The Better Basketball DVDs are the world's preeminent improvement videos. Packed with extremely detailed yet easy to understand techniques, each video starts with the absolute basics before moving on to more advanced concepts that will vault a serious player to the next level. The Better Basketball instructional videos feature a logical and precise progression of development to ensure your hard work is rewarded with substantial improvement.
And yet, when parents and kids who are still learning the game watch the Better Basketball DVDs, they're relieved at how clearly the basketball instruction is explained, and thrilled to discover the ultimate foundation of basketball fundamentals.
Over 3.5 hours of detailed techniques to make you a scoring machine! With bonus sections from professionals Sue Bird, Chauncey Billups & Rick Barry!
Our newest and best basketball video Better 1 on 1 Offense may be the greatest basketball skills video ever created.
With nearly four hours of techniques, you really can't appreciate this thing until you see it for yourself.
The basketball video details all the tools any player needs to build a perimeter scoring repertoire. This includes the basics from triple threat, a chapter on maximizing your quickness potential, working the ball screen, and learning to read and react to the defender whether you're working from a pivot, off the dribble, pressured tightly, or finishing at the goal. Plus, bonus sections from Sue Bird, Chauncey Billups and Hall of Famer Rick Barry.
30 application specific workouts; need to improve your cross-over, there’s a workout for that; need to develop your off hand, there’s a workout for that. What about improving hand strength? Yep, there’s a workout for that too. And 27 others!
Almost 200 individual drills so you’ll never get bored.
3 hours and 10 minutes.
The more you can practice dribbling in a high variety of ways, the sharper your handles will be. Better Ball Handling gives you the tools to do it.
Strength, Control, and Speed Workouts are designed to build the particular handles that you need on the ball in order to perform the moves and combinations that you’ll find in later workouts.
Two and Three Ball Workouts are meant to train two components of your dribbling behavior. The first is overall coordination with both hands – this will not only improve your dominant hand, but will drive your towards becoming ambidextrous, equally skilled with either hand going any direction. The second is to increase your confidence. If you can handle two or three balls, then one ball is a piece of cake.
Moving and Moves Workouts add a realism to the stationary workouts. Eventually, you have to exercise your skills while on the move. That’s the way the game is played.
Tennis Anyone? These tennis ball workouts are the single best way to train you to keep your head up and not watch the ball while you dribble. Eye-hand coordination is a premium for these workouts.
Specialty Workouts are named for special situations. Perhaps you need to develop a killer crossover or some particular dribble. I hear comments about how certain players need to work on their weak hand. Well, depending on which hand is the weaker hand, you’ll find a Right Hand Workout and a Left Hand Workout where you never touch the ball with the other hand. These are also great for those times when one hand is injured, or anything is injured. You can really work on your weak hand!
Four All Around Workouts are designed to build your All-Around Skills within a specific time bracket. There’s a 5-minute MVP, a 10-minute All-City, a 20-minute All-State, and a 30-minute All-American workout. You can combine them to accommodate any schedule. As an example; if you only have 15 minutes, then combine the 5-minute MVP with the 10-minute All-City workout.
You’ll need a half-court or a full-court for the Imagine the Game Workouts. They are designed to imitate as many game-like actions as possible. Within each workout, there are opportunities for you to exercise some imagination and choose your dribble move.
I organized Better Ball Handling this way specifically so that YOU can choose the workout depending on your level of expertise. They all begin with simple, easy dribbles and then progress to more challenging levels. Even the workouts themselves are arranged from simple to complex. Many of them last only a few minutes. Now … I could have easily made them longer by increasing the number of reps, but that would have limited the number of workouts on the dvd. If you want to lengthen the workout, then just repeat the workout or double the reps yourself. I encourage you to personalize your training by choosing different workouts from different chapters and coming up with your own combinations. With 30 workouts, you could make a different combination each day for an entire year and still have a variety left! It’s limited only by your imagination!
Coaches need stoppers, basketball 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 basketball 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!
