with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
In this DVD, Kevin Sutton incorporates innovative two- and three-player drills into a well- rounded practice format. Coach Sutton believes that strong, explosive guards are at the heart of a winning basketball team. Your guards must be able to set the offense, handle the ball, dictate the tempo of a game, and hit game winning shots. Sutton stresses working in game-like conditions and using competitive drills for ball handling, shooting, passing, footwork, reading screening angles, communicating, and developing counters to all potential defensive situations. These are the same drills that Sutton has used countless times in the Nike Skill Development Academy and in developing six professional players and over 90 college players. Coach Sutton provides numerous techniques for individual and team development that should be utilized daily during the season and will become your foundation for pre- and post-season skill development workouts, making this video a must for any coach or player's video library.
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
Kevin Sutton has earned a name for himself as the head coach of Montverde Academy as well as an instructor for the Nike Skills Academy. Sutton believes that a successful post player should be a "P.I.G.," which is an acronym for: Passion to play the post, Intensity to compete and Guts to battle through every play. In this innovative, on-the-court presentation, Coach Sutton teaches drills to help develop footwork, rebounding, catching, scoring, and the conditioning of your post players. Coach Sutton shows you his entire practice for the post player from warm-ups to strength and conditioning. Choose from any combination of two ball drills, chair drills, conditioning drills, and high and low moves to add excitement and enthusiasm to your practices. In addition to giving your practice a boost, these drills are perfect for any player's individual, year round workouts. This instructional DVD will help you and your players realize your dreams.
Kevin Sutton: 30 Drills for Building a Complete Guard
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
In this DVD, Kevin Sutton incorporates innovative two- and three-player drills into a well- rounded practice format. Coach Sutton believes that strong, explosive guards are at the heart of a winning basketball team. Your guards must be able to set the offense, handle the ball, dictate the tempo of a game, and hit game winning shots. Sutton stresses working in game-like conditions and using competitive drills for ball handling, shooting, passing, footwork, reading screening angles, communicating, and developing counters to all potential defensive situations. These are the same drills that Sutton has used countless times in the Nike Skill Development Academy and in developing six professional players and over 90 college players. Coach Sutton provides numerous techniques for individual and team development that should be utilized daily during the season and will become your foundation for pre- and post-season skill development workouts, making this video a must for any coach or player's video library.
52 minutes. 2005.
Kevin Sutton: 30 Drills for Building a Complete Post Player
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
Kevin Sutton has earned a name for himself as the head coach of Montverde Academy as well as an instructor for the Nike Skills Academy. Sutton believes that a successful post player should be a "P.I.G.," which is an acronym for: Passion to play the post, Intensity to compete and Guts to battle through every play. In this innovative, on-the-court presentation, Coach Sutton teaches drills to help develop footwork, rebounding, catching, scoring, and the conditioning of your post players. Coach Sutton shows you his entire practice for the post player from warm-ups to strength and conditioning. Choose from any combination of two ball drills, chair drills, conditioning drills, and high and low moves to add excitement and enthusiasm to your practices. In addition to giving your practice a boost, these drills are perfect for any player's individual, year round workouts. This instructional DVD will help you and your players realize your dreams.
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor Kevin Sutton takes you through this demanding dribble, pass and shoot series of drills designed to push players and improve ball handling. The benefit of improved ball handling is poise, ball control and improved "basketball I.Q." Once fundamental dribbling skills are mastered, Coach Sutton introduces more difficult drills that seriously test players' ability. The "One man drills" features 12 drills that emphasize ball control, passing and shooting. The "Two man drills" involve both the primary ball handler and the receiver of his passes. "Three man drills" become even more difficult and demand that players concentrate and communicate. The fast break series incorporates catching and shooting off the break and requires great teamwork. All of these drills can be extended into the backcourt to increase the difficulty of the workout. Continuing to build the offense, Sutton introduces the two cuts, two shots drill. In this drill, the point guard must have poise to enter the offense, feed his teammate and take two shots up top. Coach Sutton challenges his players and challenges you too by asking, "What are you willing to do to become great?" This DVD is the first step in that journey!
