Kevin Boyle: Drills for Building a Man-to-Man Defensive Shell

with Kevin Boyle,
Montverde Academy (FL) Head Boys Basketball Coach;
2022 High School National Champions;
has won the High School National Championship 6x (2022, 2020, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013);
only high school coach ever to win three Consecutive National Championships;
8x National High School Coach of the Year (USA Today, Naismith and ESPN/Rise);
MaxPrep's High School Coach of the Decade (2010 - 2020);
In 2017, USA TODAY named Montverde Academy the "Team of the Decade" in High School Basketball;
2020 & 2018 Naismith High School Boy's Coach of the Year (also won the Naismith award in 2011);
2018 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Basketball National Coach of the Year;
In 2017, USA TODAY named Montverde Academy the "Team of the Decade" in High School Basketball in the U.S.;
St. Patrick's High School (NJ) Head Coach from 1988 to 2011;
Head Coach for the USA Junior National team at the 2012 USA Nike Hoop Summit;
4x Jordan Brand Classic Head Coach;
In the 2011-15 NBA Drafts Boyle had coached five players selected in the top 3 overall picks - the first time any college or high school has ever accomplished;
Boyle-coached players have included: D'Angelo Russell, R.J. Barrett, Cade Cunningham, Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving, Michael Kidd Gilchrist and Joel Embiid

Kevin Boyle breaks down the fundamentals of his successful man-to-man defense using over 15 individual and team basketball drills. These defense drills include man-to-man fundamental drills, full court pressure drills, and four- and five-man shell drills.

Boyle features drills such as the lane-to-lane slide, defending isolation on the wing, defending in bounds plays, pass recovery, playing above the level of the ball, stunting, flicking the ball and the progression drill. Shell drills include pushing the ball to the sideline, the inside cut, flare screens, rotation, sprint screens, doubling the post and shell breakdown when guarding specific offensive sets including the "Flex."

Throughout this basketball video, Coach Boyle emphasizes the need to cater these drills to the ability of your players and their skill sets. He breaks down the roles and responsibilities of each individual for the press and four- and five-man defensive shells.

68 minutes. 2009.

Produced at the Spring 2009 Myrtle Beach (SC) Clinic