Better Post Play explains all the fundamentals and basics of post play, and then dives into unmatched detail
The video contains 10 chapters, plus sections by Jermaine and Tamika. Thanks to eye popping graphics, demonstrations by over 30 players, and footage from five different locations, the video is not just a great improvement tool, it's fun to watch
The new standard for what a sports improvement video should be
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better Post Play was written, filmed, and edited over nine months with the goal of helping players who have a true desire to do whatever it takes to take their game to the next level
Our newest DVD, Scoring Without the Ball is the most advanced player improvement video ever produced. The techniques in this basketball video will increase your basketball IQ, and help you develop a set of skills the vast majority of players do not possess.
The video's longest chapter (24 minutes) is on how to react to your teammate's dribble penetration, an essential skill because the drive is the most common offensive act in basketball today. Included in this chapter is an explanation of the Circle Movement. (In short, if defenses are taught to rotate and help one direction, offensive players should rotate the opposite direction!)
Offense without the ball is an essential skill to becoming a complete player, but almost totally overlooked in basketball today.
Bottom line: Every player and coach who has a grasp on the basics should study Scoring Without the Ball. This basketball video is the most thorough and groundbreaking study on playing without the ball ever conducted. And with pro footage proving the techniques work in real games, it's a fact that you're going to benefit from using the skills in this DVD.
Don't Just Get Open, Get Open To Score!
3 hours, 30 minutes in length
» Sections on every aspect of playing without the ball, including getting open when denied, running the fast break, the give and go, using screens, setting screens, and more.
» With footage from men's and women's international pro ball, sharp graphics, and professional filmmaking, this video will both entertain you and enhance your basketball IQ.
» The video certainly explains the basics of moving effectively without the ball for younger players, but much of the DVD is geared toward advanced concepts for high-level players and coaches.
» The basketball video contains 7 chapters, plus bonus sections by Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman and future Hall-of-Famer Jason Kidd. There is a summary of each chapter below.
» The pictures below are still frames from the video. The text to the right of each picture explains the still.
» Scoring Without the Ball was written, filmed, and edited over nearly thirteen months. During that stretch, the only goal was to help players who have a true desire to do whatever it takes to take their game to the next level. >
Successful FT shooting relies just as much on mental preparation as mechanical preparation. Better Free Throws covers all aspects of the Free Throw progression from the moment you get fouled until the ball splashes through the net.
The ritual defines a great Free Throw. Coach Torbett details exactly how to construct a perfect ritual so that you can step up to the line with confidence every time.
This DVD gives you all the information you need, but to see that information translate into success in a live game requires practice and dedication. Chapters 11 and 12 gives you 8 drills to integrate into your practice sessions, but you have to supply the time and sweat.
A complete section with Hall of Famer Rick Barry, who shot 90% from the line throughout his NBA career.
1 hour, 42 minutes! - What's on the DVD?
Better Free Throws contains 12 chapters divided into 3 sections: first, the 4 prerequisites to shooting from the line; second, the 3 steps to actually making the FT; third, practice drills and practice thoughts.
European pro footage (FIBA and ULEB) is incorporated to illustrate the video's techniques.
Rick Barry details the mechanics behind his famously successful underhanded free throw, first in a sit down interview with Coach Torbett, then on the court with a young player. The Hall-of-Famer closed out the final 6 years of his NBA career shooting 92.5% from the line.
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better Free Throws was written, professionally filmed, and edited with precise graphics to make learning its techniques easy and entertaining. The ultimate goal, however, is to help dedicated players reach their own goals and hopefully 90% from the stripe.
About the Video
The rising obsession with the 3-point shot and the dunk has relegated the mid-range shot, especially the Free Throw, to the background. Because of this, FT percentages throughout the various levels of the sport have taken a nosedive.
Still, a shockingly high number of games are decided by less than 5 points. What if your team shot 10% better from the line? How many more games would you win? How many more points would you score? Better Free Throws can lead you there.
In this 8-DVD-Set, you get over 13 hours of basketball techniques, drills, and workouts. Master the basics and advanced fundamentals with the entire Better Basketball video or dvd set.
Better Shooting DVD, Better Ballhandling DVD, Better 1 on 1 Defense DVD, Better Passing DVD, Better Post Play DVD, 1 on 1 Offense, Better Moving Without the Ball, and Better Free Throws.
