Sean Miller's Skill Development School: Guard Workout

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 Yearwas 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)

In Sean Miller's system, the guards are the "throttle" of the team. Developing a well-conditioned guard with a total set of skills is a must in order to have success. In this excellent video presentation, Coach Miller has put together one of the most comprehensive guard workouts that look to develop skill and condition players for a fast paced game.

Coach Miller divides his workout into two different segments: shooting and ball handling. He demonstrates six different shooting drills that will expand your guards' shooting ability out of multiple situations. These drills will maximize your player's number of shots, shooting on the move, shooting in transition, and shooting off the pick and roll. Coach Miller pushes his players to teach you how to incorporate conditioning within your shooting workouts. You will learn how to incorporate different moves and actions within your offense into a simple and challenging workout.

In the second stage of Coach Miller's guard workout, he demonstrates how to build better ball handlers. Coach Miller uses four different segments to train his guards to be confident when they handle the basketball. In stationary two-ball drills, he works to develop basketball strength and game intensity as your players focus on the court in front of them. You will learn one-ball drills that work to control the basketball on the move. In the transition ball handling segment, you will learn two different ways to attack your defenders in the open court: glide dribble against a trap and power dribble to attack the basket for an open shot.

In Coach Miller's fourth segment, he will teach you how to train your guards to be a throttle of your team's execution coming off of ball screens. You will learn six different ways teams look to defend the ball screen and how you can score with the counters he uses in his guard workouts. Whether the defender drops, the screener slips or the ball handler must split the D, your guards will be much more prepared for the game by being able to recognize how the defense is going to guard your screen.

Get your guards ready to dominate the action with Sean Miller's guard development workout. The drills he provides will train your perimeter players to attack any defense with high intensity and effective reads.

74 minutes. 2014.