Maryland Defensive Drills and Principles
Coach Scott Spinelli goes over a few defensive principles and two defensive drills that the Terrapins use in practice throughout the year.
Wildcat Closeouts
2-on-2 defensive drill with a focus on closing out. There are two main focuses of the closeout drill. The first is deciding whether to close out long or short based on the offensive player’s strengths and/or weaknesses. The second point of focus is preventing the offensive player from driving to Read More
“Jogada 4” – Screen and Roll Action
Man set with tons of off the ball movement to keep help defenders busy while ultimately setting up a screen and roll action with limited help in the paint to contend with the roller. Probably better to watch the animation.
USA Basketball Team Practice from 2016 Olympics
Nice video from a Team USA Practice during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The video is worth watching on your own to find some drills to steal or for showing your players the constant and emphatic communication among the USA Basketball Team players. If your team doesn’t want to Read More
Ball Handling Drills Video
Ball Handling Drills video from Coach Bernie Holowicki and Five Star Basketball. There are a few quality drills in this video you can steal and add to your individual player workouts.
Team “Wheel” Training
Really good video from Pure Sweat Basketball with a handful of drills that can be applied to players of all levels and competition. The list of drills include: Close Out, Box Out Chase the Ball Ball Screen On Ball Defense And probably some more I missed. Definitely a video Read More