Legends of the Court - The Best of Pat Summitt

with Pat Summitt,
legendary University of Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach from 1974 to 2012;
8x NCAA Championships;
1098 wins - 208 losses (.841);
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom;
2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year;
2008 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award;
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2000);
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999);
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century (2000);
2008 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award (ESPY) - Best Coach/Manager;
5x Naismith Coach of the Year Award;
8x SEC Coach of the Year Award;
1984 Olympic Head Women's Basketball Coach (Gold medal);
played collegiately at University of Tennessee-Martin;
played on the 1976 US Olympic team (Silver medal);
played on the Pan America Games team (Gold medal)

Pat Summitt's winning program at Tennessee is model for all sports teams. In this basketball DVD, Coach Summitt will explore insights on handling special situations. Also included are pressure, press break, zone offense, attacking junk defenses and late game situations. Handling pressure applies to situations on and off the floor. Offensive execution is important when facing a myriad of situations from your opponent. The initial choices are to quickly in bound the ball or set up to attack the press. "Special" is a play that releases the screener down the floor and throw the ball long. When ahead, Coach Summitt shows a play to get the ball in bounds successfully. The box press attack contains many features and alignments to beat full court pressure. Summitt shows specifically how to beat the 1-2-1-1 press with the box press attack. Two difficult defenses to attack are the triangle and two and box and 1. In a 1-4 set, Summitt demonstrates how to defeat these junk defenses. In addition, Summitt shows several strategies to win games with a baseline out of bounds play and a set with 15 seconds left.

70 minutes. 2008.

with Pat Summitt,
legendary University of Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach from 1974 to 2012;
8x NCAA Championships;
1098 wins - 208 losses (.841);
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom;
2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year;
2008 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award;
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2000);
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999);
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century (2000);
2008 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award (ESPY) - Best Coach/Manager;
5x Naismith Coach of the Year Award;
8x SEC Coach of the Year Award;
1984 Olympic Head Women's Basketball Coach (Gold medal);
played collegiately at University of Tennessee-Martin;
played on the 1976 US Olympic team (Silver medal);
played on the Pan America Games team (Gold medal)

Pat Summitt has established one of the greatest programs in the history of the game. She shares how to build a championship basketball team with her "Definite Dozen," a guideline for on and off the court character traits. A beginning coach is not provided with an instruction book for coaching. Coach Summitt believes that your instruction book comes directly from your system. Respect is another cornerstone of the system. Responsibility is all about team - that is, knowing your job and the job of everyone else on your team. Good coaches exhibit good listening and communication skills to relate to players and coaches. Communication on and off the floor is crucial.

52 minutes. 2008.

with Pat Summitt,
legendary University of Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach from 1974 to 2012;
8x NCAA Championships;
1098 wins - 208 losses (.841);
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom;
2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year;
2008 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award;
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2000);
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999);
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century (2000);
2008 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award (ESPY) - Best Coach/Manager;
5x Naismith Coach of the Year Award;
8x SEC Coach of the Year Award;
1984 Olympic Head Women's Basketball Coach (Gold medal);
played collegiately at University of Tennessee-Martin;
played on the 1976 US Olympic team (Silver medal);
played on the Pan America Games team (Gold medal)

Legendary coach Pat Summitt brings a well-prepared team to the floor every game. Her ability to get her team ready to play hard and execute is one of her many talents. Players must be informed about their opponent but not overwhelmed with information. The first item for players to lock into is the opponent's personnel. Knowing the offensive attack of the opponent includes their transition, primary man offense, sets, zone sets and out of bounds plays. On the floor, Coach Summitt's plan is to work on shooting drills, pressure releases, shell offense and defensive breakdown. The scouting report examines every defensive situation that could occur. Each player must know exactly what is expected in these situations. At the end of the shoot around, players will defend the opponent's out of bounds plays. During practice much of the activity is the same. On this video you will see practice drills such as; Post feeds, pressure releases, post double team, beating pressure with various cuts, shell offense featuring set plays, game shooting, free throws, defensive breakdown, post dive, main offense, baseline and sideline out of bounds.

67 minutes. 2008.

with Pat Summitt,
legendary University of Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach from 1974 to 2012;
8x NCAA Championships;
1098 wins - 208 losses (.841);
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom;
2011 Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year;
2008 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award;
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2000);
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame (1999);
Naismith Coach of the 20th Century (2000);
2008 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award (ESPY) - Best Coach/Manager;
5x Naismith Coach of the Year Award;
8x SEC Coach of the Year Award;
1984 Olympic Head Women's Basketball Coach (Gold medal);
played collegiately at University of Tennessee-Martin;
played on the 1976 US Olympic team (Silver medal);
played on the Pan America Games team (Gold medal)

Coach Summitt offers a unique look at pre-game preparation during a practice session with the Lady Vols. This presentation begins with offensive breakdown drills early in the practice. A variety of shots will be taken during several shooting drills. Defending the dribble drive is crucial for good man-to-man defense. Summitt feels this is the most difficult thing in team defense. This segment of practice includes many different drills. These drills include the close out, one-on-one defense, 2-on-2 defense, 3-on-3 defense, defensive rotation, turn defense and keeping out of middle. To emphasize the importance of defense, Summitt always makes a goal for the defenders in practice drills. Three consecutive box outs and defensive stops are the goal for the defensive half court drill. Shelling offensive sets come next in the practice plan. This will give coaches the opportunity to teach sets as they play. Added to this drill is defensive transition after a shot is taken 5-0. The next step is to play 5-on-5 with defensive transition. Putting things together, the next segment is scrimmaging against the zone defense. The workout ends with a shooting drill mixed with conditioning. Game footage shows Summitt's team executing the defensive game plan.

59 minutes. 2008.

with Pat Summitt,
University of Tennessee Head Women's Basketball Coach;
2008 NCAA Champions;
8-time NCAA Championship Coach, over 950 career wins

Never before has Pat Summitt opened the doors to Lady Vols practices. Take a courtside seat as Coach Summitt coaches and narrates you through the opening practices of the 2009-10 season.

The genius of Summitt's coaching shines through with the aid of more than 20 drills and hundreds of possessions in these practices. Passing, ball handling, shooting, transition, half-court offense and skill development highlight these practice drills. You also get a look at the Lady Vols offensive sets in transition and in the half court set.

During these practices you will see how Summitt organizes her practices and designs her drills so that each drill fits perfectly into the big picture. She shares the intricacies of the on-ball screen in half-court teaching. Learn how to incorporate the rocket closeout drill, the persistence drill, the recovery drill, and the circle drill to assemble your half court defense.

Conditioning, free throws and extensive position-specific skill development are added between team play and drill segments. The drills and team play are applicable to your team as you build your own system and style of play.

Experience what makes Pat Summitt one of the best coaches in the history of the game.

155 minutes. (2 DVDs). 2010.

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