Defensive Habits of Houston and Saint Louis
Defense struggling? Too many easy buckets given up? Here are 5 defensive habits you can apply this week.
Defense struggling? Too many easy buckets given up? Here are 5 defensive habits you can apply this week.
Part of the PGC Coaching Blueprint - Systems and Strategies - Coach Sam Allen teaches keys to Zone Defense
Part of the PGC Coaching Blueprint - Systems and Strategies - Coach Sam Allen teaches keys to Man-to-Man Defense
Part of the PGC Coaching Blueprint - Systems and Strategies - Coach Sam Allen teaches Defensive Communication
Part of the PGC Coaching Blueprint - Systems and Strategies - Coach Sam Allen teaches Defensive Transition
No massive playbook. No endless video study. Just one hour of learning and a few notecards. KISZ โ Keep It Simple Zones โ is the latest offering in the Keep It Simple systems. If you play against zone defenses (and who doesn't? ) this system is for you.
We all want our players and teams to communicate better yet, we often don't teach them how to do it and why it matters. Former college player and college coach, Marke Freeman shares insight into verbal communication, body language, NITE communication, video examples and more. This clinic talk is broken up into 7 parts helping you gain a better understanding of how to teach your teams to communicate better.
This is a clinic talk that Coach TJ Rosene gave teaching his 1-3-1 Zone Defense. There are some important nuances discussed here and film examples that will help take your 1-3-1 to higher level. Angles, how much to pressure the ball and vulnerabilities to be aware of are a few of the items reviewed here.
Coach Sam Allen shares the key principles that make good defenses effective. At the time of this video, Texas Tech was one of college basketball's top 5 defenses. Success leaves clues and this film breakdown reveals those defensive clues such as stance & eye discipline, great ball pressure, helpside positioning and more. Dive into part 1 to learn how you can be a better defensive coach.
In part two, Sam continues to highlight specific areas of Texas Techโs defense such as high hands, walling up, and defensive rotations that you can take as learnings for your own defensive coaching.
Sometimes as a coach, its important to slow down and get a singular focus of communication and just work on that.
This clinic talk by PGC President Mano Watsa is the teaching of the Full Court Animal Press Mano has used with his Canadian high school and development teams. The video is both an overview and live action with demonstration players.
The Animal Press is a dynamic full-court defensive strategy. Use this PDF to review and guide your implementation as you teach the principles of the Animal Press to your team.
This 10-lesson video series captures the "Lock-Left Defense". Popularized by the Championship coach, Dave Smart in Canada, Tyler Coston shares the principles and teachings of the Lock-Left defense. Not only will you learn how to better shrink the floor by controlling and influencing the ball handler, but also how to lock the ball to the left-hand side of the floor for the rest of the possession and force your opponent into taking a contested, rushed, and low possession shot. Stop preparing for your opponents, and make them start preparing for you!
Coach Sam Allen introduces the Vise Defense Half Court Pressure System using a series of Zoom recordings, assignments and resources.
To complement the skills of the defensive player, one must train the mental toughness that is so often associated with championship level players and teams. Listen to Dr. Spencer Wood teach the keys to mental toughness.
Great course to share with your team. Players spend hours at the gym working on the shot, working on dribbling, and doing drills โ but few of them work on defense! Half the game is being forgotten! Our friends at Point Guard College are here to help. In this quick course, they will take you through 3 lessons full of tips and drills so that you can become a defensive stopper. Learn how to take a charge, five habits of good defenders, and how to stop penetration and make sure your defense gets some time in the gym too!
This video gives you a drill to live 1v1 progression on how to guard the live dribble.
Take your defensive play to the next level. Hall of Fame coach Dick Helm brings his four level approach to building an excellent defensive player and a superb defensive team to this series, Dynamic Defense by Coach Rick Torbett.
