A breakdown of six foundational drills for high school basketball coaches that help improve overall team defense. A good team defense sets a nice floor for your season. If your team is hard to score on, it can consistently compete in games no matter the talent level. In my coaching career I’ve settled on a…
Buying In to Defense: Four Tips for Your Team
Most young players naturally enjoy offense more than defense, but these simple tips and drills will have your team excited to defend. Coming off our 2017-18 Virginia state title, I have reflected on some of the things we did defensively that helped us achieve our success. Coaching in this era, where so much emphasis is…
Turn Up The Intensity: 3-on-3 Guts
Refine your team defense, motion offense and mental toughness with this live, competitive drill: 3-on-3 Guts. Basketball teams across the country at all levels are getting back into the gym for preseason workouts soon. Early season practices feature a lot of “install” and team concepts. Do not neglect drills that measure your team’s competitive fire…
Pressure Man Defense – Rooftop Rules
Beginning with on-the-ball defense, we blueprint how to implement pressure man-to-man defense into your program. The first concept, “THE ROOFTOP RULES” is the foundation. Not all man-to-man defenses are alike. Coaches have different philosophies on help defense, ball screen coverage, stance angle and much more. In this series we will detail the foundations of pressure…
4 Drills to Become An Effective Pressing Team
If you have not read our article yet discussing Shaka Smart’s key’s to full-court pressing defense, we recommend you hop on over and read that article before diving into the drills below! Circle Trap The Circle Trap drill is one of the best drills to not only teach your offensive players how to handle traps under…