two options, plus transformation into 3-out-2-in, 4-out-1-in, 5-out set ups)
In addition, Coach Hoiberg explains and walks through another half-court set right out of transition, as well as two bonus zone adaptations (one with a runner and another with a screening option).

To end the DVD, Coach Hoiberg answers questions that coaches may come across when implementing this scheme. He provides many points on how to use the different actions and how you can constantly change to keep a defense guessing and find weaknesses in a defense for easy baskets.

By using this transition scheme, the Cyclones have been at or near the top of the NCAA rankings for points in transition and three point shooting - an after-effect of this transition scheme and effective spacing.

This DVD is very well organized and is essential for any team that likes to get out and run and score easy baskets in transition. "Transition Basketball with Six Secondary Break Sets" is full of teaching points and best suited for advanced high school and college basketball coaches.

60 minutes. 2013.

All Access Xavier Basketball Practice With Chris Mack

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with Chris Mack,
Xavier University Head Coach;
2009-10 Basketball Times Rookie Coach of the Year,
2010 Sweet 16; tied the school record for the most wins ever by a Xavier rookie head coach (26).

With this all access pass, you get the opportunity to watch Chris Mack and the Xavier Musketeers build on their Sweet 16 performance from the 2009-10 season. This DVD contains the first four practices of the 2010-11 season. See what it means to do things "the Xavier way!"

Throughout the video, you will see the emphasis of competing every day, demonstrating box toughness, and working on the little details that will set your program apart. In addition, Mack demonstrates various transition drills on both offense and defense, half-court defensive drills focusing on closing out and "walling up," and the breakdown of the ball-screen offense.

Pre-Practice & Warm-Ups:
Assistant coaches take the court with the players to get them loose both mentally and physically. Practices begin with the "daily dozen," consisting of drills to attack the basket.

Defensive System:
Coach Mack emphasizes the packline pressure defense, keeping the ball out of the middle, relying on excellent help defense and communication. Learn how he builds his defense with individual and team defensive drills, highlighting drills designed on close-outs, building walls, closing all gaps, and jumping to the ball.

Rounding out team defense drills, Mack incorporates triangle block-outs and WAR rebounding to replicate game situations. Mack also gives his players a plan on how to defend middle and side ball screens, pin down screens and back screens

Transition Offense:
Teach your players how to put constant pressure on the defense with these transition drills. Watch the flow of the ball screen offense take shape in their 4-on-4 Baseline Touch drill, leading to many wide open three-point shot attempts and easy lay-ups.

Offense:
Mack shares his ball screening continuity offense. This offense allows players to flow into ball screening situations on the side and middle while looking to get great drives at the basket and dribble drive kick outs. Getting the basketball into the post is heavily emphasized with this offense as players can ball screen and dive to get a deep pin inside the lane. Mack passes along some of his set plays that go into the flow continuity offense and side out of bounds plays.

Special Situations:
Learn Coach Mack's philosophy in regards to jump ball situations, free-throw alignments, timeout huddles, low shot-clock situations, and sideline out-of-bounds plays. These concepts can guarantee an increase in efficiency for your team.

See what it means to play hard and compete at a championship level every season. Purchase this DVD and implement the techniques that Chris Mack teaches and you will see why he was the winningest first-year head coach in Division I in 2009-10.

462 Minutes. 2011.

All Access videos are designed to allow viewers from all over the world to see how successful coaches run their practices in a "live" practice setting. All Access videos allow viewers to see the practices un-edited and in real-time. You will see how top coaches run their drills, interact with their team and staff, how they motivate their team, the cue words they use, the atmosphere of the practice and how practices are structured from day to day. Many coaches visit successful colleges and high schools to watch practice. But if you live out of state or out of the country, visiting another coach's gym can be costly. That's why we created the All Access Practice Series of videos -- to bring the practices to you!

BasketballCoach.com Presents: Best of Basketball Plays 2-Pack

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BD-04702: A Collection of Offensive Sets from the Coaching Profession's Best

If your coaching toolkit includes a variety of offensive plays, opposing teams will have greater difficulty preparing to play against you.

In what amounts to an offensive encyclopedia that includes half-court sets from 11 of the greatest coaching minds in today's game, Championship Productions shares clips of some of the best plays ever filmed. Names like Mike Krzyzewski, Pat Summitt, Tom Izzo, Bill Self, Larry Brown, and more are all represented along with some of their trademark formations like the 5-Out, Horns, Hi-Low, and much, much more.

Add spice to your coaching portfolio with a smorgasbord of half-court offenses. Here's a taste of a few of the plays we've included:

Duke Elbow Series:
Duke coaches Chris Collins and Mike Krzyzewski demonstrate the Elbow Series, complete with Elbow Weak, Elbow Up, and Elbow Get. Each space the floor for several 3-point shooters while freeing the rim from defensive protection.

