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Philosophy

1. The emphasis should be on what’s important.20% of the activities bring about 80% of the

results. Take into account what the individualsand the team needs to improve on and what weneed to keep sharp.

2. We emphasize communication in everything3. I do not want a fast moving practice. I want

one where teaching and learning is constantly

taking place. The process must be one where

the players learn and then can react quicklyand properly in games4. Taking a charge wipes out a sprint.

5. Harder in practice than in games. We will be playing against much better competition ongame night than in practice. Players and coaches find ways to overcome this

discrepancy. Play at a disadvantage each night6. Players slap five at the end of practice7. End on a positive note8. Repetition with variety

9. Make it competitive (Losers run, Three perfections, plus/Minus Points)

10. Huddle up to start and end practice11. No sitting in practice. Guys off are reminding

those on of teaching points12. Play and teach basketball, don’t just run drills13. Play until the whistle in everything

14. Conditioning (psychological and physical)15. Change baskets/ends to get things moving16. Water as they need it—no water breaks

17. They figure something out each night.18. Experiment each day19. It’s about Skills, Conditioning/Toughness,

Program Way, Schemes20. Put everyone in all spots for 3 reps on all

defensive breakdown drills.21. Pass/dribble with weak hand when there is no

 pressure

Meetings

Teach Attitude and Effort every day1. Grades and behavior in school (Season Goals)

2. Individual roles in program3. Changes in quarters or dressing for a game4. Coaching phrases from coaches’ notebook 5. Items from players notebook 

6. Care of locker room7. Pre-game, game, post game (bus) conduct

Teaching Philosophy of Play

8. Goals for each Quarter 9. 12 phases10. Definite Dozen

11. Mission statement

12. Videotape teaching13. Game Plan14. What we need to do to win the sectional

15. Evaluation of statistics

Communication (Include Managers)

16. Bus Departure Times17. Special Events (meals, etc..)

18. Change in practice times

Individual Roles Sheet

19. What can you contribute?20. What do you need to do to improve?

21. What kind of progress are you making?

Individual Skill Development

Varsity players will receive the most attention

Perimeters

1. Form Shooting (10 minutes)2. Free Throws (Shoot 25 and report)

3. Cuts off a flare screenPasser recognitionOut cut and shot

Turn

Princeton4. Inside out 3s5. Getting open off screens

IndianaFlareRe-screen—Back Screen Pin ScreenRe-screen—Down/Flare

Re-screen—Flare/DownElbow double

6. Hop Back Hop back and finish at basket

7. Shot selection—no hand in faceShot Fake, One Dribble Pull UpShot Fake, Pass, and basket cutShot Fake, Dribble on arc, pull up 3

Penetrate and kick for a 3 point shot8. Transition dribble pull up 3 pointer 9. Shots off 

Elbow screen cutRe-screen cutsDuke Ball Screen

10. Scoring off a drive in traffic11. NBA Dribbling12. Driving off a flare cut and wing catch

Hesitation move13. Back cuts—wide wing, deep elbow

14. Feeding the post

Posts

1. Form Shooting (10 minutes)2. Free Throws (Shoot 25 and report)

3. Flash cuts, square, and score4. Princeton pivot and crossover straight

at the basket vs. defense5. Crack back and shot

6. I Cut and shot7. Pin screen and slip8. Flare screen and slip

9. Scoring in trafficStrong finishes against air dummies and using shot fakes.

10. Bruin

11. Princeton passes and drives12. Inside out three point shots13. Pivoting when catching the ball at the elbow

14. Offensive rebounding and finishing in traffic15. Power shots and scoring in post16. Posting up

Teaching Defense

1. Communication, enthusiasm, energyEcho yells

2. Toughness, competing, playing hard Tough enough to outlast opponent

3. Dive on or chin all loose balls

4. Playing together 5. Slow the ball in conversion (no points)

ALL OTHERS SPRINT

6. Establish and maintain high gappers, goalie,

 post. Jump to gap immediately on pass or dribble. Stop baseline drive7. Pressure ball no penetration, no foul

