WOODVILLE DISTRICT BASKETBALL CLUB COACHING MANUAL Updated May 2013 Woodville District Basketball Club – Coaching Manual Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 8 2. Body Movement 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Drills 9 2.2.1 Lane Footwork 9 2.2.2 Agility Ladders 10 2.2.3 Skipping 11 2.2.4 Stationary Footwork 12 2.2.5 Hop Dribble 12 2.2.6 Slow – Fast Exchange 12 2.2.7 Non-Preferred One-on-One 12 2.2.8 Muscle awareness drills 13 3. Offensive Fundamentals 14 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 Shooting 14 3.2.1 Balance and Stance 14 3.2.2 Ball Position 15 3.2.3 Elbow Position 15 3.2.4 Release and Follow Through 16 3.2.5 Power and Rhythm 16 3.2.6 Eyes 16 3.2.7 Flight of the Ball 17 3.2.8 Drills 17 3.2.8.1 Shooting Technique 17 3.2.8.2 Two Ball Shooting 18 3.2.8.3 Sevens 18 3.2.8.4 Kentucky 18 3.2.8.5 Three Shooters, Two Basketballs 18 3.2.8.6 Five Shooters, Three Basketballs 19 3.2.8.7 Pair Shooting 19 3.2.8.8 Foul Shooting 19 3.2.8.9 Shoot the Arc 20 3.2.8.10 Horse Shoe Shooting 20 3.2.8.11 Baker Gate Drill 20 3.3 Layups 21 3.3.1 Types 21 3.3.2 General Teaching Points 21 3.3.3 Drills 21 3.3.3.1 Half court layups 21 3.3.3.2 Two pass layups 22 3.3.3.3 Layups under pressure 22 3.3.3.4 Weaves 23 3.3.3.5 X-out layups 23 3.3.3.6 Mikan drill 23 3.3.3.7 Turn the corner layups 23 3.3.3.8 Espoirs dribble/shot dribble 24 Update: May 2013 P a g e | 2 Woodville District Basketball Club – Coaching Manual Table of Contents 3.4 Ball Handling 25 3.4.1 General Teaching Points 25 3.4.2 Skills 25 3.4.3 Drills 26 3.4.3.1 Stationary Ball Skills 26 3.4.3.2 Two Ball Dribbling 27 3.4.3.3 Paired Dribbling 28 3.4.3.4 Station Dribbling 28 3.4.3.5 Lane Dribbling 29 3.4.3.6 Creative Dribbling 29 3.4.3.7 Individual Ball Handling 29 3.4.3.8 Knockout Dribbling 29 3.5 Passing, Leading and Receiving 30 3.5.1 General teaching points 30 3.5.2 Types of Passes 30 3.5.3 Leading 31 3.5.4 Receiving 32 3.5.5 Drills 32 3.5.5.1 Pair passing, Stationary 32 3.5.5.2 Pair passing, Full Court 32 3.5.5.3 Four lanes pass and change 33 3.5.5.4 Espoirs passing drill 33 3.5.5.5 Passing off the dribble 34 3.5.5.6 Cat and Mouse 35 3.5.5.7 Three Lane Passing, One Basketball 35 3.5.5.8 Three Lane Passing, Two Basketballs 36 3.5.5.9 Three Lane Passing, Three Basketballs 36 3.5.5.10 Three Lane Passing with Defence 36 3.5.5.11 Dribble, Pivot, Pass 37 3.5.5.12 Four Corner passing 38 3.5.5.13 4 Corner pivot and pass 39 3.5.5.14 Vichy Hand-Off drill 39 3.5.5.15 Three/Five Man Weave 40 3.5.5.16 Three Corner Push Passing 40 3.5.5.17 Netball Drill 41 3.5.5.18 36ers Passing Drill 41 3.5.5.19 Jacob’s Layups 41 3.5.5.20 Circle Passing 42 3.5.5.21 Duke 4 Man V-Cut 43 3.5.5.22 Four Corners Change 44 3.5.5.23 Partisan Passing 44 3.5.5.24 Single Exchange 45 3.5.5.25 Tennessee 45 3.5.5.26 USA Drill 46 3.6 Perimeter Moves 46 3.6.1 Introduction 46 3.6.2 Squaring Up 46 3.6.3 Triple Threat 47 3.6.4 Fakes 47 3.6.5 Moves 47 3.6.6 Drills 48 Update: May 2013 P a g e | 3 Woodville District Basketball Club – Coaching Manual Table of Contents 3.6.6.1 Motion Shooting 48 3.6.6.2 Perimeter Move from a Lead 48 3.6.6.3 