Larry Brown: Mastery of the Secondary Break and the Pick and Roll Offense

with Larry Brown,
University of Memphis Assistant Coach/Special Adviser from 2021 to 2022;
2021 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award;
Distinguished member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2002);
the only coach in basketball history to win both an NCAA National Championship (Kansas in 1988) and an NBA title (Detroit in 2004) ;
SMU Head Coach from 2012 to 2016;
2015 AAC Tournament & Regular Season Champions;
NBA Head Coach from 1988 through 2010 (San Antonio, LA Clippers, Indiana, Philadelphia, Detroit, NY Knicks, Charlotte);
2004 NBA Champions;
NBA Coach of the Year award in 2001;
3x ABA Coach of the Year;
University of Kansas Head Coach from 1983 through 1988;
1988 NCAA National Champions;
Naismith College Coach of the Year (1988);
College Basketball Hall of Fame (2006);
New Jersey Nets (NBA) Head Coach from 1981 to 1983;
UCLA Head Coach from 1979 to 1981;
Denver Nuggets (ABA/NBA) Head Coach from 1974 to 1979;
Carolina Cougars (ABA) Head Coach from 1972 to 1974;
3x ABA Coach of the Year;
played college basketball for Frank McGuire and Dean Smith at UNC and then played 5 years of professional basketball in the ABA and NBA;
as a player, was a 1963 First-team All-ACC point guard and was a 3x ABA All-Star, ABA assists leader and won an ABA Championship in 1969 with the Washington Caps

The three priorities in breaking are to get the ball up the floor as fast as possible, swing the ball from side to side, and look for numbers and attack when they are in your favor. In this excellent clinic demonstration, Larry Brown presents drills and teaching points to get stronger in these three areas. He begins with progression passing drills for full court basketball. Key components of these drills are leading with the pass, running and catching, communication, full speed lay-ups, using two hands and finishing at the rim. After pushing the ball up the floor, Coach Brown focuses on getting the ball inside to the post. He teaches offensive rotations on post feeds, skip passes from wing to wing, back screening on ball reversals and post to post butt screens in the paint. The pick and roll is also a feature of this offense that is presented by Brown. He introduces two wrinkles, Swing & Dive, as additional parts of the scheme. Taking pages from current NBA teams and players, Coach Brown also demonstrates four excellent offensive looks from the pick and roll package!

79 minutes. 2007.