Last One Holding The Chalk...Usually Wins! (December
2007)Assortment of plays,
drills and ideas to help your program improve. 
Using
the BOX SET to begin your set plays. From
Coach Jay Monahan at HoopChamps.com Box
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Set 8
Justin
Ohl
Assistant Basketball Coach
Drake University
Justin.ohl@drake.edu Great
experience working for Tom Davis-great communicator, delegator.
TD coached
in HS and disliked the slow down game. Turned to a fast paced game with running
and pressing. Tempo is a big, big key in the press. At
Drake they need an edge, a way to close the gap in athletic ability/talent.
Prefer
to play fast, not slow, but can play slow. i.e.-Southern Illinois's players. We
can't get guys like that every year. Pressing
is mindset, attacking mentality. It develops your bench and relies on your bench.
Can exploit the bench of your opponent. In the MVC, most teams can't go beyond
7-8 guys. Preparation-For
HS coach, pressing can help alleviate prep time in practice. They already know
how they are going to do. Shooting
percentage can increase because of easy baskets, and shots in the red zone.
You
can score in bunches. One game they were down 17, with 8 min. to go. They came
back and won in OT because of this style of play. Great
Stat-Dr. Tom never lost a first round game in the NCAA tournament. The
program stands for pressure defense, offensive rebounding, and getting to the
FT line. This
style depends on "aggressive mentality." Always play in that mode.
Rules
1.
Don't foul when pressuring.
2. Allow your opponent to give you the ball.
3.
Control the good ball handlers
4. Active traps - Invite bounce pass, Hands
up vs. mirroring the ball.
5. Intercept position-court in thirds…know
where you are, read and react.
6. One trap and done…..sprint back and
get in the play.
4
man-Player on the ball. Must be active, i.e.-Klayton Korver, a senior on their
team.
Rules-hands up not out. Know tendencies of the player taking the ball
out. Shade his right hand. Don't jump. Heart, determination needed for this position.
2
man-very quick, understands angles. 3
man-splits lane line. (right lane line facing ball). 1
man-Center field. Reads the opponents alignment. They may come with 4 up, so he
would get involved then. 5
man-Must understand principles of 2 on 1. Drill-2 man passing. He sets up the
press, sprints back and gets as the offense is. A shot blocker or a small guy
is OK.
Preparing
for various attacks-
Mix up the offensive attacks so they face different things.
In general, there are not drill-oriented, more 5 on 5 "play" oriented.
Walk
through a lot of time---work on every possible cut the offense may make.
Press
and dead ball and sideline OB's. In
practice, lots of 5 point games. Divide team into 3 five man teams. What
happens when you are being scored on every time?
Change up and go to a ¾
2-2-1 press. Key is to get the middle covered before stepping up to take the ball
handler. Get them controlled first, then attack. Must keep the ball out of the
middle of the floor. Can
run two presses in same possession. 55, full court, to 45 press (3/4 court) if
offense is not in a hurry to advance it. Zone-drop
back into zone after pressing. 3-2 zone defense. Key is to not get too extended
on top with the 3 man.
3 man on top, 1 & 2 at elbows, and 4 & 5 at
blocks.
Guys at elbows align at an angle instead of having back flat to the
baseline.
Zone
encourages 3 pointers and takes away post on the inside. All 5 must rebound.
Can
you be a good rebounding team in a zone. YES-Dr. Tom says I have my two best rebounders
already in position. Take out their legs and go get the ball.
The
zone sets them up for their offensive transition from the same spots in the zone.
The 3 man sprints to the rim on transition instead of the 5 man. Likes
Skip Procer's Rebounding video. Press
to zone works well with a shot clock. Team
Rebounding---Last year they were +5 rebounding margin, 33rd in the country. Send
4 to the glass on offense, 1 back. Question-How
do you set up press against sideline OB? Answer-Take your 55 and take the same
alignment.
Rebounding
Teach
reverse pivot, technique.
Take their legs out and "drive their feet."
Joel
Sullivan
Head Girls Basketball Coach
Ames High School, Iowa
jsullivan@ames.k12.ia.us
Two
things he hates; speaking in front of his peers and the dentist. Today he had
a chance to do both.
He has pulled from many good coaches he has been around.
His program has become a competitive program.
Goal
is to limit possessions, make the game ugly, and put out great defensive effort.
i.e.-19-5 record with 32% from field, 21% from three. HOW?
Held opponent
to average of 38 possessions/game. Feels
that program is built on defense because offense comes and goes. Joel and his
asst., Chuck, have worked hard for a lot of years. Convince
kids that this is the way to play. Goal
each year-Be one of the top five defensive teams in Class 4A.
Great conditioner
for your team. Water comes when you sub out in practice. Make
opponent uncomfortable doing what they are comfortable doing. Key
to coaching defense-he likes to watch defense from the baseline to see what the
kids are seeing on defense. Breaks
it down in small groups, like 3 on 3 and 4 on 4.
Builds team defense from
the rim--out.
4 on 4 is harder to guard than 5 on 5, more space. Joel's
Top 3------Defend, rebound, execute on offense.
Orv Salmon's talk last week
made him reflect on his Top 3. **Terminology
is taught to 9th graders in summer camp. Their program and defense becomes a universal
emphasis. i.e.-little/little, little/big, over the top. Priorities
on DEFENSE
1. Transition-send 3 ½ to boards with 1 ½ back. Point
guard is back 90% of the time unless they drive and shoot.
