Matt Painter Purdue University Man-to-Man Defense + (versus man or zone)

• Every practice, we have an emphasis on each side of the ball o Example: § O: Be ready on the catch § D: Stay in stance (especially in help) • We’re huge on being ready to shoot on the catch. A guy catching the ball ready to shoot is really hard to guard. That’s why we work on closeouts so much! • The less rules the better o Be on time o Play hard o Act right • You have to spend time with your players o Have to be able to reach them before you can coach them • Coaching is about relationships, trust and understanding • Motion is all about finding a balance o Freedom and structure o Discipline and creativity • 3 different people in a motion action o Screener o Cutter o The most important: The Decision-Maker • Here’s something some motion coaches may disagree with me on: I think ball reversals supersedes your motion o Some coaches want their guy looking at the action before they reverse the ball o If we’re getting multiple reversals through the top, I know we’re going to get something good • Especially when you run motion, you need to spend time every year thinking about who your best players and where they operate best from. • Good players need spacing o Be committed to your spacing • How do you relieve pressure? When teams are climbing into your passing lanes, what are you going to do? o Players need to recognize when they’re needed as a pressure release o In order to execute your screening actions, the must be in a position to deliver the ball to the action • If teams are trying to switch our motion: o Tight curls and pops o Back-cuts (can be early…before the screen) and pops • We love attacking switches with flares o Screener slips as soon as feels his man come up the court to switch onto the cutter • Attacking switches with back screens o Reverse pivot as you prepare to set the screen and turn it into a butt screen o We may not score off these direct actions, but now we’re going to play with these mismatches the rest of the possession • We’ll post everyone on the floor • Transition Shooting Drill: 3 lines on each end with 2 people in each line (bigs are in the middle line). On one end, the first player in each line has a ball. On the other end, the second person in each line has a ball. The first person in that line sprints towards the other end and receives a pass from the person in the line across from them. (Will mix this up in the middle with the player running into a coach holding a pad in front of the rim and instead the player would get a pass from the top of the for a post move).

• 20 Game: o Full court – 4 on 4 o Regular scoring (2’s and 3’s) o -5 for o +2 for offensive board (but all points scored after are worth double) o +1 for defensive o Validation after win: 1-and-1. Need to make both to win. Front-end miss = -5, back-end miss: -3. o If any team misses two pressure free throws, automatic loss • 60 Point Game o Working on playing with lead o No screening, no dribbles, all cuts. o First person can start with a live dribble o = +5 o Pass = +1 o = +4 o Can’t throw a pass to the guy who threw it to you • 23 Feet & In Game o 4 on 4 o Tape going across the court at about the volleyball line o No dribbles o Great for getting your guys to screen, to look at the “second action” in a screen + catch in triple-threat • You need to start installing your offensive rebounding plan in your dry-run offense. o Guards get back on release of shot § No drill for this – just discipline • Sharp cuts create a vacuum (sucks in the defense) • Dribble at the flare (bring the ball to the action) • If defender shoots the gap on a wide-pin, the screener should hold his screen (and not roll). If you hold this, the shooter should be able to fade/sit behind the screen for an open shot. o Cutter should yell “Change” to tell the screener to adjust his angle. • We don’t pass the ball to the corner in our motion unless the guy has a shot • In our secondary break, 1 always cuts in the direction away from where he passes. If he hits the wing, he cuts through. If he hits the trailer, he cuts away to the strongside corner.

Post Play Versus Zone • Posts: get your ass on the bottom guys of the zone. Make them fight you! • When throwing to a post ducking in versus a zone: no bounce passes – hit him right in the head with a hard chest pass. • Posts versus zone o Transition: Slam into x5 o Halfcourt: Working to seal weakside forward

Defense • We talk constantly about “level of the ball” in transition D • Zig-zag drills with tennis balls in each hands. • If you play hard, pressure the all and jump to the ball, you’ll be ok defensively. • We don’t double post catches if they’re off the o Nearest guy scrapes at the dribble. If his man were to cut, he has to go with him and the next-nearest defender becomes the Scrape Guy. • We spend a ton of time on “bluff & stay” (or “stunting”). We never don’t help, if we’re not going to rotate to the ball, we’ll just “bluff & stay” (make the offense think we’re going to go). • Can’t gamble out front. Too many bad things happen when you gamble at the top of the key