Defensive Tactics & Techniques and Defending Screens

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with Geno Auriemma,over 1,200 career wins - holds the highest winning percentage in Women's Basketball history;
11x NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship Coach;
John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching award (2012);
9x Naismith Coach of the Year;
distinguished member of the Naismith Hall of Fame (2006);
over 40 Big East regular season and tournament titles

This is the final installment from the Bob Knight and Geno Auriemma clinic series. In this title, the two Hall of Fame Coaches concentrate on defense before finishing with a Q-and-A session with their audience,

Coach Auriemma demonstrates the "Connecticut way" of defending screens, and uses on-court demonstrations to give a detailed look at other possibilities for defending a ball screen. Starting with the trailer screening out of transition, you see how to defend a high ball screen and ball screen from the wing. You'll also see late-game situations that will make you think about your ball screen philosophy at the end of a game.

As Coach Auriemma gives you every look that an offensive player will use as they come off the screen, he provides a way to defensively attack the ball handler as they come off the screen. As you develop your ball screen defense, Coach Auriemma gives you late-game situations that force you to think about how you want to defend a ball screen in the half-court whether you are up, down, or tied late in the game.

Using on-court demonstrations and drill work, Coach Knight covers 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 drills that can be used in practice to utilize the entire team and instill your defensive philosophy into your players. Coach Knight starts in the full-court with an offensive rebound and guides you through techniques and concepts that can be used to pick up in the half court. Whether you want to press or just pick up at the volleyball line, Coach Knight emphasizes simplicity and execution when planning and building a defense. He demonstrates the single most important concepts in half-court defense: help and recover.

At the end of the instruction, Coach Knight and Coach Auriemma share their wisdom, knowledge, and experience in a question-and-answer session. On topics ranging from calling timeouts to practice philosophy to communicating with players to breaking down film, Coaches Knight and Auriemma share the wisdom and insight they have learned in their illustrious careers as two of the most successful basketball coaches to ever lead the game.

Produced at the Spring 2013 Chicago (IL) clinic.

108 minutes. 2013.