8. Red/recover/block out top, wing, base drive9. Closeout, Contest, and Contain10. Contest every shot with mirror hand 11. Block out, pursue the ball, chin rebound 

12. T-up a Flash cutter 13. Help the helper force another pass14. Take charges don’t reach or swing.15. Ball screens at various spots

16. Block to Block Cross Screen17. Constantly teach our defensive philosophy18. Help and recover on dribble penetration19. Back cut—turn to your man find the ball

20. Basket cut and help side clear out by cutter 21. Basket Cut and Corner the post by cutter 22. Flex/Flex High (open hand and blue)

23. Dribble Weave (open hand and green)24. Under out Screen/Screener, screen inbound25. 1-4 Low no help up the lane on penetration

26. Point to wing screen27. Inside out down screen, block screen for cu28. Trail (6” gap) cutters off screens29. Go under on flares.30. Back screens

31. Help side interchange no dribble, with dribb32. America 3, backdoor, slip the screen33. Single, Double Handoff 34. Jayhawk 

35. Bulldog Screen the screener 36. Staggered Down and flare screen the second

screener 37. Screen—rescreen

38. Jump Ball—between man and their basket39. Pairs style motion40. 4 out 1 in style motion41. 3 out 2 in motion Cutters on wings, cutters

 blocks42. Run a 3 point shooter out of a 3 by jumping

his shot43. Traditional UCLA for a post duck in44. Force the ball outside to end a quarter 45. Post defensive position ½ around 

46. Illinois

47. UMass48. Turn Out49. High/Low Post Feeds

50. Help on baseline drive from post51. Side out

31 (open hand means “ball is off”)

3434 Ball (Hand grabbing opposite wrist)

4 on 5 (open point, wing, post, shooter)

5 man change (half and full)3/3 Izzo Drill

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Teaching Offense

Phases1. Press O (vary press), Rotation, Transition

3 x 15 foot receivers against all traps3/2, 2/1, 3 Lane Push, 5 spacing spotsLong lead pass is thrown to circle 

2. Spacing3. Sureness—catch triple threat, use bounce

 passes. Pass with outside hand to outside hand 

of receiver.4. Put the ball in the lane to collapse the defense

and get to the free throw line5. Shot selection—3s or 4s or we’re off the floor 

Who, what, when, where we want4 = Lay ups and Power Shots

Free Throws3 = Wide open shot for a shooter 

2 = 2 point jump shot with hand in face1 = Pull up 2 point shot with hand in face,

shots off the arc6. Fill rebound spots

Principles and concepts within double

1. At all times we have 5 players, screening,cutting, spacing, slipping

2. Too slow is better than too fast3. Side top Side—ball movement makes the

defense think less about helping.

4. Both deep elbows filled at all times—best if filled by screeners

5. Follow every double screen by screening the

screener 6. Follow every screen by a second cut by the

screener after reading the cutters’ cut7. Fake a pass to make a pass8. Cutters change sides of the floor—that way we

get a vertical and a horizontal stretch to thedefense.

9. Cutters change directions and change speedswhen coming off a screen. Touch screener.

10. No low block posting—all screens above thevolleyball line

11. Do not fake backdoor 

Actions we want in double

1. Flare (Single, Wide, Staggered)2. Re-screen

(Back /Pin, Down/Flare, Flare/Down “Turn”)

3. Princeton (best practiced 5/0)4. Set a flare two steps wide of elbow and slip5. Down screen (Single, Elbow Wide, Staggered)

6. Pin screen (Single, Wide, Staggered)7. Drive and Space, Elbow Feed and Space8. High tight curl, Low inside curl

9. Bruin (best practiced 5/0)

10. Indiana11. Backdoor (Deep elbow and wing)12. Basket cuts

13. Ball Screens

Double vs. 31, 32, switching man,zones (3-2, 2-3)

Double no dribble to promote getting openKentucky (Thumbs Up)Iowa (Arms Spread)Duke (Fist)

