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02/12/2014This is a GREAT camp drill that I picked up at Al Skinner's Boston College summer camp. Mo Cassera, former Head Coach Hofstra, was the Coach Skinner's camp coordinator in 2008. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis is a GREAT camp drill that I picked up at Al Skinner's Boston College summer camp. Mo Cassera, former Head Coach Hofstra, was the Coach Skinner's camp coordinator in 2008. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis form shooting drill was presented by Alex Popp, Asst Men's Basketball Coach, Holy Cross University, at the Aspire2Inspire Coaches Clinic in Providence, RI on 8-24-13. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis past week while in Louisville for the King of the Bluegrass we were fortunate to watch NCAA Division 2 powerhouse Bellarmine University practice before taking off a few days for Christmas. Their practice was very impressive. The amount of energy and communication throughout the entire practice is exactly what our team needed to witness. This shooting drill is one they opened up practice with and allowed to get up a ton of shots in a short amount of period. The drill incorporates the 3 main spots on the floor (top of key and each corner) and 3 different shots at each spot. The line under the rim passes to the "spot" and then closes out to the ball, the player receives the pass and shot fakes before making a 1 or 2 dribble attack before passing to the 3rd spot. After passing (or shooting) follow your pass (shot) to the next line so each player performs each shot type at all 3 spots. I believe the goal of the drill was to score somewhere around 155 points; 3pt=3, 15 ft=2, lay-ups=1. Below are the shots that each player must perform at each spot: Corner 1 3 pointer Catch & rip 15 footer Catch & rip and finish at the rim/floater Top of the Key 3 pointer Catch & rip step-back 15 footer Catch & rip finish at the rim with a power lay-up / up and under Corner 2 3 pointer Catch & rip 15 footer Catch & rip and finish at the rim/floater Special thank you to Scott Davenport for allowing us to watch his practice. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis is another drill that I got from watching Bellarmine University practice last week. This is a great drill because it not only works on scramble situations having 4 players defend 5 in the half-court, but it also forces the offense (new defense) to sprint back after change of possession to prevent any easy lay-ups. After making your one transition stop after a made shot or the defense secures the rebound and repeat the drill the other way. Make sure you switch the offense and defensive teams who must scramble each time and rotate the players that are back. Do this drill for time or until a team reaches a pre-set point total. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawFrom Head Coach Mike Donnelly (Southern CT State University MBB), a great defensive drill to teach players to "wall up" and make offensive players make contested shots from close range. Emphasis on not fouling, boxing out and rebounding. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis is a great drill to get your players to box out on defense and crash and avoid box outs on offense. Too many rebounding drills benefit the taller players and don't truly reward players for boxing out or getting around box outs, so this drill is perfect to reward pursuit effort. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis is a great competitive drill that works on defensive closeouts, catching drives, guarding the ball, getting chest stops, keeping the ball out of the paint, attacking closeouts and driving into the paint under control. I got this drill from my high school coach, Jay Blossom. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawWe use these drills to prepare for "floppy" actions - a double screen and single screen, double screens, and backdoor looks. Players need to identify these looks and be prepared on how to defend these actions See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawWhen we see scout, we try to simulate the opposing teams actions in our defensive breakdown drills. This play has backscreens, and double stagger screens.These are difficult actions to defend when ran correctly. This gives coaches a time to break down these actions in practice. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawWe use these actions to prepare for teams that use 1-4 High sets. Teams in our area run "butt screens", screen the screener looks with down screens and flare screens. This is a good drill for coaches to specifiy how they want to defend these actions commonly seen in games. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawWe use this drill to prepare for teams that run the dribble drive to defend some common actions we will see. Teams will run a screen the screener into ball screen, a dribble handoff into a ball screen, and a pitch from guard to guard into a ball screen. Each one of the actions can be difficult to defend, so coaches need to know how to play these. Coaches can double team, switch, go under screens and hand off, the options are up to each coach. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawOur team uses this drill when teams use the UCLA cut and some of the common actions. We like to break down how to defend the UCLA cut, down screen, ball screen, an scissor cut. This is a great breakdown drill for players at all levels. Coaches need to decide how to defend these common actions. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawWe use is drill to prepare for teams that use flex cuts, shuffle cuts, down screens and cross screens. Coaches can decide how they want to defend these actions. Do you want to switch, go over, under screens? See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis play is from the 2010-2011 Houston Rockets season. This play is best for teams with a passing big. With this play spacing is crucial. If you drill your point guard on selling the pin down and slipping properly you will get easy lay ups out of this set. See More
Favorite Send to FastDrawThis play is from the 2010-2011 Houston Rockets season. This play is best ran for a shooter that is also a good athlete. You will need to drill in practice having your players read the defense to determine if they should come off the pin down or go backdoor. See More
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