European Ball Screen Actions

By Brian Williams on September 7, 2017

The Coach in these two videos is Lason Perkins.

Coach Perkins has worked at the high school, college, and semi-pro level for over 20 years.

He is currently the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Cary Academy.

He has created over 20 instructional videos and 5 books on basketball offenses.

He has built a reputation for being an expert on international offenses and styles of play.

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These two videos are taken from the online video course by Coach Perkins called: (Click the link for more information) European Ball Screen Offense

European Ball Screen Offense Continuity

European Ball Screen Offense: Special Actions

2 in a Row Team Shooting Drill

By Brian Williams on September 5, 2017

This drill was contributed by Fabian McKenzie to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library.

Coach McKenzie has been a head coach at the university level for 17 years, and has been involved as a coach at this level for 20 years.

He has been involved with the Canadian Women’s National team program for the past 9 years.

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These are Coach McKenzie’s comments on the drill:

This is a fun & competitive drill which adds pressure to shot taking and making.

You can do this with groups of 2 or 3 people

5 spots are marked.

You could use different spots or reduce the number of spots

Each player in the group must hit 2 in a row from the spot before the group is allowed to move to the next spot.

The first group to finish all 5 spots and get to the center circle wins.

2 Michigan State SLOBs

By Brian Williams on August 31, 2017

These 2 Sideline Inbound Plays are from Chris Filios’s Best of Special Teams Playbook.

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My hope is that you can take bits and pieces of these plays to enhance what you already do and what suits your players.

Michigan State Ball Screen Flare

1 zipper cuts to the NBA Slot of off 4 and 5.

3 inbounds the ball to 1 and makes an Iverson cut off of 5 and 2.

2 sets a ball screen for 1, then cuts off a double flare from 4 and 5.

Michigan State Lob

This is a short seconds lob play.

1 breaks out of the stack to the NBA slot

2 cuts to the ball side corner

4 curls around 4 for possible lob.

4 should shape up and be available to the ball as are 1 and 2.

Archie Miller Double Rip and Flare Pin Zone Attack

By Brian Williams on August 30, 2017

These 2 half court zone sets are from Chris Filios’s Archie Miller Dayton Flyers Playbook. Coach Miller has accepted the Job at Indiana for the upcoming season.

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My hope is that you can take bits and pieces of these plays to enhance what you already do and what suits your players.

Archie Miller Double Rip

1 dribbles to wing.

2 cuts to wing.

4 screens up.

3 sets cross screen for 5.

Archie Miller Flare Pin

1 runs a DHO with 2.

4 pins down for 3.

2 passes to 3.

1 comes off pin down from 4.

5 sets flare for 2.

Game Level Skill Workout Progressions

By Brian Williams on August 29, 2017

By: Phil Beckner, former Boise State Assistant Coach

Coach Beckner began his career at Weber State and still works out Damian Lillard in the summer.

He has also coached in the NBA G League and on the Nebraska Men’s Staff.

This video was filmed at the PGC/Glazier Spring 2016 Chicago Clinic.

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Phil Beckner: Game Level Skill Workout Progressions

Defensive Shutout Drill

By Brian Williams on August 28, 2017

This defensive drill is demonstrated by Northern Iowa Head Coach Ben Jacobson and the Northern Iowa players.

He has his team execute for 35 seconds since that was the college rule at the time that this video was filmed.

You can set the time length for anything that challenges your players.

When I have used this drill, we have used it as a toughener drill to end practice with and set the time at 51 seconds.

I selected that time because one season, our average time in the half court portion of our defense was 17 seconds and I wanted our players to prove that they were more than tough enough to make a stop at the end of a game because they had done 51 seconds in practice.

Also, since we practice against our high school second unit, I wanted it to offer more of a challenge than the younger players could. In college, you probably practice against a better second unit.

My focus for the drill is execution, and not just results. We do not start over if the other team made a shot as long as it was challenged and we had all of our block outs completed correctly.

We also started the 51 seconds over if the defense was not talking or not in proper help positions. You can add anything to the defensive violations list that you emphasize.

One idea you might consider adding to the drill would be conversion defense, rather than just running the drill half court.

You don’t have to stop to huddle each time the clock stops. Use his ideas as a guide to set the drill up as you want to.

The video is a YouTube video so make sure that you are on a server that allows YouTube access.

If you are interested in learning more about the DVD that this sample was taken from, click here: Open Practice with Ben Jacobson

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