with Ronnie Arrow,
University of South Alabama Head Coach
Key principles of Coach Arrow's zone attack allow your team to confidently and effectively beat zones and shoot at a high percentage. In this offensive attack, the ball must go into the post on each possession. Good shots in the paint are consistently created on the first or second pass inside. Inside/out action moves the defense and makes their slides longer and more difficult. This action dictates the movement of the defense and leaves them vulnerable. The main theme of this attack is to put pressure on defenders by making them guard the ball. By placing inside players in specific locations on the block, up the lane line and short corner, the defense is forced into making difficult coverage decisions.
with Dick Bennett,
former Washington State and
University of Wisconsin Head Coach
The essential parts of the blocker/mover offense are broken down in the half court as Coach Bennett explains all aspects. Bennett shows the whole offense first, then breaks down the parts later in the DVD. He introduces the concept of "sides" meaning that the blocker has the job to screen others on his side of the floor. The major part of good offense is the ability to pass and handle the ball effectively. Four essential drills are demonstrated to reinforce simplicity and great execution. Excellent!
Perimeter and post drills are the foundation of building a quality attack against zones. Breaking down each drill, then putting them together develops consistency and flow. Post and perimeter interaction is accomplished with combination drills in the half court. The gap, x cuts and through cuts are methods used to weaken and distort zones. Attacking from behind the zone is demonstrated with the stack alignment. The push series includes pass/cut screens, push/pull dribbles and fades...
with Lon Kruger,
UNLV Head Coach;
one of three coaches in NCAA history to win at least one game in the NCAA tournament with four different schools
Coach Kruger begins with his keys to setting up a strong offense. These include determining who goes to the offensive boards and who gets back, getting easy baskets, getting open on the wing, running and catching without turnovers and changing sides to attack the defense. In the half court, Kruger demonstrates several strategies that help his high scoring team. Each component of half court offense must be broken down and drilled. Posts are taught to create contact in the paint to dictate his position. He discusses the shuffle cut, post feeds, ball reversal, cutting on post passes, double screen away, on ball screen and roll, popping the 4-Man, drive and kick, dribble weave and misdirection plays. Combinations of this list are incorporated into plays that are numbered to identify them on the floor. Early offense uses the on ball screen near mid-court and can be used against man-to-man or zone presses. This flexible offense will produce good spacing, opportunities for penetration and mismatches.
The Read and React is a complete offensive system. It can be customized to style of play, the strength of a team's personnel, or the coach's philosophy. It can be used against man to man defense or zone defense. Through minor adjustments, it can even imitate many of basketball's most popular offenses, and without the restrictions that come with set plays.
The Read and React's revolutionary layered system will develop players, teams, and even programs in a building block progression. Its foundation layers are simple enough to give a youth team a complete offense while simultaneously teaching them how to play by principle. For the higher levels, the advanced layers contain the depth that would equip a college or professional team to attack and counter any complex defense.
The Read and React simplifies playing without the ball, while giving freedom to the player with the ball to use his skills and attack the basket. A player does not need a high basketball IQ to run the Read and React, yet the system allows great players to flourish. It doesn't teach plays, it teaches players how to play. It can be your entire offense by itself, or it can be used as an offensive framework in combination with sets or plays.
with Doug Bruno,
DePaul University Head Women's Coach;
4X C-USA Champions;
Conference USA Coach of the Decade;
USA Basketball U.S. U18 (2006) and U19 (2007) National Teams Head Coach - both won gold medals at the World Championships
To simplify zone offense, Coach Bruno sees all zones as match-up zones. Spontaneous movement and spacing are two major keys to attacking a zone defense. Bruno demonstrates the keys to zone movement including overloading the backside of the zone, skip passes, and penetration. There are various uses of the short corner in this zone attack coming from the perimeter and the high post. Screening the backside of the zone allows for skip passes and slipping into the middle of the zone. Bruno shows how the ball screen is utilized against the zone, as well as the flash from behind the zone from the baseline and the weak side. He also covers rebounding against the zone. Bruno shares three offensive sets against the zone using players on the floor, as well as drills to help build this zone offense attack.
