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Coaching
General Coaching Topics Developing a Coaching Philosophy Writing a Coaching Philosophy How to Build a Basketball Program Positionless Basketball Teaching Methods How to Teach by Drill Progression Are We Teaching Closeouts The Best Way Teaching by the Millennial Method Teaching Offense Using "Check Downs" Spacing & Movement (Without the Ball) The Assistant Coach Planning Practices Practice Planner Live Creating a Master Practice Plan Game Situation Skills and Drills Pre-Game Preparation Coaching, Game Strategy Late Game Strategies for Winning Close Games Why Games Are Lost Reducing Turnovers Defensive Intensity - Charting Deflections Calculating OER and DER March Madness - Late-Season Tune-Up How to Plan for a New Season Preseason Checklist Pre-season Middle School/Youth Practice Plan Coaching During the Pandemic What Coaches do in the Off-Season Off-Season Basketball Workouts Struggling Through a Losing Season Motivating Team Throughout the Season Shot Clock in High School Basketball? Post Game Talks Goal and Process Thinking for Players 7 Benefits of Playing Multiple Sports Coaching Youth Basketball How to Prepare Players for HS Basketball Parent - Coach Relationships Parent - Player Guidelines The Coach-Athlete Bond is Important Pre-Season Tryouts Playing AAU or Club Basketball Running a Basketball ClinicHalf-Court Defense
Selecting Your Defense(s) Man-to-Man Defense
Man-to-Man Pressure Defense (Part 1)
Man-to-Man Pressure Defense (Part 2)
Man-to-Man Pressure Defense (Part 3)
Trapping the Low Post
Pack Line Defense
Bob Kloppenburg's SOS Pressure Defense:Zone Defense 2-3 Zone Defense Coach Marshall's 2-3 Zone Defense Circle Defense Buzz - Twilight Zone Defense 1-3-1 Zone Defense 3-2 (1-2-2) Zone Defense Zone Rebounding Amoeba Defense SWARM Defense Point-Zone Defense Match-up Zone Defense 1-3-1 Match-up Zone Defense 1-2-2 Viking Half-Court Press 2-2-1 Half-Court Press "Junk" Defenses 4-1 Chameleon Defense Triangle Defense Last Second Defense Defending the Pick and Roll Defending Without Fouling
Full-Court Defense
Selecting a Press Defense(s) Transition Defense Match-up Press Defenses Run-and-Jump Press Defense Trapping with a Trailer Defender Pressure Defense, and "41-Deny" SOS Full-Court Pressure Defense 2-2-1 Zone Press 3-1-1 Zone Press 1-1-2-1 Zone Press 1-2-1-1 (Diamond) Zone Press 1-2-2 Zone Presses Paul Murray's 21 Full Court PressOffensive Strategy
Selecting Your Offense(s) Motion offenses Set offenses Patterned offenses Fundamental Precepts of Offense Motion Offense Principles Simple Slam Motion Offense Bob Hurley:Motion Offense Duke Transition and Early Offense 3-2 Motion Offense
3-2 Motion Options
Simple Motion Plays (youth teams)
3-2 Motion Plays (advanced)
3-2 "Hi-Lo"
90 Series
2 Series (for your shooting guard)
Loyola
Miami
Weave-Screen Plays
3-2 Option Series
Isolation 2
4-Out, 1-In Motion Offense
Using Your Post Player in 4-Out
4-Out Quick Hitters
4-Out "High" Plays
4-Out "Low" Plays
41 Zone Offense and Zone Plays
4-Out Slice Motion Offense
Dribble-Drive Motion Offense
Running the Dribble-Drive Offense
Attacking the Pack Line Defense
Read and React Offense
3-Out Read and React Offense
Triangle Offense (Part 1 - Side Triangle and Post Offense)
Triangle Offense (Part 2 - Two-Man Game Options)
High Low Triangle Offense
Pete Carril's Princeton Offense
Princeton Offense
7 Basic Princeton Offense Actions
Princeton Offense Plays
Pick and Roll Offense
Continuity Ball-screen Offense
Fred Hoiberg's Early Offense
Pistol Actions - early offense
John Wooden's UCLA Offense
Wisconsin Swing Offense
Bo Ryan's Swing Offense Plays
West Coast 1-4 Stack Offense
Michigan-Style 2-Guard Offense
Hawk Offense
Horns Offense
Horns Elevation Offense
2-3 High Patterned Offense
2-3 Offense
Blocker Mover Offense
Auriemma Strong Set Offense
T-Game Triple-Post Offense
Grinnell Offense
2-1-2 High-Post Offense
1-3-1 Offense
