with Joanne P. McCallie,
Michigan State University Head Women's Basketball Coach,
2005 NCAA National Runner-up
Joanne McCallie has taken the Michigan State Women's Basketball Program from 10 wins in the '00-'01 season to a runner-up finish in the 2005 NCAA National Championship. She has accomplished this amazing turn-around by stressing the fundamentals of basketball and defense. In an energetic, lecture-style setting, Coach McCallie shows you the essentials of her effective, Adjustable Match-Up Defense. She shares how to run it, how to practice it, when to use it, and why to use it. Her Match-Up Defense isn't a man-to-man defense and it isn't a traditional zone defense, it is a hybrid of multiple defenses that has taken coach McCallie to the NCAA tournament three years in a row! McCallie has three different sets of rules for her defense: pass rules, dribble rules, and high-post rules. She shares these rules with you along with drills to practice the Match-Up Defense. In addition, Coach McCallie shows you the basic basketball fundamentals that have helped her succeed at every level.
Coach Deane is well known for his match-up zone defense, learned in his MSU years with legendary Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote. This zone is part of system that begins with a 2-2-1 press that becomes the match-up zone. This concept fits most high school situations with one big man in the middle. While this big man controls the lane, the other four players communicate and adjust using man-to-man principles. In transition, players retreat to the paint and play court defense from the inside out. Deane believes this defense is an advantage because opponents cannot simulate what they will see in the game. Drill work begins with a 3 vs. 2 perimeter drill, which challenges the two defenders to guard the entire perimeter. Key teaching terms are airtime, hand behind, denial, helping, holding, closing and dropping. Deane does an excellent job of instructing players as the ball is moved around the perimeter. This presentation culminates in an aggressive 5-on-5 scrimmage session. This DVD is a comprehensive look at one of the games' best defenses and can help any coach win more games!
with Flip Saunders,
Detroit Pistons (NBA) Head Coach
Through years of development, Flip Saunders has designed one of the NBA's most feared defenses. Coach Saunders unpacks his successful match-up zone defense. He begins his presentation by detailing the benefits of this type of defense. His reasons include its ability to develop player's communication on the floor, stopping great scorers, great scoring teams, employing man defense principles, difficult to scout and can be used with big and small teams. His general match up rules are: Never leave the dribbler, never let the offense penetrate by dribble or pass, encourage ball to corners, switching cutters and contest all perimeter shots. Triangles are the basis of player position in Saunders' 1-2-2 match-up zone. The basic rule is the farther your man is away from the ball, the flatter the triangle. Position is based on the ball and the position of your man at a given time. Strategy against the overload and pick and roll are demonstrated also. In Part II, Coach Saunders breaks down the 1-2-2 match-up zone defense in parts. Teaching slides while the ball is passed on the perimeter helps players guard all situations. As the ball is passed, each alignment, stunt and slide is analyzed by Saunders. Another segment breaks down the pick & roll and its coverage. The match-up is a successful zone that can be played aggressively without fouling a lot. Therefore, you can play good defense while keeping the opponent off of the foul line. Questions are answered from the clinic participants while Saunders discusses and illustrates on the floor with players. Use this presentation to implement the match-up into your program.
with Bill Fennelly,
Iowa State University Head Woman's Basketball Coach
Coach Fennelly's coaching career is the epitome of solid defense, great shooting and consistency. His teams value the ball, shoot the three at a high percentage and play good defense. Fennelly is passionate in his belief in the zone. Benefits of playing zone include avoid fouling, protect someone who is in foul trouble, hide someone who isn't a great defender and to defend the other team's best player. Fennelly demonstrates four key areas of the zone: Bumping players off, which is the core of the defense; guarding the high post player, the gray area and double teaming on the block. Specific zone situations in this DVD are ball in the high post, short corner and ball on the block. A good zone can handle all three situations, as seen on this presentation. A key teaching point is moving with the ball to arrive when the opponent catches it. Trapping situations are also covered. He also includes two great drills - 5 v 4 and 6 v 5. Fennelly shows how to take the best player out of the game. After installing the parts of the zone, the Cyclones go live in 5-on-5 half-court play.
with Bill Fennelly, Iowa State University Head Woman's Basketball Coach
Coach Fennelly's coaching career is the epitome of solid defense, great shooting and consistency. His teams value the ball, shoot the three at a high percentage and play good defense. Fennelly is passionate in his belief in the zone. Benefits of playing zone include avoid fouling, protect someone who is in foul trouble, hide someone who isn't a great defender and to defend the other team's best player. Fennelly demonstrates four key areas of the zone: Bumping players off, which is the core of the defense; guarding the high post player, the gray area and double teaming on the block. Specific zone situations in this DVD are ball in the high post, short corner and ball on the block. A good zone can handle all three situations, as seen on this presentation. A key teaching point is moving with the ball to arrive when the opponent catches it. Trapping situations are also covered. He also includes two great drills - 5 v 4 and 6 v 5. Fennelly shows how to take the best player out of the game. After installing the parts of the zone, the Cyclones go live in 5-on-5 half-court play.