Fred Hoiberg Series:
Iowa State Head Coach Fred Hoiberg shares his 50 Pistol, 50 Dive Stick, and 50 Dive Special from a free-flowing, 5-out offensive formation. Utilizing dribble hand-offs and misdirection, these plays create multiple scoring options at the rim and from the 3-point range. Hoiberg also offers his Horns Handoff Burn, High Stacks Pacer, L, Owl, and High plays, giving you a variety of plays to create scoring opportunities from all areas of the court.

Tom Izzo Series:
Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo offers his Chest, Chest Down, Thumb Down, Horns, and I plays. Each has sharp cuts, quick ball movement and misdirection to help your players score at the rim or complete a weak side shot attempt.

Larry Brown Series:
Former NBA and current SMU Head Coach Larry Brown has his team run through Split, Horns, and Horns Shake to get his post players moving quickly from screen-and-roll perimeter action into low-block scoring position. See how your posts can take advantage of the defenders surrounding the action around the ball.

Gregg Marshall Segment:
Wichita State's Gregg Marshall pushes his team through 41 Iso, a play designed to use stagger screens to free up an open shooter if the initial baseline drive is cut off.

Greg McDermott Series:
Creighton Head Coach Greg McDermott demonstrates a series of nine plays that start from the same formations; each has a counter that shows how a defense might play the various screening actions involved. Plays such as Blitz, Blitz 1 Down, and Blitz 1 Back take advantage of movement as a way to secure the post position for an easy score against an out-of-place defender.

Dave Paulsen Series:
Bucknell Head Coach Dave Paulsen shares his V-Entry and Rip, which help create shots for players who may not be able to do so on their own. Using stagger screens, quick ball reversals into ball screens, and spacing puts the defense in difficult positions and aids in creating shots off the pass rather than the dribble.

Tim Floyd Segment:
UTEP Head Coach Tim Floyd shows his NBA influence with the 43 play. Court spacing and a high screen and roll leads to dribble penetration at mid-key with two shooters at the ready in the deep corners if the defense decides to collapse on the dribble drive.

Tara VanDerveer Segment:
Hall of Famer and current Stanford Head Coach Tara VanDerveer has her team execute Scram, a play designed to dupe the defense into overplaying a double screen, which leaves the screener open on a duck in at the rim.

Pat Summitt Series:
Hall of Famer and former Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt, puts her team through Spin, Horns, and Horns 2, a series of plays designed to get the ball inside for a layup. Using block-to-block screens, duck-ins, or screen and rolls, she shows how to get the ball into the post off of a cut triggered by movement on the perimeter.

Bill Self Series:
Kansas Head Coach Bill Self shares two key plays, Regular and Pitch Ahead, which are both designed to get the ball inside where he knows he'll have a size advantage. Stagger screens and ball reversals ultimately end with a high low setup with the low post having inside scoring position on an over-matched defender.

Coaches at the high school level or above looking to implement free-flowing movement, misdirection, and screening action into their offensive game plans need look no further than this "best of" production that details several offensive plays from 11 of the greatest minds in the game of basketball today.

78 minutes. 2014.



BD-04734: Nine different coaches from the NBA, college and high school levels give you the inbound plays that have helped them win some of the most critical games of their careers. Legendary coaches like Hubie Brown, Tom Izzo, Pat Summitt, and Mike Krzyzewski show you how to score against man or zone defenses with over 25 inbound plays from baseline, sideline, and full-court situations.

This collection of some of the best inbounds plays in basketball today give you the look at the basket you need to score in a variety of special situations.

Baseline Inbounds Plays vs. Man-to-Man Defenses:

  • Chips - Coach Tom Izzo shows you how to use pin screens to create inside and outside scoring opportunities. You'll see how to use different alignments and how to get a lob for a quick score at the end of a game. The 31 and 32 plays from his inbounds collection show how to use curl shooters off of double screens at the free throw line for layups and open 3-point shots.
  • Blue Alignment - Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright shares two plays from his "blue alignment" that create isolation for your best players to run a two-man game in space, giving you as many as eight different scoring opportunities within seven seconds.
  • Box Alignment - 2010 USA Today National High School Coach of the Year Vance Downs demonstrates five plays from his "box alignment" that show you how to get open looks at the rim from back screen and screen-the-screener actions.
  • Triangle Set - Former college coach Mike Montgomery demonstrates how to run a screen-the-screener action from a triangle set for some quick open looks. If no shot is available, this play flows into single-double screens for your most talented scorer to use.
  • Duke Line Series - Former Duke associate head coach Chris Collins shares five plays from Duke's "line" series. Each play highlights a different player for added unpredictability and can be used as counter defensive overplays on the basic set play.

Baseline Inbounds Plays vs. Zone Defenses:

  • Fist Out 1-4 Set - Coach Downs, high school coach of Harrison Barnes and Doug McDermott, uses the Fist Out 1-4 set to stretch the zone defense for an open corner shot off a pin down screen.
  • Box Alignment - Legendary coach Pat Summitt shows you how to gain a wide-open mid-range jump shot by screening in an entire side of the zone from the box alignment.
  • 1-4 Low Set - Thom Sigel, two-time Illinois State Championship Coach, demonstrates how to msdirect the defense from this "1-4 Low" set to create an open gap under the rim for your inbounder to get an easy layup.