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
To become a great shooter, players must concentrate and execute when fatigue begins to set in. Coach Sutton uses his own players in this on-court session where they are pushed physically and mentally. Each drill requires players to be shot ready, react to situations, use proper technique and maintain total concentration. The workout opens with a dynamic stretching routine that combines stretching with ball handling. In the full court, Sutton introduces 11 drills that focus on stretching and concentration. The Power 45 drill demands communication and teamwork, as well as shooting and footwork. Each player shoots 45 shots from three spots on the floor. Before transitioning to the next drill, players shoot free throws, jump rope or run sprints. The Around the World drill uses chairs in three spots six feet around the basket. Maneuvering around chairs while shooting makes this drill a challenge. Chairs are moved to half court for the M drill. After each shot, players run around chairs to the next spot. X shooting is also difficult by adding a back pedal to half court followed by a shot in transition. Defense is added to the X drill where everything that happens in the game of basketball is simulated. The final drill is sideline to sideline touches with chairs. Defensive slides again are an added feature of this workout. Cool down is a chair shooting drill that allows players to concentrate while winding down from the workout. Each drill has been carefully and creatively designed to push players while working on their shooting. Games are won and lost in the last minutes and fatigue often plays a huge part. Use this DVD to join those who win when it counts!
Two Ball Passing, Dribbling and Ball Handling Drills
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor Kevin Sutton takes you through this demanding dribble, pass and shoot series of drills designed to push players and improve ball handling. The benefit of improved ball handling is poise, ball control and improved "basketball I.Q." Once fundamental dribbling skills are mastered, Coach Sutton introduces more difficult drills that seriously test players' ability. The "One man drills" features 12 drills that emphasize ball control, passing and shooting. The "Two man drills" involve both the primary ball handler and the receiver of his passes. "Three man drills" become even more difficult and demand that players concentrate and communicate. The fast break series incorporates catching and shooting off the break and requires great teamwork. All of these drills can be extended into the backcourt to increase the difficulty of the workout. Continuing to build the offense, Sutton introduces the two cuts, two shots drill. In this drill, the point guard must have poise to enter the offense, feed his teammate and take two shots up top. Coach Sutton challenges his players and challenges you too by asking, "What are you willing to do to become great?" This DVD is the first step in that journey!
35 minutes. 2006.
Fatigue Shooting Drills
with Kevin Sutton, Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach, NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
To become a great shooter, players must concentrate and execute when fatigue begins to set in. Coach Sutton uses his own players in this on-court session where they are pushed physically and mentally. Each drill requires players to be shot ready, react to situations, use proper technique and maintain total concentration. The workout opens with a dynamic stretching routine that combines stretching with ball handling. In the full court, Sutton introduces 11 drills that focus on stretching and concentration. The Power 45 drill demands communication and teamwork, as well as shooting and footwork. Each player shoots 45 shots from three spots on the floor. Before transitioning to the next drill, players shoot free throws, jump rope or run sprints. The Around the World drill uses chairs in three spots six feet around the basket. Maneuvering around chairs while shooting makes this drill a challenge. Chairs are moved to half court for the M drill. After each shot, players run around chairs to the next spot. X shooting is also difficult by adding a back pedal to half court followed by a shot in transition. Defense is added to the X drill where everything that happens in the game of basketball is simulated. The final drill is sideline to sideline touches with chairs. Defensive slides again are an added feature of this workout. Cool down is a chair shooting drill that allows players to concentrate while winding down from the workout. Each drill has been carefully and creatively designed to push players while working on their shooting. Games are won and lost in the last minutes and fatigue often plays a huge part. Use this DVD to join those who win when it counts!
with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy (FL) Head Basketball Coach;
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
Coach Sutton shares 16 unique drills to help your team 'own the paint.' Terminology such as mini land, midline, post across, foot fight, chin and check, pound dribble and run for scores are defined. Chairs are used in many drills and dictate the placement of the ball. Leverage is a skill that is demonstrated with one-on-one play in the paint. Several drills combine leverage with scoring in the post. A series of "Chuck" drills adds a physical element to each drill. Chairs are moved away from the lane to introduce work on the mini-post and midline. Sutton also demonstrates drills that work on the deep post up, foot quickness, pivoting, shooting, posting up and various offensive post moves. Objectives for one-on-one play are simulating game situations and developing competitiveness. All of the drills in this presentation develop the parts that make a total post player!
