Open Practice with Matt Painter: Attacking the Rim in Half-Court Offense, Drills for Transition Defense, Press Offense & More!

with Matt Painter,
Purdue University Head Men's Coach;
2024 Big Ten Regular Season Champions;
2x AP Big Ten Coach of the Year (2023, 2024);
2023 Big Ten Tournament Champions;
2023 AP Co-Big Ten Coach of the Year;
2022 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame;
2019 NABC National Coach of the Year;
2019 Elite Eight;
4x Big Ten Coach of the Year (2008, 2010, 2011, 2019);
5x Big Ten Regular Season Champions (2010, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024);
2009 Big Ten Tournament Champions;
2009 US U19 National Team Assistant Coach (Gold medal);
Purdue University Associate Head Coach from 2004 to 2005;
Southern Illinois Head Coach from 2003 to 2004;
2004 MVC Regular Season Champions;
2004 MVC Coach of the Year;
Southern Illinois Assistant Coach from 1998 to 2003;
Eastern Illinois Assistant Coach from 1995 to 1998;
Barton College Assistant Coach from 1994 to 1995;
Washington & Jefferson Assistant Coach from 1993 to 1994;
played college basketball for Purdue from 1989 to 1993 (guard)

Purdue’s Matt Painter has produced several Open Practice instructional coaching video presentations through the years, and he continues with an on-the-court lesson that’s jam-packed with fresh coaching ideas and innovative practice ideas.

Coach Painter excels as a communicator and teacher in on-court basketball settings, using player demonstrations to emphasize the high-level concepts and break them down into digestible nuggets of coaching information that coaches can put to use in their programs.

Never wasting a second, Coach Painter’s intention in this Open Practice is to give basketball coaches a continuous stream of usable, high-quality coaching information, offensive strategies, defensive tactics and an array of drills that will help your team raise its game.

Taking Care of the Ball, Half-Court Offense & Transition

Coach Painter begins his Open Practice presentation with a skills breakdown that focuses on taking care of the basketball and emphasizes the lost art of pivoting and improving how players can quickly kick the ball out to a teammate for an open perimeter shot.

This coaching point-of-emphasis continues, as Painter breaks down elements of his offense by showcasing half-court breakdown drills with a focus on ball screens, slipping screens and by highlighting his penetration rules – all of which build confidence, improve the team’s ability to penetrate from a variety of attacking angles and teach them to make the proper decisions in half-court offense.  

Coach Painter then moves into multiple segments of 5-on-0 work which focuses on transitioning into half-court offensive sets. Moving on to a detailed segment on his press offense, Painter provides a solid breakdown and understanding of his press offense. 

Skill Building, Situational Segments, Shooting Drills & Defensive Rotations

Coach Painter continues with a valuable skill breakdown throughout practice, focusing on post entries and working cuts off the post by using speed-curl actions. In this skills breakdown, Painter shows how guards can continue to utilize the same penetration rules covered previously when the guard receives the ball back. 

Coach Painter continues to provide great situational advice throughout the practice and his team works through a variety of shooting drills that you can implement in your own practices.

Breaking through a progressive fast-break drill that helps players work on both transition offense and defense simultaneously, Painter also unveils some excellent half-court defensive drills to work defenders to improve on help-and-recover situations. 

Coach Painter ends his Open Practice by showcasing 5-on-5 situations that demonstrate a variety of defensive rotations versus an array of different ball screens. This segment is an especially strong segment that is jam-packed with great coaching tips throughout and offers a high level of detail.  

Matt Painter has – once again – put together an informative, high-quality Open Practice session designed to help coaches at all levels of competition. It’s an on-the-court instructional coaching demonstration that’s packed with great drills, detailed coaching instruction and a fast-paced, game-like atmosphere.

Coach Painter always does a great job of giving coaches an exclusive, inside look at his team's preparation and he packs his presentation with large amounts of high-level coaching instruction.

If you want to raise the productivity bar on your own basketball practices – then this is a must-own, must-watch Open Practice coaching video! 

Customer Review: 5 Out of 5 Stars. ‘This is an excellent video! Coach Painter provides so much excellent instruction over the course of this Open Practice!’ 

117 minutes. 2023.