When we say Read & React is a complete offensive system, we should probably clarify what we mean by “complete”.
We mean that you can use this offensive system with absolutely any style of play or coaching philosophy you already have in place. We mean it that can be easily customized to take advantage of your team’s greatest strengths. We mean that any age group and any skill level can learn and apply it easily to up the quality of their game.
So when we say “complete”, we mean it’s the only offensive system you’ll ever need in your coaching career. Other coaches, after learning the Read & React system, have confessed that they’re not even sure how they could create a defense to counteract it – even when they already know the principles behind how the offensive system works!
With Read & React, you’ll learn how to:
Develop your players individually and your entire team as a unit in a building block progression
Teach your players how to engage the game by principle, not just by offensive play
Attack and counter any complex defense – even up to the pro ball level
Give each player the freedom to use his skills and attack the basket while still keeping a cohesive team strategy
Eliminate the restrictions of set plays and give your players the skills to think strategically in game
The Read & React offensive system doesn’t teach plays. It teaches your team how to play. Strategically. Thoughtfully.
And yes, a whole lot better.
Read & React is a completely unique offensive system that goes beyond teaching your team basic offensive plays. An underlying framework teaches your players the strategy behind an offense, Read & React gives them the freedom to play by principle instead of just by play.
The R&R System works even in the earliest levels of youth basketball, building an advanced offensive system that’s effective even as players move toward the most advanced levels of professional ball. It’s effective against both man-on-man and zone defenses, so you’ll never have to switch between two offensive structures again. It also helps build on team strengths as a whole, letting your best players work seamlessly with weaker players, encouraging team play.
With the Read & React Offensive System DVDs, you’ll get more than a playbook. You’ll get the only offensive system you’ll ever need, and a team with a deeper understanding of how to play a brilliant game of basketball.
This system includes:
2 DVDs detailing the 20 layers of the R&R. Implement the techniques of R&R as slowly or quickly as your team’s skill level can manage. The instructions and techniques don’t require an extensive knowledge of basketball philosophy or a high IQ, and they’re not limited by age level. Any team can put these techniques to use. By the time they reach the 20th layer, they’ll have achieved an offensive strategy that would even baffle an NBA team.
Basic drills to build the R&R habits. Many coaches consider this portion of the DVDs to be the backbone of the entire system, and for good reason: this is where the players actually learn to “read and react” offensively. They’ll internalize the techniques of the R&R system so completely that they won’t even have to think about how to execute them; it becomes a matter of instinct, automatic and simple. As a bonus, these drills also improve basic playing fundamentals. That’s right, you can develop your player’s skills while putting in your offense.
Develop the skills needed to mount an effective perimeter attack - shooting, ball handling, 1 on 1 offense, and scoring without the ball.
Bonus sections with NBA All Stars Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups as well as Hall of Famers Rick Barry and Nancy Lieberman.
Over 11 hours of detailed instruction starting with the basics for youth levels and building to advanced techniques for the highest levels of competition.
I. Better Shooting
The Ultimate Shooting Improvement Video - Key Facts
Better Shooting will build a player's entire shot, from footwork to the finishing stroke.
This is the only instructional video released by JJ Redick, the best shooter in college basketball history. Learn JJ's shooting secrets in his 47-minute bonus section. Plus, he demonstrates throughout the DVD, along with many others.
The lead instructor is Rick Torbett. Toward the end of his 25 years in coaching, Torbett's teams shot over 40% from the 3 in 3 consecutive seasons (a feat never accomplished by an American pro team), proving his techniques will work for all players in real games!
Better Basketball's original shooting video remains the ONLY basketball enhancement product ever endorsed by SLAM, the world's largest basketball magazine. This version is even better!
3 Hours & 36 Minutes! - What's On the DVD?
Incredibly detailed yet clearly explained techniques. All the basics for kids, and advanced concepts for high-level players & coaches. It took over a year to make, there better be a lot!
A training regimen and chart are included with the DVD, geared to take the guesswork out of shot development.
Footage from men's and women's international pro hoops is used to illustrate the video's techniques.
An entire chapter dedicated to women, including an interview with WNBA star Shay Doron.