Open Post Double-Up Offense
Open Post (5-Out) Motion Offense
Shuffle Offense
CMU Wheel Offense
Youth Swing Offense
Thunder Offense
Flex Offense
4-Corners Delay Offense
Spread Delay Offense
Cherry Picking Offense
Zone Offense
Basics of Zone Offense Screening the Zone How to Attack the 2-3 Zone Defense Attacking the 2-3 Zone Simple, Easy 2-3 Zone Attack Kansas 2-3 Zone Offense Kansas Zone Plays 2-3 Zone Offense Plays Anchors Zone Offense Delta Zone Offense Dribble-Drive Zone Offense Read and React Zone Offense Stanford Motion-Zone Offense T-Game Triple-Post Offense Attacking the 3-2 Zone Attacking the 1-2-2 Zone Attacking the 1-3-1 Zone Defense 4-Out Zone Offense and Plays 5-Out Zone Offense Attacking "Junk" Defenses Attacking the Box-and-1 Defense Attacking the Triangle-and-2 DefenseTransition Offense
Selecting Your Press Offense(s) Transition Offense Concepts for Playing Fast Secondary Fast Break Coach Sar's Secondary Break Secondary Numbered Break 3-Up Secondary Break 80-60-40 Press Breakers Simple Press Breaker Flood Press Breaker Beating the Full Court Press Attacking the Man-to-Man Press Attacking the 1-2-1-1 Press Four Across Press Breaker 3-Up Press Breaker 2-2-1 Press Breaker Half-Court Press BreakersOffensive Plays
Also see 3-2 and 4-1 motion plays aboveSelecting Plays - Plays Library 90 Series Big Series 1 Series (for your point guard) 2 Series (for your shooting guard) Dribble-Drive Set Plays West Coast 1-4 Stack Offense 1-4 Offense and Plays 1-4 Low Set Plays Double Stack Offense - Plays Pistol Actions - early offense Floppy Screen and Plays 3-Point Plays 50 Series Slice Offense Quick Hitters & BLOBs Simple Motion Plays (youth teams) 3-2 Motion Plays (advanced) Quick Hitters for the 4-Out Offense 4-Out Offense "High" Plays 4-Out Offense "Low" Plays 5-Out Quick Hitters Michigan State Sets/Plays BYU Cougar Plays Tom Izzo's "Fist-Down" Zone Play Gap Attack Zone Play Plays That Use the Horns Set Box-Set Offense
Box Offense - Plays for Shooters
Box Offense - Post Plays
Box Offense - Pick & Roll Plays
Box Offense - Iso/Backdoor Plays
Heat
America's Play
"Shocker" Play
High Pick and Roll Set
Redhawk
Loyola
Michigan
Miami
Ohio
Buckeye
Demon
Blazer
3-On-3 Plays
Opening Tip-Off Play
Out-of-Bounds Plays
Sideline Plays OB Plays vs the 2-3 Zone "Box" Plays "Stack" Plays "4-Low" Plays Miscellaneous OB Plays Full-Court Buzzer Beaters Half-Court Buzzer Beaters Last Second SituationsPlayer Development
Fundamentals - Player Tips/Instruction Video Clip Fundamentals Library Footwork Fundamentals Ball Handling Dribbling The Art of Passing Tips for Better Passing Lay-ups and Finishing Moves Advanced Inside Finishing Moves Shooting Fundamentals, Form and Technique Taking Good Shots - Shot Selection Where are all the Great Shooters? Basketball Shooting - 3 Simple C's Coach Wissel's Shooting Series
Coach Wissel's Shooting Tips
Coaching Shooting
Shooting Mechanics
Confidence and Rhythm
Correcting Shooting Errors
Developing a Quick Release
3-Point Shooting, Rhythm and Range
Shooting Free-Throws
Shooting a Hook Shot
Basic Lead-Up ShootingDrills
Off the Dribble Shooting Drills
Become a Good Free-Throw Shooter
The Jump Shot
How to Shoot Hook Shots
Guard Moves and Skills
How to Become a Great Point Guard
How to Become a Great Post Player
Tips for Short Post Players - High Post/Short Corners
Rebounding Tips, Techniques and Fundamentals
Setting, Using & Reading Screens
Cutting and Faking
Spacing & Movement (Without the Ball)
Offensive Tips for Youth Players
Defensive Tips for Youth Players
Basic Defense
Transition Defense
Transition Offense
How to Score Even If You Aren't Skilled
Escaping from a Trap
Practicing in the Off Season
Individual Shooting Work-Out
Player Workouts During the Pandemic
How to Maximize Skill Development
How to Enhance Basketball Abilities off the Court
5 Workout Mistakes Players Make
Playing AAU or Club Basketball
7 Benefits of Playing Multiple Sports
Drills
