Steve Alford Series

Coach Alford presents a comprehensive tape on guard development appropriate for all ages. This video stresses competitive techniques for ball handling, shooting, footwork, reading screening angles, and counters to all defensive switching on screens. These innovative guard drills will enhance the development for any player wanting to learn and improve their understanding and execution of being an effective guard. Along with ball handling drills, Alford includes a multitude of shooting drills that will cover the proper shooting stance and the proper way to receive the ball to make your shooting more efficient and effective. This video is done using on-court demonstrations to effectively show how all of the drills can be incorporated into an aggressive and competitive practice environment.

47 minutes. 2003.

In 55 minutes, Coach Alford presents one of the most thorough and comprehensive big man development videos ever assembled! This video demonstrates the critical areas of big man development in a competitive practice environment: agility drills, catching, posting techniques, low post footwork, rebounding, and defending the post. Beginning with fundamentals, Alford demonstrates proper techniques for receiving the ball in the post, making post moves, and going strong to the basket. In all 13 competitive drills are demonstrated that Alford uses every practice to develop his post players into rebounding "machines", as well as solid low post defenders. Everything presented can be incorporated into individual or team workouts.

55 minutes. 2003.

Steve Alford was known as one of the best collegiate shooters to ever play the game. In this video, Alford shares the competitive shooting drills that helped him become such a renowned game-time shooter. Alford demonstrates eight shooting drills that will challenge any shooter to get better with every shot. All drills are demonstrated against a teammate or the clock to make situations as game-like as possible. Every drill includes precise coaching points and the purpose of the drill. This video will help your players make the shots you need when it counts Everything presented can be incorporated into individual or team workouts.

39 minutes. 2003.

In this video, Coach Alford will teach you all of the "ins and outs" of the 2-Out 3-In motion offense. Using a combination of on-court demonstration and a detailed marker board session, Alford covers the responsibilities and scoring opportunities for each position in detail. Alford states the different rules to use when dribbling and passing the ball. The "whole-part" teaching technique is explained along with showing you how to utilize your team's strengths while playing away from their weaknesses. The 2-Out 3-In motion offense is very unique, which allows the post area to become open for isolations and opens up dribble penetration and backdoor cuts. Alford offers seven key reasons to choose this offense, which include that it isolates your best player and that the offense is easy to run and gives simple reads for your players. This is a great offense that Alford perfected as a player and has had great success coaching!

43 minutes. 2003.