8 New Basketball DVDs: Princeton Offense, 2-3 Zone, Ball Screens & More!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013

Learn a wide variety of excellent basketball concepts from several high level coaches. These new Basketball DVDs contain footage from the court and the weight room, to give you the most insight on improving you program. Help you and your players become a better basketball team!

Installing the Princeton Offense

Force your opponent to guess what your next cut or action will be utilizing this difficult to dissect offense
Get detailed teachings on the five major parts of the Princeton Offense
Learn warm-up drills that will teach your players the basic movements and cuts within the Princeton Offense
Learn 5-on-0 teaching progressions that breakdown every option within the Princeton Offense and how to react when the defense takes away an option

Effective Practice Drills for Individual Skill Development

Learn 13 skill development drills that incorporate ball handling, shooting, passing and footwork and that have produced 16 All-Americans and four National Players of the Year
Get more touches on the ball and maximize your practice time by implementing a ball handling routine into your warm-up
Improve passing accuracy and develop soft hands with two-man full court drills

Practice Drills to Build Defensive Intensity

Discover 11 daily defensive practice drills that you can incorporate into any practice session
Improve your team’s positioning when hedging and for help-side defense
Use the 1-2-2 “Mott” full-court pressure defense to control the game tempo and direct the dribbler into your trap

The Switching 2-3 Zone Defense

This is an ideal defense for teams with athletic forwards or for teams that are undersized
Gain the ability to interchange players on defense for more flexibility
See player rotations to intercept skip passes to the weak side, without jeopardizing the integrity of the defense
Limit your opponent’s effectiveness by trapping the high post, low post, and short corner out of the zone

Steve Bennett: Utilizing Ball Screens and Off-Court Coaching

Teach your players how to make the reads that will get them open when coming off of screens
Utilize the “Ball Screen Shooting Series” to teach your guards ball handling and shooting skills they can need to score
Get insights on how to build a winning program outside of the gym

The Difference Makers: 50 Exercises for Optimum Strength

Gain an athletic edge by working effectively in the weight room
Add challenging new movements to traditional strength exercises
Learn an extensive foam roller warm-up that will help increase muscle mass
Discover full body strength exercises that will develop speed and explosiveness

Mike Fratello: Planning and Executing Special Situation

Steal a basket when you need it most
Get insight on how to incorporate specials into a team philosophy and team practices
Learn how to maximize your time outs
Learn to handle a trap and how to trap and recover

Gail Goestenkors: Building a Championship Program

Uncover a proven method for improving player accountability
Discover how to keep drills game-competitive while improving player conditioning
Learn to establish your team’s identity and ensure that all players are clear on individual roles and responsibilities

Filed in Basketball • Tags: Ball Screens, Basketball, Princeton Offense, Zone

All-Access Kansas Basketball Practice: Defending Screens

By adam.warner - Last updated: Wednesday, October 31, 2012

In this week’s edition of All-Access, we return to Lawrence, Kansas for a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a Kansas men’s basketball practice. Head coach Bill Self instructs his players about proper technique when defending certain screens, including ball, cross, and down screens. The team then splits up among baskets and works on defending each type of screen on both sides of the floor.

Defending Ball Screens

First, Coach Self gets into defending ball screens and reminds players to hedge the screen on the backside. Another key is to change your feet from driving to the outside to driving to the inside where the help is.

Meanwhile, it’s critical to hedge on the “same board” and make your opponent do one of three things: pick up the ball, change direction, or charge. To switch and play the ball screen correctly, go over the ball screen and under your teammate.

Watch below as the players simulate the action at different baskets. They go four times total, with two reps on each side.

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Defending Cross Screens and Down Screens

Based on the way Kansas plays defensively, the team doesn’t switch often. However, when they do, this is how it works.

When it comes to guards and it’s a “like” screen, meaning a screen by a 1, 2, or 3 player, then players will switch on all ball screens and hand offs. If it’s a big and a little, the team won’t switch on anything until its under 10 seconds on the shot clock. In this case, the team will call out “solid” and will switch on all handoffs and ball screens. Bigs are different. Bigs switch on all screens.

Let’s say the offense passes the ball from the wing to down low. We are now playing low post defense. If the ball is beneath the free throw line extended, then look to try and get the low side.

All the while, the big man in the middle should look to get as big as he can on the cross screen. Don’t let the screener get his chest to your shoulder. By maintaining a huge presence, it creates space as the big in the center can push through. When the cross screen occurs, don’t let the offense go body to body. Create space to get through.

Watch below as the squad runs through cross and down screens at full speed.

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The previous clips can be seen on Championship Productions’ DVD “All Access Kansas Basketball Practice with Bill Self.” Check out our entire collection of All Access videos by clicking here.