Stack 

Situations, Competitions, and Toughness

1. Game Plan2. Pre-Game Warmup

Cut throat with a special rule

1. 4 points for an offensive rebound 

2. Turnover is minus 23. Ten Man Jump Ball4. Get it and go either way

5. Touched in post6. Certain types of screens7. No dribble or limited dribbles8. All bounce passes

9. Certain number of passes before a shot10. Designate a back cutter 11. Designate skip passes12. “4” (Fake a shot when you have one)

13. Only shots in lane14. Only shots off penetration15. Only shots off screen16. Post in and out

17. Cutters cannot score to improve at hittingscreeners

18. Point per pass19. Number of Possession games

20. One point games21. Short times games22. 7 point games win by one

23. Scoring team rebounds own in cut throat24. Not trapping the post is minus 4 points25. Dribble is a minus, pass is a plus.

26. Ball in the lane is a point27. Offensive rebounds of others

missed shot without fouling is a point28. Defense wins on a turnover, losers dribble run29. Dribbling, not driving point for the defense

30. Bad shot is 1 point for the defense31. No catch, triple threat is loss of possession32. Anything not fundamentally sound 1 for D

Toughness Drills1. Rebounding Cut throat2. 4 minute quarters—turnover start again 3. 15 Deflections in 5:00

4. 5 X 51 seconds of perfect defense5. Take 4 charges and get a loose ball 6. Buddy Loose Ball Drill7. 5 minutes of “4”

Situations to Practice1. Missing a free throw on purpose

2. Up 1 and ball out of bounds—no time outs3. Down 10 3:00 to go4. Down 5 1:00 to go5. Up 2 against a dead 3 point shooter 

6. Up 3 at the end of the game other teams ballout of bounds

7. Fouls to give (up and down)8. Guests up 1, ball out of bounds—no time outs

9. 2 point lead and the ball with 1:00 to go

10. Fire

AUTOMATIC SITUATIONS

1. Saves—throw it to our player or our basket.

 Never save under the opponents basket2. Free Throw Lineup

2 back when we shoot. Look for tip outs

3. Under 2 Minutes in game behind score clockrunning –Time out.

4. Do not call Time Outs to save possessionuntil last 2 minutes of game--unless coach

tells you to do so. Under 2 minutes—man

with the ball calls it5. Clock and score are unimportant until last 4

seconds of a quarter or 2 minutes of a game

6. First two timeouts we call are 30s

7. Last shot of quarter “Clock” is Iowa 4 (45

sec.) Start the play at 12 sec. (shot at 5 SECor less) Do not try to beat the clock at the en

of a quarter. A shot that is late is better thashot that is rushed. No shot is better than aquick shot that leads to an opponent’s baske

8. Gain possession in last 5 seconds of game ti

or behind time out immediately. Throw tohalf court for another time out.

9. 1:00 remaining in game tied or ahead—4

We want

A. Hold the ball and run the clock (timeout if in doubt)

B. Shoot wide open lay ups and free throwsthat are made

We will not acceptC. A shot other than a lay up

D. A missed shotE. Any kind of a turnover 

10. 0:45 seconds of game tied—we will take thlast shot and will not take a lay up even

11. We run Duke the last 2 minutes of a game

if we are behind 

Under Out TripleSide Out Line, Bulldog, Triple (invert s and c)

Full Court Out 3 sec or less in quarters 1, 2, 3throw it long and inside our ar

Last Shot of Quarter (start play at 12)

Vs. man Butler (1, 3) /Bulldog (2,4)Vs. zone Overload 

SITUATIONS COACH WILL CALL

1. Ball (Hand grabbing wrist)—make a play fo

the ball and either steal the ball or get calledfor a non-intentional foul. Stay with your man—do not trap the ball.

2. Open hand –Ball is off back to 31

3. Trap a Ball Screen right fist pounding left

hand to stop 3s late4. Fouls to give—3 point lead or more5. Substitute defenders or foulers for scorers o

 players in foul trouble.6. Green—Switch everything7. Delay of game—closest man takes it out aft

we score and the clock is running. Throw i

in to one of our players and put it in the basket again.

EXPLANATION

“4”—nothing but a wide open lay up that will n be missed (sureness, attack)