2. Pressure the
ball-Don't let the offense see the floor.
3. Get inside foot up. Getting beat
to the elbow from the wing means they let them "go over the top."
4.
Disrupt scoring opportunites for opponents.
5. "Hands Off" verbalized
in practice constantly.
6. Rebounding-a daily emphasis. Drill it everyday,
including game day. 10 straight years of out-rebounding their opponents. Stat-team
that gets 57% of the rebounds wins 90% of the games. Key is to tie up their legs
and keep your moving. Guards must rebound. 5 rebound on defense.
Defensive
Drills--thoughts
1. Close outs-"short and low, get your hips down."
2.
Dig the ball upwards not downwards. Got this from Bill Harris.
3. 7 in 1 drill-best
one on one drill he's seen. Teaches one on one in the half court.
4. "Hey"
drill-another Bill Harris drill. Hey="I've got your help".
5. 2
on 2 ball/help/deny
6. 3 on 3 ball/help/deny-positioning. Do not switch a screen
away.
7. 3 on 3 with a twist---after ball goes out of bounds, new ball comes
in bounds and they must pick up someone different than they had originally.
8.
SDSA-Defend in a box, like Bruce Wilson's drill from last week. Constant down
screen down drill. Can run it as a screen away drill also. Mix up little and big
screeners. **The SWAG technique is used on cross screens-Swag is help by the screener's
defender until teammate gets in position after being screened.
9. Shell Drill-Loves
the shell drill concept. Does a lot of teaching out of Shell concept. Term-3 passes
away is "Great Big Help."
Jeff
Rutter
Assistant Coach
Iowa State University
jrutter@iastate.edu
Toughness
Drills and Defensive Concepts
Just
defending the basketball is really, really hard. Drake is effective because they
play differently and avoid many of those man to man defensive situations. Skill
development at ISU
Thoughts-Help you win due to constant improvement of the
individual and team. Also, it helps from a recruiting standpoint. WHEN?-In-season?
Before or after practice? Must make this decision.
What time do you take from
out of practice time? Great story about Ryan Paulson at UNI. Took 500-600 shots
with the Shoot-A-Way every morning as a walk on player. He worked and worked and
worked. Finally he gained the trust of the head coach and he became a guy who
came off the bench to get open shots. They actually designed plays for him. Put
him in, took 3 shots, and went out.
HOW?-T & T is time and technique.
Create environment in their program where their guys are kind of addicted
to these workouts. Players do not understand how much time it takes to develop
skills. Drills
You're
missing something is you are not doing 2 ball drills for ball handling.
1.
Pounders-pound the ball into the ground, high and low with exaggerated dribbles.
Low is at the knee, pounding the ball.
2. High/Low
3. Push/Pulls
4.
Texas Jack 2 ball ballhandling-
Three parts:
a. Pound, pound, cross, then
pound, cross, then cross, cross, cross.
b. Same pattern but with pound &
Cross one in front, one behind,
c. Through the legs. 5.
Commando drill-Start on baseline and go full court, two players, two balls. Jump
stop with reverse pivot dribbling both balls. Do it six times. Can mix in dribble
move (hesitate or 2 ball cross) between jump stops.
6. Utah drill-Step slide
while pounding ball up and down the lane line, both facing inside and outside
of the floor.
7.
Attack Series-Start at half court, take at two chairs, cross over at first chair
and cross over at second chair, then drive and score. From baseline, attack the
chair (at top of key) and drive it to half court.
8. Half court chairs-4 chairs
in diamond set between half court and top of key. (Chairs are tight). Three moves,
then explode to jumper at right elbow.
9. Full court chairs
Offensive
Toughners
1.
One-on-one Sureness- stationary one on one, using steps, pivot, eyes up. McDermott
uses "rim, post, action." See the rim, check the post, and see the action.
2.
Partner 2 on 0 passing-catch, square, control the neutral zone, shot fake, pound
the ball twice, jump stop, pass to partner. Skip Shaefbauer example-over emphasize
the square up. "Chin music" if they get too close. "Pollard."
3.
3 on 0 Sureness-no defense. Three guys working together with motion concepts.
4. 3 Man pressure passing-Most coaches run this drill. Pass without deflections.
5.
2 vs. 1 Sideline to Sideline-Boundary's are endline and half court. Use the Utah
move in this drill. Offense's goal is to get from one sideline to the other sideline.
6.
2 on 2 "No Walk"-Confined area about 20 x 20 feet, offense must make
5 successful catches with out a turnover. Offense gets 2 dribble maximum. Box
is inside the volleyball lines.
7. 4 on 4 in half court-Offense cannot dribble,
shoot lay ups. 1 point per pass and catch. 3 for foul on shot. 5 points for lay-up.
Play to 25. Lose possession on turnover and give ball to the defense. Shooting
drills 1.
Partner
2. 3 man-2 ball shooting
3. 45 shot drill is 5 minutes. 3 areas.
Make three, move back, make three, move back to three. 75 shot drill is making
5 at each location.
4. "In a Rows" or 25 straight. 144 is the record.
5. Cyclone One-minute shooting-it is possible to get 12 attempts in a minute.
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