Sideline Inbounds Plays:

  • 1 and 2 Plays - Use flare, stagger and shuffle screens for multiple scoring opportunities with the "1" and "2" inbounds plays. Coach Izzo demonstrates the "golden" inbounds play that uses simultaneous screening actions off of a dribble handoff to give you three different scoring options that are incredibly difficult for the defense to cover all at once.
  • White Play - Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright shows how to score with less than 3 seconds left in the game. Depending on the amount of time left on the clock, Coach Wright explains how to use different options within the play to get the best shot possible.
  • Double - Hall of Fame coach Hubie Brown walks through a "double" sideline inbounds play that gives you the look you need for a game-winning basket using double screens and back screens to create several inside and outside scoring opportunities.

Full Court Inbounds Plays:

Indiana Head Coach Tom Crean shares the details to three end-of-game plays to inbound the ball the full length of the floor to score. He also shows how each play has a chance to win with five seconds or less.

Add to your arsenal of inbound plays with this treasure trove from the biggest names in the game.

71 minutes. 2015.



Flip Saunders: Match-Up Zone Defense and Special Drills, Part I & II

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with Flip Saunders,
Detroit Pistons (NBA) Head Coach

Through years of development, Flip Saunders has designed one of the NBA's most feared defenses. Coach Saunders unpacks his successful match-up zone defense. He begins his presentation by detailing the benefits of this type of defense. His reasons include its ability to develop player's communication on the floor, stopping great scorers, great scoring teams, employing man defense principles, difficult to scout and can be used with big and small teams. His general match up rules are: Never leave the dribbler, never let the offense penetrate by dribble or pass, encourage ball to corners, switching cutters and contest all perimeter shots. Triangles are the basis of player position in Saunders' 1-2-2 match-up zone. The basic rule is the farther your man is away from the ball, the flatter the triangle. Position is based on the ball and the position of your man at a given time. Strategy against the overload and pick and roll are demonstrated also. In Part II, Coach Saunders breaks down the 1-2-2 match-up zone defense in parts. Teaching slides while the ball is passed on the perimeter helps players guard all situations. As the ball is passed, each alignment, stunt and slide is analyzed by Saunders. Another segment breaks down the pick & roll and its coverage. The match-up is a successful zone that can be played aggressively without fouling a lot. Therefore, you can play good defense while keeping the opponent off of the foul line. Questions are answered from the clinic participants while Saunders discusses and illustrates on the floor with players. Use this presentation to implement the match-up into your program.

96 minutes. 2006.

Fred Hoiberg: Transition Basketball with Six Secondary Break Sets

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with Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University Head Coach;
2014 Big 12 Tournament Champions;
2012 Big 12 Co-Head Coach of the Year; 10-year NBA veteran and former executive with the Minnesota Timberwolves;
In 2012, Coach Hoiberg engineered the biggest turnaround in Big 12 history (23 wins, including an opening round win over the defending national champion in the 2012 NCAA Tournament); In 2013 Iowa State lead the nation is 3-Pointers Per Game

Transform your team into a fast-paced, effective offensive juggernaut.

In just three years Fred Hoiberg has built Iowa State into a force to be reckoned with. His two consecutive 20+ win seasons and the two subsequent trips to the second round of the NCAA Tournament are largely due to Coach Hoiberg's effective transition offense.In this video, you will learn more than just a specific transition offense. Hoiberg delivers several multi-tiered transition plays with multiple looks and the philosophy behind them. It's an entire playbook!

Coach Hoiberg starts by showing his basic scheme, which he calls primary break, with spacing rules by position. He believes that transition can be the most important phase that a team can incorporate through proper spacing, crisp cuts and precise passing. Through on-court demonstration, Hoiberg teaches you the ins and outs of the Cyclones' sets:

  • Primary Break, Flex Set ( with six options)
  • Wide Pin Down Set (four options)
  • Drag Series (four options)
  • Isolation Set (three options)
  • "1" Transition (three options)
  • "2" Transition (two options, plus transformation into 3-out-2-in, 4-out-1-in, 5-out set ups)
In addition, Coach Hoiberg explains and walks through another half-court set right out of transition, as well as two bonus zone adaptations (one with a runner and another with a screening option).

To end the DVD, Coach Hoiberg answers questions that coaches may come across when implementing this scheme. He provides many points on how to use the different actions and how you can constantly change to keep a defense guessing and find weaknesses in a defense for easy baskets.

By using this transition scheme, the Cyclones have been at or near the top of the NCAA rankings for points in transition and three point shooting - an after-effect of this transition scheme and effective spacing.

This DVD is very well organized and is essential for any team that likes to get out and run and score easy baskets in transition. "Transition Basketball with Six Secondary Break Sets" is full of teaching points and best suited for advanced high school and college basketball coaches.

60 minutes. 2013.

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