with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy (FL) Head Basketball Coach;
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
Coach Sutton's drills series focuses on four areas: two-ball dribbling, cutting, communication and shooting. He begins with stretching and ball handling. This segment features 16 total drills including heel walk, high knee, high kicks, back pedal, lateral stretch dribble, dribble walk, body parts and triple threat. Sutton illustrates a favorite drill series that uses tennis balls, which develop great eye-hand coordination. Seven drill variations are demonstrated using the tennis ball. The team drill segment starts with a half court chair ball handling drill and is executed at game-like speeds. The full court is used for three unique speed dribble drills. Three two-ball dribbling drills challenge players to think and control the ball at the same time. Sutton also demonstrates a good back door drill that also incorporates shooting. The curl cut can be substituted for the back door. The final part of this DVD is fatigue shooting. These drills develop shooting skills while players are fatigued. All of the drills included are challenging to players and mirror game-like situations!
with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach,
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
This is a comprehensive look at Coach Sutton's defensive game plan. The parts that make up this game plan are defensive philosophy, principles, terminology and drills. One key concept that Sutton concentrates on is that five defenders guard the ball, developing a "we" team attitude. Players are taught to play the ball and see the man. By using the arms and being physical, players are taught to play big. On the floor, Sutton puts his team through their dynamic stretching routine and tennis ball exercises. The goal of tennis ball drills is to increase eye-hand coordination and concentration. The group step drill, "W" slides, "W" slides with two defenders and five different "Z" drills provide a foundation of defensive drills. Disadvantage drills are another segment of his intense drills. These drills give a man advantage to the offense, forcing the defense to cover an extra player at all times. In 4-on-4 drills, the only way to score is from your defense. These drills teach competitiveness, maximum effort and reinforce defensive principles. The drills are actually 4-on-4-on 4 involving 12 players in this continuous drill. All elements of Sutton's "Defend to Win" attitude are seen in this set of drills. You will find no gray areas in this defensive system - it is clear, concise and set up for defensive success!
with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach,
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
In 22 years, Coach Sutton has built three successful high school programs. Program building must include vision, plan of action, resources and support, infrastructure and foundation. All members of the team live by a mission statement that sets the standard and expectations of all team members. The vision statement requires you to define who you are and what success is to you. Determining what kind of coach you are forces you to decide on a style of play. Goals and objective are also a part of Sutton's vision statement. The plan of action allows you to achieve the goals and objectives that you establish. Bringing the community together is a major part of the plan of action for building a successful program. A positive relationship with faculty and administration is needed to bring all parties together on a common path. Laying a foundation is the difference between good teams and good programs. Roots of foundation are collective excellence, team accountability, academic commitment, respect for the program and unselfishness. Conceive it, believe it and achieve is Coach Sutton's message.
with Kevin Sutton,
Montverde Academy Men's Basketball Head Coach,
NIKE Skill Academy Instructor
Coach Sutton's basketball drills stress the importance of making mistakes out of aggression rather than omission in a constant effort to push for improvement. It is this push for improvement that drives the innovative force behind Sutton's intelligent approach to engaging players' minds and teaching them to communicate effectively. Throughout this basketball workout, Sutton incorporates two balls into every single drill. With the use of tennis balls, Sutton is able to motivate players to advance their hand-eye coordination skills with a number of practical and beneficial drills. Many of these same drills are also performed with basketballs, and Sutton demonstrates several other two ball basketball drills, as well. To develop perimeters skills, Sutton demonstrates the "Rip Hamilton Drill" to work on building motion offense and moving without the basketball. Coach Sutton never fails to entice us with his thoughtful ingenuity, and this basketball workout DVD is a clear example of his expertise. These workout drills are straightforward, yet clever, and easy to implement for all levels.