Selecting, Using Drills Competition in Drills Partner Drills 5-on-5 Scrimmage with a Purpose Drills Pre-game Warm-up Drills Alan Stein Training Drills 63 Drills from Jen ReviewsDefensive Drills
1 on 1 Drills Defensive Close-Outs and Drills Shell Drill, Half-Court Live Drills M2M Defense Breakdown Drills Xavier Competitive Toughness Drills Huggins 4-on-4 plus 1 Defensive Drill Pack Line Defense Breakdown Drills 2-3 Zone Defense Breakdown Drills Costa 1 on 1 Defensive Drills Man-to-Man Positioning Drill Trapping Drills Take the Charge Drill Match-up Press Drills Press Inbounds Deny Drills Z-Drill and Lane Slides 3-on-3 Competitive Defensive DrillOffensive Drills
Learning the Jump Stop Footwork Drills Footwork Progression Drills Screens, Pick Drills Motion Offense Drills Motion Offense Screening Drills Pick and Roll Drills Read & React Offense Breakdown Drills Dribble-Drive Motion Offense Drills Mavs Drill "One More" Passing/Shooting Drills Drive and Kick Drill 2-3 Zone Offense Drills Transition Offense Drills Full-Court Transition Offense Drills 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 Drills 2-on-1 Continuous Transition Drill 4-Second Box Transition Drill MSU Progressive Transition Drill Memphis Transition Drills Full-Court 2-Line Passing Drills Auriemma 3-on-0 Transition Drill 5-on-0 Full-Court Drills 3-on-2, 3-on-3 Transition Drill 4-on-4 Transition 4-on-4-on-4 Transition 5-on-4 Transition Scramble Drill 5-on-3 Transition Defense Drill Rebound-Outlet-Break Drill 11-Man (and 7-Man) Drills Post Player Breakdown Drills 50 Points Full-Court Drills Special Situation DrillsDribbling Drills
List of Stationary Circle Drills Stationary 1-Ball Dribbling Drills 2-Ball Dribbling Drills Sideline Dribbling Drills Tight Chairs Dribbling Drills Full-Court Dribbling Moves Drill Dribble Tag Drills Video Clip LibraryPassing Drills
Full-Court 2-Line Passing Drills Full-Court Weave Passing Drills More Full-Court Passing Drills Half-Court Passing Drills Press Break Passing DrillShooting Drills
Team Shooting Drills Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills Bill Self's Shooting Drills (video) Tom Izzo's Shooting Drills (video) John Beilein's Shooting Drills (video) Muffet McGraw: Princeton Shooting Drills Jim Boeheim's Shooting Drills (video) Sherri Coale's Shooting Drills (video) Bob Huggins' Shooting Drills (video) 2 Man Shooting Drills Lay-up Drills Auriemma Uptempo Layup Drills Free Throw Shooting Drills Individual Shooting Work-OutRebounding, Loose Ball Drills
Rebounding Box-Out Drills Rebounding 2-Man Drills War Drill Hustle, Loose Ball DrillsGanon Baker's Drills
Ganon Baker's Basketball Drills Ganon Baker Interview Mavs DrillTim Springer's Drills
Guard Workouts Spartan Guard Skills Workout Spartan Skills Drills Shooting Guard Workout Forward Scoring Workout Post Player Workout Spartan Gun Shooting Drills Team 3-Point Shooting Drills 15 Point Per Game Workout College Point-Guard Workout Lebron James Scoring Workout Tony Parker Scoring Series Kevin Durant Scoring Workout Derrick Rose Scoring Workout Tim Duncan Scoring Series Manu Ginobili Scoring Series George Hill Scoring Series Defensive Rotations into Transition Drills Basketball Performance Training Drills Becky Hammon Floppy/Pick & Roll Drill Kyrie Irving Scoring WorkoutMental Aspects
Articles from Anthony Lanzillo Articles from Tom Emma Articles from Ari Fisher Articles from Dr. Dish Mental Aspects / Other Stuff Quotes - Motivational and Humorous How to make the team Tips to Dominate Tryouts "My Turn" vs "Our Turn" Players Things to think about Attitude, the "Right Stuff" The Exceptional Player "Role" Players - Unsung Heroes Toughness by Jay Bilas Guide for Serious Players Keys to Becoming a Great Player Things Good Players Do Being a Team LeaderFrom Ari Fisher
Entering the Coaching Profession
Coaching Do's and Don'ts
Team Building Strategies
Importance of Communication
Anatomy of a Championship Season
8th Grade Tryouts
