Sean Miller: Proven Methods for Pick & Roll Offensive Development

with Sean Miller,
University of Texas Head Coach;
Xavier University Head Men's Coach from 2022 to 2025;
2023 Sweet Sixteen;
University of Arizona Head Coach from 2009 to 2021;
2023 NCAA Sweet 16 appearance;
3x Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2011, 2014, 2017);
5x PAC-10/12 regular Season Champions;
Xavier Head Coach from 2004 to 2009;
3x A-10 Regular Season Champions;
2008 A-10 Coach of the Year;
2015 USA Basketball U19 Junior National Team Head Coach (Gold Medal);
2015 USA Basketball Co-National Coach of the Year;
was a youth basketball star whose ball handling skills landed him on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and in a movie (with Julius Erving) 'The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh';
11 NCAA Tournament appearances (3x Sweet Sixteen, 4x Elite Eight) 3x PAC-12 Coach of the Year

Skill Development - the Core of Your Offense Effectiveness

Coach Sean Miller focuses on skill development and his offensive philosophy of wanting to play faster. He believes that the best way to do that is by playing through concepts and having more of a flowing offense where the number of sets or plays that are called is limited. 

Miller spends a large portion of time developing skills; things as basic as what pivot to use, catching, and being in a triple threat position. Focus is placed on teaching players how to get open, driving and attacking the basket. 

The importance of making your breakdown drills simulate what will happen in an actual game is reiterated over and over. Coach Miller also focuses on: playing off of two feet, reversing the ball quickly and completing great passes.

Pick and Roll Development

Coach Miller reviews how to set screens, cutting with a purpose and being in a good position to set the screen. Miller makes a critically important point - that you must set a screen so that a defender can't go under the screen! Miller then has the players demonstrate different ways to get into the pick and roll action. 

Coach Miller also talks about passing and following the ball into the screen, about pitching the ball into the screen and using a dribble handoff (DHO) to set up the action; the demonstrators do an excellent job breaking down each of these actions.

Pick and Roll Offense

You will see how a Sean Miller-coached offense would attack a defense based on how the opponent was guarding the pick and roll. Coach Miller looks specifically at what to do when a team "hard hedges" or traps a pick and roll. Miller gives several breakdowns and concepts for what to do in these types of situations and also looks at how to attack a defense that switches pick and rolls  - and, how to gain advantages based on the mismatches that are created.

This video is great for teams who are trying to learn more about the pick and roll offense and how to develop players to set screens, use screens and attack offensively. You will learn multiple breakdowns and how to implement the different actions and concepts that Coach Miller introduces. The importance of building and developing a high basketball IQ skill set within their program in order to fully maximize an effective pick and roll offense is reinforced throughout.

Coach Sean Miller's expertise in purposeful skill development training and a high-functioning pick-and-roll offense make this a must-have video!

75 minutes.  2024.