John Beilein Jackrabbit Defensive Concept

By Brian Williams on November 19, 2019

Here is a drill with former Michigan Coach John Beilein for defending 3 point shots.

The video is hosted on YouTube.

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There is narration with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same.

The video with Coach Beilein is available in both DVD and online format.

Baseline Inbounds Plays

By Brian Williams on November 13, 2019

These two plays were submitted by Nate Hill, Assistant Boys Coach at Colonel Crawford High School in North Robinson Ohio.

They are a part of his new playbook (eBook odf format) The Baseline Out of Bounds Encyclopedia.

In all, Coach Hill has assembled four playbooks.

In addition to The The Baseline Out of Bounds Encyclopedia, Nate has The Complete Guide to the Dribble Drive Offense, The Zone Offense Sideline Out of Bounds Encyclopedia, and The Zone Offense Encyclopedia.

You can find out more about each playbook by clicking here: Coach Nate Hill eBook Bundle

Ontario Back Screen Double Screen

2 sets back screen for 4.

1 reads the action.

2 comes off staggered double screen.

5 and 3 slip to rim after screening.

1 reads the action.

Triple Handoff

3 and 4 dive.
2 comes over the screen.

1 reads the action.
1 then looks to enter to 3 in the corner.

1 follows the pass for a hand off.
3 can fake hand off and attack as a counter.

1 attacks.

2 goes off flare screen.

4 comes off pin down.

1 reads the action.

Zipper to Overload Zone Attack

By Brian Williams on November 8, 2019

This quick hitting play is from an old Xavier University Basketball Coaching Newsletter.

You can access their archvie at this link: Xavier Men’s Basketball Newsletter

Run this against a 2-3 zone as an entry into your zone attack., or as a set play to get the ball inside.

The post is not intended to say that all programs should run this play as is.

But, hopefully it sparks some ideas for either incorporating a few of these movements (or a tweak that you make to them) into what you already do.

If you are looking for other resources you can click here to see our products that relate to attacking zone defenses. There are some sample videos included in these as well: Zone Offense Resources

Play starts in a box alignment.

1 dribbles to the right.

5 screens in the defensive guard.

2 zipper cuts to the top.

1 passes to 2.

4 screens in the weak side guard.

3 uses the screen from 4.

2 passes to 3 as 4 looks to slip.

1 cuts through to the left corner off baseline screens from 5 and 4.

3 passes to 1.

4 has a possible slip after screening for 1.

On the catch by 1, 5 flashes to the high post and looks for dump down to 4.

If you are looking for other resources you can click here to see our products that relate to attacking zone defenses. There are some sample videos included in these as well: Zone Offense Resources

Practicing Pick and Roll Coverage

By Brian Williams on November 4, 2019

Here is a drill that 2019 Missouri Valley Coach of the Year Darian DeVries uses to work on his ball screen defense.

Coach DeVries led the Drake Men’s team to the 2019 Regular season Championship in the MVC.

In the video, they are working on going under ball screens.

You can change angles and spots on the floor to get a lot of fundamental repetition on your ball screen coverages.

The video is hosted on You Tube.

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There is narration with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Open Practice–Building the Pack Line Defense from the Ground Up

The video is available in both DVD and online format.

TJ Otzelberger Sideline to Sideline Shooting Drill

By Brian Williams on November 2, 2019

This shooting drill is provided by Dr. Dish Basketball.

The drill is from UNLV Men’s Coach TJ Otzelberger drill book.

You can modify any of these drills to make them fit your needs or to add variety to your skill development work.

Please make sure your sound is on to see the video.

This drill is hosted on YouTube, so you will need to be on a server that allows you to access YouTube to see the drill.

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Nuggets Defense Drill

By Brian Williams on October 27, 2019

Tad Boyle (Colorado) puts some demonstration players through a drill that he got from Mike Malone.

The drill works on one team’s 4 on 5 halfcourt defensive rotations while the other squad has to convert to defense after they shoot.

There are several modifications that you can make to the drill to work on areas where you need to improve or to offset talent discrepancies between your first and second units.

Some ideas for tweaks to the drill are:

1) Allow offense to dribble in phase 1
2) Assign the 4 defenders to an individual matchup and leave one offensive player unguarded. That way you can work on help rules. If you leave a perimeter player unguarded, you can work on help and recover. If you leave a shooter unguarded, you can work on awareness and hedging.
3) Instead of having 1 player all the way back, you can have 2 offensive players back to make the defensive conversion even more challenging. You can put them in the corners instead of one under the basket. Then, to avoid playing 6 on 5, you can have one of the 2 who were back to step off once it becomes half court play.

The video is hosted on YouTube.

You will need to be on a network that allows you to access YouTube.

Click the play arrow to view the video.

There is narration with the video, so please make sure that your sound is on.

You can find out more about the Championship Productions video that this clip is from at this link: Tad Boyle Individual & Team Drills