The DVD contains professional filmmaking and detailed, precise graphics. They will facilitate your ability to easily learn the techniques, and make Better Shooting enjoyable to watch.
About the Video
The DVD is divided into six "Sections." Each Section contains between one and four "Chapters." This comprehensive analysis of the video allows you to be sure you're getting a product of unparalleled quality, and top-notch content.
This is the most detailed study of shooting on the market, and anyone who wants to improve his or her shot will not find a better tool. Take these techniques, put in the sweat, and your result will be a better shot in real games!
1 On 1 Offense
Scoring From the Perimeter DVD - Key Facts
Better 1 on 1 Offense details all the tools any player needs to build a perimeter scoring repertoire. This includes the basics from triple threat, a chapter on maximizing your quickness potential, working the ball screen, and learning to read and react to the defender whether you're working from a pivot, off the dribble, pressured tightly, or finishing at the goal.
Plus, bonus sections from:
Sue Bird, who has won a championship in high school, college, the WNBA, and in the Olympics.
Chauncey Billups, who has improved statistically every year he's been in the pros, and was the 2004 Finals MVP.
And Hall-of-Famer Rick Barry, a man who has put 4 sons into pro basketball, and the only man to lead the NCAA, ABA, and NBA in scoring.
With nearly four hours of techniques, you really can't appreciate this thing until you see it for yourself.
3 hours & 44 minutes - What's on the DVD?
Better 1 on 1 Offense lays all the groundwork for any young player, and then contains unmatched detail and groundbreaking techniques for the advanced player.
The video contains 8 chapters, plus sections by Sue, Chauncey, and Rick Barry.
With fun graphics, footage from international professional basketball, cutting edge filmmaking, and demonstrations of the basketball moves by dozens of players, this video will not only improve your game, it's fun to watch.
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better 1 on 1 Offense, aka Scoring from the Perimeter, was written, filmed, and edited with the sole goal of helping players who have a true desire to do whatever is necessary to take their game to the next level.
Better Ballhandling
DVD Overview
30 application specific workouts; need to improve your cross-over, there’s a workout for that; need to develop your off hand, there’s a workout for that. What about improving hand strength? Yep, there’s a workout for that too. And 27 others!
Almost 200 individual drills so you’ll never get bored.
3 hours and 10 minutes.
The more you can practice dribbling in a high variety of ways, the sharper your handles will be. Better Ball Handling gives you the tools to do it.
Scoring Without the Ball
Don't Just Get Open; Get Open to Score DVD - Key Facts
Scoring Without the Ball is the most advanced player improvement video ever produced. The techniques in this video will increase your basketball IQ, and help you develop a set of skills the vast majority of players do not possess.
The video explains the basics of moving without the ball for younger players, but much of the DVD is geared toward advanced concepts for high-level players and coaches.
Of the video's seven chapters, the longest (24 minutes) is on how to react to your teammate's dribble penetration, an essential skill because the drive is the most common offensive act in basketball today. Included in this chapter is an explanation of Circle Movement. (In short, if defenses are taught to rotate and help one direction, offensive players should rotate the opposite direction!)
Offense without the ball is an essential skill to becoming a complete player, but is almost totally overlooked in basketball today. This video will give you an edge!
3 hours, 30 minutes! - What's on the DVD?
Sections on every aspect of playing without the ball, including getting open when denied, running the fast break, the give and go, using screens, setting screens, and more.
With footage from men's and women's international pro ball, sharp graphics, and professional filmmaking, this video will not only enhance your basketball IQ, but is entertaining too!
The video contains bonus sections from Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman and future Hall-of-Famer Jason Kidd.
Once a player or coach has a grasp on the fundamentals, he or she should watch and study Scoring Without the Ball. The video is the most thorough and groundbreaking study on playing without the ball ever conducted. And with pro footage proving the techniques work in real games, it's a fact that you're going to benefit from applying the techniques in this DVD.
Men's and Women's international game footage is used on Scoring Without the Ball to illustrate the video's techniques. This means you're watching professional players and coaches use the exact skills and moves being taught in this DVD.
Bottom line: the techniques on the video are used by pros to score points, and they can be used by you to score points.
This bundle details all the techniques you need to develop into a dominating post force.