Fundamental Precepts of Offense
Concepts for Playing Fast
Writing a Coaching Philosophy
Foul Shooting
Footwork Progression Drills
From Thomas Emma
Athletic Development
The Student Athlete
Small Basketball Players
Basketball Strength Training
When Individual Instruction Goes Too Far
Dealing with Lack of Playing Time
Managing Player Fatigue
The Recovery Snack
From Anthony Lanzillo
12-Step Mental Prep Playbook
Mental Prep Playbook
Reaching the Mental Peak
Mental Conditioning Program
Mental Aspects - Laying the Foundation
Winning The Mental Game - Mental Drills
Having Hands-On Players
Mental Aspects - Tuning Up
March Madness and the EMS Factor
Staying Inbounds Mentally
Watching Villanova Play
The Mental Rebound
Imagine
Rebuilding Player Confidence
Teaching Players To Streamline Mentally
Create A Compelling Story
Mental Focus - Stay in the Present
Play Big: Believe in Greatness
Playing Smart
Playing With Gratitude
Reading The Court
From Spectator To Player
Make Your Mark - Selecting a College
From PGC Basketball
Coach DV's Four Rules of Basketball Seven Key Concepts for Point Guards Season Ending Disappointment Don't Waste Time Getting Seen Too SoonFrom Sarah Daren
Increasing Costs of School Athletics
Coaching 101: Promoting Leadership
Declining Number of Athletic Officials
Why Coaches Make Great Teachers
Avoiding Drug Abuse Through Athletics
Student-Athlete Stress Levels
Tips for Athletes Transferring Schools
Top Sports Trends of 2018
Importance of Athletic Scholarships
Should You Get a Coaching Degree?
4 Benefits of Coaching Into Old Age
Athletes and Social Media
Good Health and Nutrition for Athletes
4 Ways to Inspire Kids to Exercise
Tech Resources for Athletic Performance
5 Benefits of Coaching Youth Athletics
Youth Sports can Boost Mental Health
5 Benefits of Playing Sports Abroad
6 Benefits of Playing Sports in School
Athletes and Emotional Intelligence
How Sports & Exercise Can Impact Health
Sports and Exercise Tips for Students
Educational Programs for Young Athletes
Alternative Health & Athletic Performance
Tools To Help Athletes Improve In Class
Athletes Need to Know About Vaping
Bionic Technology and Sports Injuries
Engaging Students in Online Schooling
Advanced Degree for Exercise Science?
Preventing Hazing in High School Sports
The Impact of a Great Coach in Youth Sports
The Future of Personal Branding in College Sports
Should Student Athletes be Paid?
Staying in the World of Sports After Your Athletic Career is Over
How to Pursue a Career in Sports Media
Why Not Think About a Degree in Sports Journalism
You Didn't Go Pro, Now What?
Why Athletes Should Focus on Nutrition to Reduce Injuries
How Accessible are U.S. Youth Sports
Social Work Tips That Can Positively Impact Your Coaching Ability
Six Tips for Being an Excellent Youth Coach
10 College Majors for Students Looking for a Career in Sports
Coaching Young Players with Speech Issues
How to Maximize Fundraising Efforts for Your Youth Sports Team
How Cross-Training and Proper Diet Can Provide a Competitive Edge in High School Sports
How Youth Sports Can Positively Impact Low-Income Neighborhoods
Importance of Teaching Young Athletes to Give Back to Their Communities
5 Ways Coaches Can Help Injured Players Recover
5 Ways Coaches Can Help Their Student Athletes in the Classroom
Evaluating the Many Types of Mentorships in Sports
Athlete Burnout and Mental Fatigue
Ways to Use Your Experience as an Athlete to Motivate and Inspire Others
How Organized Sports Can Transform Lives of Troubled Youths
Tips and Resources to Become a Better Varsity Coach
How Extracurricular Activities Enhance Mindset and Performance
Monitoring Athlete Progress: A Data-Driven Approach
From Dr. Dish Basketball
10 Quotes to Use After a Loss
Ways To Effective Off-Season Coaching
Ways To Gain Respect From Your Team
4 Words Every Athlete Needs to Hear
Turning Your Captain into a Leader
4 Ways to Motivate Your Players
Basketball Shooting - 3 Simple C's