with Bruce Weber, University of Illinois Head Coach; 2005 NCAA Runner-Up
In this DVD, Coach Weber assembles the pieces that make up a successful press attack; it must be simple, provide continuity and be consistent. Features of this presentation include Press Attack by Fast Break, which requires a quick inbounds pass to the point guard up the floor. Nine drills are shown, including the 18 second drill and 35 second drill that challenge players in the full court. A big part of Weber's press breaker is running the baseline to counter what the defense presents. Weber shows over 10 drills that he uses every day in practice. These include the Keep Away drill, which teaches passing and playing against double teams. It doubles as a conditioning drill as players can work with 10 lb. weighted balls in passing drills. The Circle Drill, 2-on-1 backup dribble drill, 3-on-3 drill, 3 vs. 4 drill and the Chaos drill are just some of the excellent drills featured in this presentation. In addition, Weber covers two attacks - Zone Control and Texas - to use against half court traps. Weber's DVD on press offense reflects years of observation and coaching at the highest levels. The principles and drills presented are rooted in time-tested fundamentals. Assure error free basketball when facing pressure by installing this sound system of attacking pressure!
with Kelvin Sampson, Indiana University Head Coach, former University of Oklahoma Head Coach; '01-'02 National Coach of the Year; 2002 Final Four
With 5-on-5 breakdowns, Kelvin Sampson teaches effective methods for stopping a team's offensive transition on every possession. Coach Sampson supplies step-by-step instructions on how to design and deploy an effective transition defense. He includes competitive drills such as Transition Defense Drill, Circle Transition Drill, Toughness and Transition Drill, Single Bubble Drill, NBA Shuttle Drill and Defending the Screen & Roll. The toughest teams are the teams that find a way to win. This video will help your team build mental toughness, physical toughness, and the ability to communicate, and will help you to create a competitive practice environment. Sampson stresses the significance of having the best player be a leader for his teammates and be excited about practice everyday. Eliminate easy baskets with these all-inclusive drills provided by Coach Sampson. These drills will build your athletes' commitment to team defense. With these drills, techniques, and competitive fire, Sampson will demonstrate how to change your practice and your players into a stifling defensive unit at any level of play. The results will be evident on the court and in how your team handles every kind of defensive situation.
with Jack Bennett, former University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Head Coach, Back-to-Back NCAA D-III NCAA Champions! ('04, '05)
Playing "Sound Basketball" is a concept so important to Coach Jack Bennett that he has developed his coaching philosophy toward that goal, his team practice drills are based on reinforcing it, and it is his teams' "soundness" with the ball that Bennett can point to as evidence in back-to-back National Championship titles! In three of the most important games of the last two seasons, one semifinal and the two championship games, Bennett's teams had an astounding 49 assists and only 15 turnovers. They had no turnovers in the second half of the 2005 Championship Game due, in large part, to the drills shared on this DVD. These drills will make your team a better passing team - this translates into an effective, more aggressive offense! In this DVD, Coach Bennett shares his philosophy and teaches seven comprehensive possession drills that start out 2-on-0 and build up to 4-on-4, half- and full-court. Bennett also discusses the common errors that players make and offers simple corrections. In addition, extensive game footage highlights the benefits of the drills when "the pressure is on." This video is a great complement to any half- or full-court offensive system because it reinforces Bennett's philosophy: "less turnovers equals more wins!"
with Jim Calhoun, '99 and '04 NCAA Champion Coach, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Jim Calhoun has been one of the most successful coaches in NCAA Division I men's basketball history. He has won two NCAA National Championships and is a 2005 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In this lecture-style presentation, Calhoun diagrams competitive drills he uses for teaching many areas of the game: Offense, defense, rebounding, shooting, passing, and more. In addition, Calhoun shows you how to manage your practices to get the most out of your players, how to treat players, and how to reward and discipline players. Coach Calhoun ends his presentation with his "eight elements of defense" and he shows how he teaches these elements in his practices. He also discusses everything he does from his pre-practice meetings to the post-practice meetings. Once you have watched this DVD, you will have no doubt that Calhoun is one of the "great coaches of his time"!
with Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University Head Coach, 2X NCAA National Champions, 3X National Coach of the Year
World renowned women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer has compiled more than 600 wins in her 25+ year collegiate coaching career. In this video, Coach VanDerveer shares the offensive drills that have greatly contributed to her team's successes. VanDerveer has used all of these drills with her teams to create more, and better, scoring opportunities than opponents, increase competitive intensity in her players and help her athletes master the fundamentals. VanDerveer shares 25 drills --- pre-warm-up, warm-up, individual skills including shooting and rebounding, as well as post and perimeter routines. Coaches will learn how to use timed and competitive drills in a purposeful way to add variety to practice, make corrections and to complement and refine any offensive set. These dynamic drills will challenge players to become better students of the game leading to better basketball and teamwork!
with Gene Keady, Purdue University Head Coach, 6X National "Coach of the Year," 6 Big Ten Championships, 17 NCAA Appearances, 14 seasons with 20 wins
Gene Keady, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Purdue University, is known for being one of the most intense coaches in college basketball. In this video, Coach Keady will show you how he takes that intensity and instills it in his players during practice. In this video, Keady reveals the drills he uses to ensure that his players are practicing with the same intensity and speed that they would use during a game. The drills he utilizes work on shooting, passing, individual improvement, offense and defense. All of the drills are designed around competitive rules and consequences. Keady emphasizes team morale, team accomplishments and fundamentals as the most important elements in a winning environment. With the drills in this video, you will be able to create the same intense practices as the "master of basketball intensity' - Gene Keady! 68 minutes. 2004.
with Rob Judson, University of Northern Illinois Head Coach
Successful Big 10 assistant Rob Judson details the drills he uses to improve the critical fundamentals of his players. Judson demonstrates numerous drills from both the offensive and defensive ends of the court in this excellent teaching video. From the offensive side of the court, he includes drills for ball handling, passing, perimeter shooting, and post moves. Defensively, he works on closeouts, on-ball defense, help-and-recover with rotation, defending various types of screens, and defensive transition. An informative video for all levels!
with Ricardo Patton, University of Colorado Head Coach
Coach Patton demonstrates a terrific series of intense, challenging shooting drills that stresses competitive techniques for ball handling, shooting, footwork, fatigue, reading screen angles, rebounding and defending. In all of these drills, Patton utilizes the game clock and implements consequences for not meeting individual and team goals. At the conclusion of each drill, Patton reinforces the correct free throw routine in a competitive, fatiguing, game-like situation. Patton includes his four "Golden Rules of Individual Improvement" which include: Techniques for staying low, exploding to the basket, methods for foot quickness and strengthening your off-hand. These innovative drills will improve the critical fundamentals in an atmosphere of hard work and earned rewards!
with Fred ?The Mayor? Hoiberg, Chicago Bulls Guard; former Iowa State University All-American
Learn how to shoot the correct way with Fred Hoiberg and learn the shooting workouts he utilizes to sustain himself as one of the most accurate shooters in the NBA. Formerly the Big Eight Conference Athlete-of-the-Year, Fred builds your shot from the basic fundamentals all the way to the advanced levels of the NBA. Hoiberg?s compilation of shooting drills is a great tool to consistently make shots in practice that ultimately will carry over to the big shot in the big game. Players at any level can benefit from this video as it teaches the mechanics of the free throw, the mid-range shot, the post move shot, and 3-pointers!
Coaches need stoppers, defense wins championships. This video isn't for the flashy player, it's for the player who truly wants to win.
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better 1 on 1 Defense was written, filmed, and edited with the goal of helping players who have a true desire to do whatever it takes to take their game to the next level
Is it possible to develop qualities like court sense, vision, and the instinctive ability to make the right pass at the right time? The answer, thanks to this video, is yes! With Better Passing's 42 game situations, you'll learn how to read the court and develop that sixth sense that all great passers have!