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
An answer to many a coach's struggle with zone defenses, this DVD deals with why teams zone, how you should determine your zone attack, perimeter principles, inside principles and much, much more. No longer will you fear zone defenses.
with Sean Miller, University of Arizona Head Coach; former Xavier University Head Coach; 2008 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
Take on any zone defense using Sean Miller's most successful zone offense plays and his Five Principles for beating zone defense.
Learn how to beat the defense down the floor with Miller's Phoenix set (run off a miss) and Carolina set (run off a make). Learn to identify and play to your team's strengths. Likewise, learn to identify and take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses.After forcing the defense to sprint back, use Miller's Wheel, Wheel Flare and Flash actions to get great shots in the half court. Miller also demonstrates three "families" of plays that each have an original action and a counter look to keep the defense guessing.
Learn how to combine Miller's transition offenses and half court sets into one fantastic zone-beating offense! This zone offense is very simple to implement and very hard to stop for your opponent.
Push the pace, move the ball and score against any zone with these essential actions and principles.
with Bill Self,
University of Kansas Head Coach;
2008 NCAA Champions;
4x Big 12 Champions
For the first time, Bill Self opens the doors to historic Phog Allen Field house and his Kansas basketball program allowing an "all access" look at the first four practices of the 2009-2010 season. This extensive DVD set, produced by Championship Productions, includes more than six hours of basketball instruction that takes you step-by-step through a Kansas practice.
Listen in as Self provides coaching perspective on his practices, teaches his players, and provides coaching points for the drills and concepts he uses at Kansas
Organized into segments, his practices include skill development, offense, defense, transition, rebounding, fundamentals, shooting, screening, post moves, 3-on-3, 5-on-0 and 5-on-5 competitive play.
The whole-part-whole teaching method is on display as Self breaks down elements of his offensive and defensive system.Discover drills for ballhandling, passing and defensive footwork. See how Self builds his defense from individual principles to the shell drill. Watch Kansas guard and post break outs. Take a look at Self's secondary offense and full court transition game.
See how Self organizes his practices, designs his drills and how each drill and segment of practice fits into the big picture. Experience what make Bill Self one of the best coaches in the country and incorporate his drills and concepts into your program today!
with Mike Krzyzewski,
Duke University Head Men's Basketball Coach;
NABC "Coach of the Decade," 12X NABC "Coach of the Year," Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2001), 3X NCAA National Championships ('91, '92,'01)
In an energetic and information-packed on-court presentation, Coach Krzyzewski explains the zone offense and principles he uses in attacking a half-court zone defense. Krzyzewski believes the secret to effective zone offense is to keep it simple by running one highly effective offense that can be utilized against even the most potent defenses. Coach Krzyzewski has designed a zone offense that is easy to implement and impossible to stop! In addition, Coach K shares the five major components of this efficient offense when invading the zone. Coach K teaches all of these principles in-depth and provides numerous drills for attacking the 2-1-2 and 1-2-2 zone. This video is essential for any coach interested in learning how to execute Coach K's simple offense and the best, most efficient way to breakdown a zone defense.
As today's players become bigger, stronger and more athletic, zone defenses are becoming more suffocating than ever before. Hand picked by the editors of Winning Hoops, the nation's No. 1 coaching publication since 1986, this DVD contains all the very best-of-the-best set plays, quick hitters and zone offenses designed to break down those zone defenses that have been keeping you up at night! Presented in the unique Winning Hoops format, which allows you to see and hear a description of the play as it looks in diagram form, before watching the play being run "live." In more than 90 minutes of non-stop action, you'll get ready-to-use plays and offenses specifically targeted to battle all types of zone defenses: 1-3-1, 2-3, Box-&-1, 1-2-2, Triangle-&-2, 3-2 and much more! With more than 30 submissions from coaches at all levels of competition - high school, college and even the pros - and with options and special adjustments, you'll get more than 50 of the game's best plays designed to crack even the toughest-to-penetrate zone defense!
Get tips and tactics you can use against any zone defense
Learn how to handle pressure and trapping with simple principles
Discover easy ways to score using less talent at any level
with Hubie Brown,
Basketball Hall of Fame, NBA & ABA Coaching Legend, TV analyst
Learn the essential to beating traps, breaking down zone defenses and using inbounds plays to create scoring opportunities.