45 minutes. 2007.
High Intensity Practice Session
with Bill Fennelly, Iowa State University Head Woman's Basketball Coach
Coach Fennelly's practice drills reflect his commitment to three skill areas: passing, dribbling and shooting. To develop dribbling skills, he starts practice with two-ball dribble drills. The two-ball passing increases communication, bent knee position and passing skills. Post and perimeter players work on position specific moves and skills. Post players work on shooting, post moves and accepting contact around the basket. Guards work on penetration and kick, as well as shooting off the dribble or pass. The 3-point shot is utilized often in this practice session and is an emphasis all year long. Other skills demonstrated are spacing, feeding the post, post moves, floor awareness, handoff and post roll after handoff. A shooting drill series is a consistent part of Fennelly's practices. Drills include post shooting, three player-2 ball and triangle shooting. The benefit of these drills includes conditioning, passing, catching, communication and repetition. The half court segment starts with a dozen sets that include: Regular Fist, Fist three, Two fist, Wing fist, Thumbs down fist, Thumbs down special, Thumb up, Screen & slip, Thumb up five, Thumbs up fist, State and Re-screen. In live 5-5 action, each of these actions are executed. A 3-minute shooting drill is broken down into three separate shooting segments. A segment on zone offense includes teaching points and sets to attack the zone.
with Brenda Frese,
University of Maryland Head Women's Coach;
2006 NCAA Champions, 2002 National Coach of the Year
A big part of Coach Frese's success as a coach comes from her brilliance when it comes to the 2-3 match-up zone. The match-up is a combination of man-to-man and zone principles. Benefits of this zone are that it can be played by teams short on size, quickness, athletic ability or numbers. Also, it is flexible because your team can trap out of the zone and stunt against a good post player. Frese details the roles of all five players in this defense; all players must constantly talk and move as a unit with the constant pressure on the ball. Extra features include reaction vs. the skip pass, the dribble drive, and bump and adjust. Specific instruction is given when the ball goes into the post, teaching players to maintain sight of the ball. Drills included in this presentation work on guarding the ball in multiple spots on the floor, as well as how to guard the top and the bottom of the zone.
Offense leads to defense in Coach Davis' system. By running specific lanes on the court, players wind up on the proper defensive side of the floor and are ready to defend quickly. This successful spread 3-2 match up sets up by converting from offense to defense quickly. Davis stresses that this zone is built on solid fundamental man-to-man principles. Ball pressure depends on the shooting ability of the opponent's perimeter players...
with Don Meyer, Northern State University (SD) Head Coach; second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history (891 wins); 2X NAIA National Coach of the Year, NAIA Hall of Fame
This defense allows you to confuse an opponent's offense while keeping your big players in the lane and small players out on the perimeter. Learn the rules of the defense and the teaching points necessary to teach your players how to successfully play this team defense.
with Don Meyer, Northern State University (SD) Head Coach; second all-time winningest coach in NCAA history (891 wins); 2X NAIA National Coach of the Year, NAIA Hall of Fame
The match-up defense is a great compliment to an aggressive man-to-man defense. Get a simple look at the basic principles of an aggressive 2-3 match-up zone and become a better teacher to your players.
with Jeff Bzdelik,
University of Colorado Head Coach,
former Head Coach for the Denver Nuggets (NBA),
and former assistant coach under Pat Riley
Help your team compete with bigger, more talented teams! Jeff Bzdelik builds his match-up zone from the ground up including everything from proper defensive stance to defensive rebounding technique.
Coach Bzdelik utilizes basic man-to-man principles and responsibilities to shape his stifling match-up zone defense.
Beginning with proper stance, Bzdelik reveals a number of techniques you can use to neutralize quicker opponents. Bzdelik demonstrates a cushion technique to improve positioning, a "catch the move" technique to stop dribble penetration, he describes how banana cuts can contain quick ball handlers and his red technique for fronting the low post.
Bzdelik explains the four general rules of his match-up zone involving guarding the ball, contesting shots, contesting passes, and utilizing the talking, touching and switching technique on ball screens. He shows you how to use the match-up zone to defend the corner cut, shuffle cut and the pick and roll, as he has players defend three of the games most popular set plays. Bzdelik also includes his preferred method of defending a great post player with his aggressive trap defense.
In addition, Bzdelik describes three key principles for eliminating easy baskets in defensive transition. And includes "effort grading" as a way to breakdown every defensive possession and increase player accountability.
Give your team the tools it needs to take on any opponent this season using the match-up zone defense!
