Bo Ryan's Defensive System for Success

with Bo Ryan,
2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee;
2017 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductee;
University of Wisconsin Head Coach from 2001 to 2015;
Back-to-Back NCAA Final Four appearances in 2014, 2015;
4x Big Ten Regular Season Champions;
4x Big Ten Coach of the Year;
3x Big Ten Tournament Champions;
2008 Jim Phelan Award;
2007 Adolph Rupp Cup recipient;
2007 Clair Bee Coach of the Year;
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Head Coach from 1999 to 2001;
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Head Coach from 1984 to 1999;
4x NCAA D-IIII National Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 1999);
8x WIAC Conference Regular Season Champions;
played college basketball for Wilkes University

If you are looking for a half court man-to-man defense that turns up the pressure and can work at any level, then this video is for you!

Legendary basketball coach, Bo Ryan, has built a hall of fame career with strong defensive teams. Coach Ryan shares everything in this extensive breakdown into his defensive philosophy. You will learn a system that increases pressure without leaving the rim exposed. You'll also see a defense that limits fouls and maximizes turnovers and low percentage shots. Additionally, you'll learn how Coach Ryan builds this defense with capable defenders through a collection of 12 defensive drills. To top it all off, you'll get strategies for post defense, countering numerous screening actions, and extending your defense to full court pressure.

Coach Ryan begins by explaining the general principles to his defensive philosophy. The concepts will help you force turnovers, limit fouls, and force opponents into taking bad shots. You'll see how to challenge ball reversals by pressuring your opponent and learn how to pin the ball on the side with basic team defensive strategies based on where the ball is located on the court. Ryan discusses how to position help defense, contest passes with denial defense, proper technique on closeouts, and how to optimize your hand positioning when guarding the ball.

Post Defense

The best post defense is to never let a talented big touch the ball. Coach Ryan shows how to deny the post without getting exposed to seals. See how to fight for position to dead front the post and learn how to keep the defense guessing with a strategy to deny the pass into the high post.

Defensive Drills

Develop your players' skills and understanding of defensive concepts with 12 practice drills. These drills will give you the tools you need to refine the fundamentals of your individual defenders and establish a strong foundation for your team defense.

Train tenacious on-ball defense with a progression of drills that will teach the defensive stance, improve lateral movement with lane line slides, speed up your reaction time, and more. The Two Deads and a Charge Drill will teach your players how to direct the dribbler up the floor, increase your pressure in dead ball situations, and the proper technique for taking a charge.

Additional drills help you instruct players on concepts such as close outs, denial defense, and busting through screens. Three competitive drills will motivate players to protect the rim with great communication and help defense. The 4-on-4 Open Post drill adds an extra player at the high post that can attack the rim. The defenders must react in order to help and contain the drive.

Defensive Tactics

Opponents are going to test any man-to-man defense with a variety of screening actions. Coach Ryan breaks down his approach to defending seven types of screens including down screens, up screens, fade screens and staggered screens. You'll see two methods for defending double screens depending on how your opponent tries to use the action to score. Force your opponent into the lowest percentage plays on ball screens. Against high ball screens, Ryan demonstrates how to have your post "wall up" in order to push the dribbler wide. You will also see how and why to switch side ball screens.

Rebounding

Nothing negates great defense like giving up an offensive rebound. Coach Ryan hits on his keys to having rebounding success as an individual, and passes on a great rebounding drill to train those individual keys.

Diamond Full Court Press

Coaches need tools to affect the pace of the game. Full-court pressure is one of the ways you can dictate pace while generating turnovers on defense. Learn the roles of each position in the defense, see how to force the inbound to different locations, and discover how to trap various spots on the floor. Create indecision for your opponent in trap situations by changing how you cover the outlet pass. Plus, you will get to watch how this press works in live 5-on-5 action!

This is a complete defensive video. If you want to change or improve the way your team plays defense, then let hall of famer Bo Ryan teach you the same methods he used to find immense success!

143 minutes. 2017.