Decades of experience as a high school, college and pro coach, as well as a TV analyst, has given Hubie Brown a unique perspective on the game of basketball - especially how to beat a zone defense. Using this perspective, Coach Brown shares tactics for breaking down defenses at any level.
Brown bases all of his teachings off of his three essential keys to playing against any kind of pressure. He teaches and utilizes each key throughout the presentation.
Brown also provides three critical principles to create spacing and neutralize pressing, trapping and zone defenses.
These keys are put into practice in Brown's series for beating the 1-3-1 half court trap and in his series for beating any zone defense. Brown also provides a simple out of bounds under play to stress the importance of scoring on out of bounds plays and forcing your opponents to prepare for more than just your offense and defense.
See what Brown calls, "the best thing we've ever created in our coaching career."
He also presents a special zone attack that confuses the defense when coming out of a timeout.
Here is your chance to learn from the one of the greatest clinicians of the game.Brown has made a career out of coaching teams and players with less talent than the competition. These easy tips and tactics will show you how!
Incorporate misdirection to get the defense out of position
Develop better movement against the zone
Use the strengths of your team to design quick hitters to use against any zone defense
with Keith Dambrot,
University of Akron Head Coach,
Keith Dambrot provides his philosophy for attacking zone defenses. He discusses the problems you face playing against zone defenses as well as his philosophies for playing against and creating his zone offense quick hitters at Akron.
His philosophy includes throwing the ball into the high post, make it more man-to-man, more power less finesse using misdirection in plays using ball screens and flowing into your zone offense out of the fastbreak.
In this on-court demonstration, he show you two ways to flow into your zone offense out of the fastbreak with simple continuity and using ball screen action. Coach Dambrot then shares more than 10 quick hitters that he uses to successfully attack the 2-3 zone, the 1-2-2 zone, the 1-1-3 zone and the 1-3-1 zone. These plays can be run from the fronstside of back, and include counters and variations. Dambrot also shows a few plays that are effective against man and zone defenses, which is perfect for end-of-the game situations, as well as an out-of-bounds baseline play.
These short, easy to teach and, more importantly, remember. Dambrot emphasizes the need to cater your zone offense to your personnel and their abilities. He also designs his quick hitters with action that can be adjusted depending on how you opponent is covering certain offensive action.
He finishes discussing end line out-of-bounds plays and shows a couple of his favorites to get your team a great shot.
with Jim Foster,
Ohio State University Head Women's Basketball Coach,
19 NCAA Tournament Appearances,
2003 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year
Coach Foster introduces his "Multi-Purpose Zone Offense" which is easy to learn, understand, and teach, but impossible to stop. Foster uses four simple principles that will help your team create numerous scoring opportunities against a zone defense. He uses each of these principles in teaching a zone offense that can be run against a 1-3-1 zone, 3-2 zone, or match-up zones with odd or even fronts. In addition, Foster provides insights on how to successfully adapt this zone offense to fit any zone defense that you may be faced with. Foster teaches this offense utilizing a progression of drills that will help you recognize different scenarios and help you utilize each of your player's strengths. In contrast to other stationary zone offenses, this zone offense will break down any zone through constant movement, spacing, and cuts. Each counter or entry for attacking the zone is explained in detail on the court with demonstrators. These principles can be incorporated into any zone offense you use. This video provides innovative and effective instruction on a deadly multi-purpose zone offense!
Coach Al Sokaitis provides high school basketball coaches with essential concepts and strategies needed to develop a successful offense. The program emphasizes teaching players how to play within the framework of various offenses. Among the topics covered are: the motion game, the 1-4 alignment, the flex offense, zone offense and the transition game. This comprehensive DVD is a must have resource for high school coaches. 47 minutes 2006.
About the Coach Al Sokaitis has been coaching basketball for over 30 years. He has established records for the most wins at five different schools, and been named “Coach of the Year” on ten occasions. Sokaitis has lead three different colleges to the NCAA Tournament. Currently, Al Sokaitis is the Head Basketball Coach at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado.
The Read and React is a complete offensive system. It can be customized to style of play, the strength of a team's personnel, or the coach's philosophy. It can be used against man to man defense or zone defense. Through minor adjustments, it can even imitate many of basketball's most popular offenses, and without the restrictions that come with set plays.