Better Post Play includes four chapters on scoring in the post and two chapters on how to get open.
Learn how to defend anyone anywhere on the court with Better 1 on 1 Defense: Chapter 5 explains exactly how to effectively defend the post.
Banging on the inside, you are bound to get fouled. Better Free Throws teaches how to knock down those clutch FTs.
Better Post Play
The Definitive DVD on Playing Inside - Key Facts
Better Post Play is the most comprehensive and detailed collection of post techniques ever assembled.
You'll not only get the fundamentals of playing inside, but also four chapters on scoring, the mentality of a great post player, even two chapters devoted to just getting open.
61 minutes from NBA All-Star Jermaine O'Neal. Intelligent, articulate, and a student of the game, Jermaine dives into incredible detail on playing inside, and also explains his off season training secrets, how he dominates the defensive end, the boards, and much more!
37 minutes from the leading vote getter for the 2006 WNBA All-Star game, Tamika Catchings. She discusses playing inside, her three favorite moves, dealing with the stresses of professional basketball, even what it takes to make the pros!
2 hours, 41 minutes! - What's on the DVD?
Better Post Play explains all the fundamentals and basics of post play, and then dives into unmatched, advanced detail.
The video contains 10 chapters, plus the sections by Jermaine and Tamika.
Thanks to eye popping graphics, demonstrations by over 30 players, and footage from five different locations, the video is not just a great improvement tool, it's fun to watch.
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better Post Play was written, filmed, and edited over nearly a year with the goal of helping players who have a true desire to do whatever it takes to take their game to the next level.
1 on 1 Defense
Become a Defensive Stopper DVD - Key Facts
Better 1 on 1 Defense details the keys to shutting down every type of scorer - penetrating guards, post players, slashers, and shooters.
This unique video focuses on the essence of the defensive end - you guarding the man with the ball. There's no talk of zones, trapping, or even help defense. When it comes down to you and your man, can you get the stop?
Explains, in detail, how to defend the toughest situations (such as guarding a player in triple threat), most dangerous moves (such as the crossover), and most frustrating situations (such as a bigger player slowly backing you down).
The video is 47 minutes in length divided over 8 chapters.
DVD customers also receive an insert to help make the video easy to follow.
Coaches need stoppers, defense wins championships. This video isn't for the selfish player, it's for the player who 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 get to the next level.
Better Free Throws
90% from the Line DVD - Key Facts
Successful FT shooting relies just as much on mental preparation as mechanical preparation. Better Free Throws covers all aspects of the Free Throw progression from the moment you get fouled until the ball splashes through the net.
The ritual defines a great Free Throw. Coach Torbett details exactly how to construct a perfect ritual so that you can step up to the line with confidence every time.
This DVD gives you all the information you need, but to see that information translate into success in a live game requires practice and dedication. Chapters 11 and 12 gives you 8 drills to integrate into your practice sessions, but you have to supply the time and sweat.
A complete section with Hall of Famer Rick Barry, who shot 90% from the line throughout his NBA career.
1 hour, 42 minutes! - What's on the DVD?
Better Free Throws contains 12 chapters divided into 3 sections: first, the 4 prerequisites to shooting from the line; second, the 3 steps to actually making the FT; third, practice drills and practice thoughts.
European pro footage (FIBA and ULEB) is incorporated to illustrate the video's techniques.
Rick Barry details the mechanics behind his famously successful underhanded free throw, first in a sit down interview with Coach Torbett, then on the court with a young player. The Hall-of-Famer closed out the final 6 years of his NBA career shooting 92.5% from the line.
Like all the Better Basketball videos, Better Free Throws was written, professionally filmed, and edited with precise graphics to make learning its techniques easy and entertaining. The ultimate goal, however, is to help dedicated players reach their own goals and hopefully 90% from the stripe.
About the Video
The rising obsession with the 3-point shot and the dunk has relegated the mid-range shot, especially the Free Throw, to the background. Because of this, FT percentages throughout the various levels of the sport have taken a nosedive.
Still, a shockingly high number of games are decided by less than 5 points. What if your team shot 10% better from the line? How many more games would you win? How many more points would you score? Better Free Throws can lead you there.
