with Kevin Pigott,
Fordham Preparatory School (NY) Head Boys Basketball Coach
The mystery of the Princeton Offense is unveiled in this masterful DVD! As Coach Pigott was learning this offense, he was able to tap directly into the mind of "the master," Pete Carrill, to get a first hand overview of the offense. As a high school coach with limited time, Pigott shows how he has shaped this effective offense to fit his program. The star of the offense is the "back door cut," which Princeton has used for years to slay bigger opponents. Pigott shares the key drills that his team works on, every day, to perfect the offense and also teaches concepts such as the dribble handoff, fake handoff, weak side exchange, freeze dribble, butt screens, pick and roll and many more. How to execute the offense using the Point to Wing Series, the High Post Scissors, the Chin Series and the UCLA Series are all demonstrated and dissected. Each series contains a number of options to maximize versatility, including combo plays such as Chin Series to UCLA Series. Pigott also shows how the Princeton Offense can be run against zone defense and used with out of bounds plays. Never again will the Princeton Offense be seen as an intricate system! This DVD shows how to incorporate the game's finest fundamentals into an exciting, potent offense. Piece by piece you will see why this offense has struck panic into teams for years.
Once you have mastered the building blocks of Princeton's offensive system, you will be able to create easy scoring opportunities for your team! In this excellent instructional DVD, former player, assistant and now Princeton's head coach, Joe Scott discusses the philosophy of one of the most storied basketball programs of all time! Having been mentored by former Princeton coaches Pete Carril and Bill Carmody, Scott explains in detail the Princeton offensive philosophy, why they adhere to it and how they implement it. He gives you the insider's view of how practice is structured to develop individual and team skills, discipline, court-vision, and court-awareness. Along with practice structure, Scott teaches basic offensive principles such as player movement, cuts and screens, spacing, reading, back door versus front door and making choices with and without the ball. Scott finishes with a demonstration of how they set up their offense. Coach Scott also provides extensive game footage to help reinforce the basic principles of the back door offense.
with Joe Scott,
former Princeton University Head Coach
Based on a combination of strong fundamentals and an understanding of how to play, Princeton has found great success with this legendary offense. Coach Scott thoroughly illustrates the pieces that make up this potent offense. Screening, hard cutting, posting up, back door cuts and spacing are all essential. This system of offense also demands great passing by snapping chest passes. The Star Passing Drill builds movement and proper passing technique. An emphasis is also put on the ability for players to make lay-ups in a variety of ways. Good screening is predicated on cutting as hard as possible to screen. All cuts are predicated by the defender's reaction to beating the screen. Recognizing holes in the defense allows hard drives to the basket and is a big part of Scott's teaching. The intricate details of the Princeton offense are packed into this presentation. No matter what offense you run, the teaching and drills on this DVD are aptly suited for developing individual skills as well as an understanding of the game. Teach your players how to be " hard to guard" and how to beat any team on your schedule.
with Kevin Pigott, Fordham Preparatory School (NY) Head Boys Basketball Coach
Coach Pigott has taken a very committed approach to the Princeton Offense and teaches it as well as any coach in the country. He presents a detailed look at the pieces that make up this dangerous offensive attack. Coach Pigott begins with the back door cut, the anchor of the Princeton Offense. Drill work incorporates chairs for defenders and works on back cuts from five different spots. Pigott emphasizes specific footwork for setting up the back cut including the planted outside foot, swing arms through, swim move and lead step. Footwork variation is a daily drill to strengthen the back door set up. The Princeton Lay-Up Drill addresses conditioning, ball handling and making the lay-up. The whole offense is taken apart, two positions at a time in drill format. This is an excellent way to teach and help players understand this intricate attack. Skill development drills include the BC drill, four corners passing, post entry, dribble reverse, shallow cut, skip pass and scissors drill. Pigott includes the wing flash play, which is a combination of the pieces shown throughout the presentation.
with Lee DeForest,
Garrard County High School Head Boys Coach
Is your offense stale and predictable? Do you find it difficult to make adjustments to the defense? Now you can mold the elaborate Princeton Offense to match your players' abilities and maximize your team's scoring! After taking apart the famed Princeton Offense piece by piece, Coach DeForest reassembled it to give his high school team a versatile, high scoring offense. DeForest's unique teaching method makes the Princeton easy to teach and install. DeForest provides white board diagrams and practice footage of six interchangeable sets:
Chin
Low
5-Out
Point
Reverse
Circle
He supplements his teaching with game footage that shows the system in action. Within each play, DeForest provides multiple options based on spacing, cutting and reading the defense. Coach DeForest has taken the intricacies of the Princeton offense and adapted it to the high school level allowing you to effectively run this intricate offense. Control game tempo and score layups and open 3-pointers with equal frequency and efficiency!
71 minutes. 2009.
"This offense allows a coach to game plan an opponent based on how they play defense or by using mismatches. This version of the offense is simplified into a perimeter and post position with six interchangeable sets while still maintaining the basic principle of the backdoor against defensive overplay."
-- Lee DeForest
