Basketball Drills Offense

By Thomas Anstett Coach Anstett has taught English coached at the high school level for over four decades. He is A Golden Apple nominee and two-time inductee (as a player in 2011 and as a coach in 2014) into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame So, you’re 6’9,” can dunk well, have a good drop ...

The talk of basketball for the last decade has been the amazing style of basketball played overseas.  Coaches all over the country are always amazed by the ball movement, cutting, spacing & execution performed by teams from overseas.  One of the parts of the game that has been exceptional are special situation plays. Special Situations are one ...

The Spain Pick and Roll is a new variation of the Pick & Roll that has taken the NBA (and other basketball levels) by storm this year.  The Spain pick and roll occurs when a screen is set for the ball handler, then a third player sets a screen on the player defending the man rolling ...

These short video clips were put together by Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert showing some actions to consider using in your dribble handoff game. These short video clips were put together by Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert showing some actions to consider using when running corner step-ups. Zak has an outstanding site with posts ...

University of Arkansas coach Eric Musselman shares insights into how he has designed his exciting offensive style in this clinic presentation. Coach Musselman discusses the importance of personnel, using terminology, and creating play “families” to expand your playbook. A Q/A session is also included. We are providing this video to give you ideas on how to ...

Coach Greg White is a Head Basketball Coach in Northwest Arkansas, currently at Bentonville Schools. He has 19 years of coaching experience and has been a featured speaker at USA Basketball Coach Academy as well as a member of the coaching staff at the Snow Valley Basketball Camp in Iowa which is recognized by Sports Illustrated ...

Coach Brian Barone is the head coach at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville after being hired in March of 2019. Coach Barone has learned under two successful head coaches in Tom Crean & Porter Moser. Barone brings previous NCAA Division I experience as an assistant as well as stints as an assistant and head coach in the junior ...

These short video clips were put together by Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert showing some actions to consider using when running corner step-ups. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man-to-man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as ...

This video is with with Lennie Acuff, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Lipscomb University. He calls it Georgia. I am not suggesting that you run it as is, but that his movements might give you some ideas that you can use in your secondary or half court offense. At the end of the ...

These quick hitters that can be run as a part of a Princeton Offense system were contributed by Quinn McDowell. Quinn is currently a Division I Assistant Coach and runs the Basketball Coaching resource site aretehoops.com His passions include… *The Princeton Offense *Ball Screen Continuity *Player Development *Leadership and Team-Building *Coaching with Excellence *Leading with Purpose The quick hitters that can be run in ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some video clips of ways to counter the defensive tactic of helping off the passer on floppy action. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of how John Beilein attacked ICE ball screen coverage when he was at Michigan. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of stampede action. The concept is to set a ball screen and then throw the ball back to the player whose defender is preparing to help on the pick and roll. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His You Tube channel ...

This article is republished with permission. The original article appears at The Fundamental Guide to Basketball Offensive Concepts and Structure. The fundamental concepts that make up a good offensive team are floor spacing and ball movement along with fundamental basketball skills such as passing and dribbling. Being able to perform these actions with confidence and flawless ...

This article is republished with permission. The original article appears at Pick and Roll Decision Making ft. C.J. McCollum and Coach Chris. In todays post Coach Chris will talk about decision making when playing pick and roll/pop action. For this occasion Coach C will be using some videos of C.J. McCollum. Pick and Roll is a play ...

By Brendan Hall From the Hudl Blog Not all turnover totals are built the same. That’s why coach­es look to this stat as one of the biggest deter­min­ing fac­tors in a game’s outcome. By nature of the sport, any­thing you try to elim­i­nate for your­self on offense, you’re try­ing to force on defense. That’s why if you believe effec­tive ...

Coach Stephen Gentry, previously at Oklahoma State, now on the Illinois Staff. The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault at this link: Transition Pistol Offense All of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault at this link: Basketball Glazier Vault Access You will need to click on the image of the video to start it. This is ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of a zone offense quick hitter used by Loyala of Chicago. Zak has an outstanding site with posts on various coaching topics at www.pickandpop.net His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man to man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays as well as clips ...

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some clips of the boomerang technique vs a ball screen switch. I have also included a second video of Kelvin Sampson’s “Beat them off the catch drill” to work on practicing the skill of catching the basketball on the run and not traveling. Zak has an outstanding site with ...

This video of Kelly Wells, Head Coach University of Pikeville (Kentucky) The content is located on the Glazier Coaching Vault at this link: Press Offense Sets: 2 U, 3 Up, & Replace All of the basketball content in the Glazier Vault at this link: Basketball Glazier Vault Access You will need to click on the image ...

This post was contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Randy Sherman of Radius Athletics. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw Zone concepts demonstrated by the Oregon Ducks (NCAAW) from 3-Out/2-In hi-lo alignment. There is also a short YouTube video at the bottom of ...

Six tips for moving the “NAIL” defender to aid in top penetration contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Randy Sherman of Radius Athletics. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw Some thoughts on ways to employ false motion and spacing to move the ...

Submitted by Rick Torbett of Better Basketball Are you ready for the shift that’s happening in coaching? Do you know the one key that is developing many of the top offenses in the country? Hint: It’s not more creative set plays. The NBA community is in a fight. It’s a struggle against an enemy that almost everyone ...

Army Men’s Assistant Zak Boisvert has assembled some of the ways that the Golden State attacks defensive switches. Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert He has an outstanding resource site for ...

Army Men’s Assistant Zak Boisvert has assembled some of the ways that the Golden State attacks defensive switches. Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His You Tube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert He has an outstanding resource site ...

This post was written by Bob Starkey and shared on his Basketball Coaching Blog, HoopThoughts Editor’s Note #1 from Brian. When this article was originally posted, the Warriors were one of the top teams in the league. In 2019-2020, they have the worst winning percentage. I don’t believe we should or shouldn’t adopt ...

These two PowerPoint outlines were submitted by Coach John Kimble, retired high school and college coach CoachJohnKimble.com Follow him on Twitter @CoachJohnKimble Building Blocks for Your Man to Man Offense This is a 4 slide PowerPoint. You can advance the slide by clicking in the frame. There is no sound with the presentation. There is also a download link ...

This press attack was contributed to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library by Rory Hamilton of Norman North High School. You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw This is what Coach Hamilton had to say about the press attack. Press Break Alignment is with 3 ...

Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert has put together some short clips with some concepts for attacking a 2-3 zone defense. Coach Boisvert has posted several videos of some of the better schemes he has seen. His YouTube channel is: Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel He also is also very active on Twitter: @ZakBoisvert He has an ...

By Alan Peel Assistant Varsity/Junior Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach, Bishop Miege High School Owner/Operator, www.coachpeelbasketball.com A major part of success in offensive basketball is having sound offensive principles that allow your team to maximize the efficiency of their possessions.  Legendary coach Dean Smith said, “The objective of any basketball offense is to score as often as possible on each possession.” Much ...