Bill Self's Open Practice: Defending Dribble Handoffs & Screens, Offensive Man-to-Man Sets & Press Breaks

with Bill Self,
University of Kansas Head Coach
2022 NCAA National Champions;
2022 USBWA District Coach of the Year;
Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2017);
2008 NCAA National Champions;
2012 NCAA Runner-Up;
2018 Final Four;
16x Big 12 Regular Season Champions (2005-2017, 2020, 2022, 2023);
6x Big 12 Coach of the Year;
5x AP Coach of the Year (2006, 2009, 2022, 2012, 2017, 2018);
2016 USA Today, Bleacher Report's & NABC Coach of the Year;
John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2013);
2012 Naismith College Coach of the Year;
2009 Henry Iba Award;
Illinois Head Coach from 2000 to 2013;
2x Big Ten Regular Season Champions;
Tulsa Head Coach from 1997 to 2000;
2000 WAC Coach of the Year;
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (2000);
800+ Career Wins

No coach covers the intricate details of building a winning, championship-level basketball practice more than Kansas’ 17x Big 12 Championship-winning coach Bill Self. Despite his vast accomplishments as a coach, Self knows that it’s the details and the work covered day-in and day-out in practice that pays dividends when the ball is tipped at gametime.

Coach Self opens his facility doors for an exclusive, inside-look at his teams’ preparation for the 2022-2023 season – breaking through all the various elements that make up his day-to-day practices.

In this intensive, on-the-court instructional basketball video, you’ll watch as Coach Self focuses on a wide-variety of critically important team elements on both offense and defense. Through an impressive and effective breakdown of his core group of practice drills, beginning with 5-on-0 situations and working their way up, you can see how Self teaches key concepts in a tried-and-true whole-part-whole situation.  

Critical offensive components covered by Coach Self in this open-practice session include:

• Daily Warmup Drills 
• Dummy Secondary Break 
• Dummy Press Offense 
• Press Offense
• Man-to-Man Offense Sets 
• End-of-Shot-Clock Situation

On defense, you’ll receive all inside details for how Coach Self covers and teaches key defensive tenets, such as:

• Daily Closeout Warmup
• 3-on-3 and 2-on-2 Lessons For Defending Dribble Handoffs
• Defending Staggered Screens and a variety of Ball Screens. 
• Critically Important Elements of Transition Defense 

If you are looking to build your man-to-man offense with a system that utilizes a variety of highly effective ball screens and backdoor opportunities, Coach Self gives you all that and more in this ‘open practice’ session.  

In addition, you’ll receive a first-hand look at how to build a solid transition defense, as well as the core components to Coach Self’s high-powered press offense – a press-break system he’s used successfully, dating all the way back to his days of coaching at the University of Tulsa.

Once again Coach Self doesn't disappoint with the terrific, must-watch coaching content he provides during this rare and exclusive open-practice session. 

Customer Review: 5 Out Of 5 Stars. “Great to get an up-close look at how Bill Self’s press-break system works. Plus, there are a variety of awesome half-court sets and end-of-shot-clock situations that you can immediately add to your playbook for next season!” 

117 minutes. 2023.