Greg Gard: Secrets of Elite Execution For Motion Offense & Set Plays

with Greg Gard,
University of Wisconsin Head Men's Coach;
2x Big Ten Coach of the Year (2020, 2022);
2x Big Ten Regular Season Champions (2020, 2022);
Sweet Sixteen appearances in '16 and '17;
2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year;
from 1993 to 2015, was an assistant or associate head coach with legendary coach Bo Ryan;
University of Wisconsin Associate Head Coach from 2008 to 2015;
University of Wisconsin Assistant Coach from 2001 to 2008;
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Assistant Coach from 1999 to 2001;
University of Wisconsin-Platteville Assistant Coach from 1993 to 1999;

In this excellent video, Wisconsin’s Greg Gard details the inner-workings of an offense that is highly adaptable to different groups of players.Coach Gard is well-known for winning with teams that have played both slow and fast tempo styles of basketball, yet maintained a high-level of emphasis on the importance of shot selection and efficient execution of the offense. Gard highlights the importance of playing through the post in an offense that takes advantage of player spacing and cutting.

Off-the-Ball Screens, Improving Player Decision-Making

Coach Gard shows coaches how to teach and implement effective off-the-ball screening and how to best raise the quality of your players’ decision making through the use of some basic drills.

Through these drills and on-the-floor lessons, Gard showcases innovative ideas for getting deep paint touches through screening or post play, while also stressing the value of every possession to minimizing turnovers and getting to the offensive glass to increase possessions and free-throw opportunities.Gard’s presentation is thorough and comprehensive as he provides basic movement patterns as well as variations to the plays based on defensive coverage.

Supporting his offensive principles with analytics from both college and the NBA, Coach Gard shows coaches how inside-out 3-point attempts can raise a team’s shooting percentage.

Improving Shooting, Passing & Receiving Skills

Coach Gard also highlights the need for a good shooting team to be an even better passing team by sharing a number of drills that coaches can use to increase these important skills – including the ability to deliver on-time, on-target passes.  

Responsibility for taking care of the ball falls on both the passer and the receiver and Coach Gard suggests a number of specific skill areas where both the passer and the receiver can improve to help cut down on turnovers and increase shooting percentage.

Don’t miss the chance to see how to install a highly efficient offense with multiple variations that can work for virtually any level of team in this comprehensive video from one of the top coaches in the game.

Customer Review: 5 Out of 5 Stars. ‘Coach Gard excels in this video – with a clarity of presentation and comprehensiveness of material covered – makes these concepts easy to implement!’

76 minutes. 2023.