Perimeter Moves from a Dribble 49 3.7 Post Moves 49 3.7.1 Introduction 49 3.7.2 Leading and Receiving 49 3.7.3 Feeding the Post 49 3.7.4 Moves 49 3.7.4.1 Fakes 50 3.7.4.2 Primary Moves 50 3.7.4.3 Counter Moves 51 3.7.4.4 Shots 51 3.7.4.5 Post Moves 51 3.7.5 Drills 52 3.7.5.1 One on Zero Post Moves 53 3.7.5.2 One on One Post Moves 53 3.7.5.3 Two on Zero Post Moves 53 3.7.5.4 Two on Two Post Moves 53 3.7.5.5 Continuous Post Moves 53 3.7.5.6 Post Reaction Drill 53 3.7.5.7 High/Low Seals 54 4. Motion Offence 55 4.1 Introduction 55 4.2 Alignments 55 4.2.1 Five Out (50) 55 4.2.2 Four Out, One In (41) 56 4.2.3 Three Out, Two In (32) 56 4.3 Points of Emphasis 57 4.3.1 Spacing 57 4.3.2 Square Up 57 4.3.3 Ball Reversal 57 4.3.4 Front Cuts 58 4.3.5 Back Cuts 58 4.3.6 Post Up Cut 58 4.3.7 Shallow Cut 58 4.3.8 Flash Cuts 58 4.3.9 Dribble Penetration 59 4.3.10 Receivers off Dribble/Pass Penetration 59 4.3.11 Receivers off Post Feeds 60 4.4 Screening 60 4.4.1 Down Screen – Perimeter 60 4.4.2 Down Screen – Low Post 61 4.4.3 On-ball Screen – Wing 62 4.4.4 On-ball Screen – Point 64 4.4.5 Up Screens 65 4.4.6 Cross Screens 66 4.5 Entries into Motion 67 4.5.1 Guard to Forward Pass 67 4.5.2 Dribble Entry 67 4.5.3 Swing the Wings 68 4.5.4 Diagonal Cuts 68 4.5.5 Weak-side Up Screen, Strong-side Down Screen 69 Update: May 2013 P a g e | 4 Woodville District Basketball Club – Coaching Manual Table of Contents 4.6 Motion Breakdowns 69 4.6.1 Drills 69 4.6.1.1 Pass penetration 69 4.6.1.2 Dribble penetration 70 4.6.1.3 Pass Fake, Back Cut 70 4.6.1.4 Dribble Back Cut 71 4.6.1.5 Low Post Feed 71 4.6.1.6 High Post Feed 71 4.6.1.7 Motion Shooting 72 4.6.1.8 Two Ball Screening 72 4.6.1.9 Vichy Screening Drill 73 5. Half Court man-to-man Defence 74 5.1 Introduction 74 5.2 Defensive Alignment 74 5.2.1 On-Ball 75 5.2.2 Denial 75 5.2.3 Help-side 76 5.2.4 Closing Out 76 5.3 Guarding Cutters 76 5.3.1 Front Cuts 76 5.3.2 Back Cuts 76 5.3.3 Flash Cuts 77 5.4 Trap and Rotate 77 5.5 Defending Screens 78 5.5.1 Introduction 78 5.5.2 Over and Trail 78 5.5.3 Under 79 5.5.4 Through 79 5.5.5 Switch 80 5.6 Drills 80 5.6.1 One on One 80 5.6.2 Wing Denial 80 5.6.3 Post Denial 81 5.6.4 Split Line Close Outs 81 5.6.5 One on One Close Outs 82 5.6.6 Two on Two, Inactive Posts 82 5.6.7 Skip Pass Close Outs 83 5.6.8 Pointless Drill 83 5.6.9 Shell Drill 84 5.6.10 Arizona Drill 84 5.6.11 Bumping Cutters 85 5.6.12 Close Out and Containment Drills 86 6. Full Court Man-to-Man Defence 89 6.1 Introduction 89 6.2 Defence on the Ball 89 6.3 Defence off the Ball 89 6.4 Trap 90 6.5 Run and Jump 91 6.6 Jump Switch 91 Update: May 2013 P a g e | 5 Woodville District Basketball Club – Coaching Manual Table of Contents 6.7 Drills 91 6.7.1 One on One 91 6.7.2 Two on Two 92 6.7.3 Three on Three 92 6.7.4 Four on Four 93 6.7.5 Five on Five 94 7. Trap Breaking 95 7.1 Introduction 95 7.2 Entering the Ball 95 7.3 Beating Full Court Man-to-Man Defence 96 7.4 Beating Full Court Zone Traps 97 8. Rebounding 99 8.1 Blocking Out 99 8.2 Anticipation 100 8.3 Footwork 100 8.4 Timing 100 8.5 Jumping 101 8.6 Protection of the Ball 101 8.7 Drills 101 8.7.1 Paired Box Outs 101 8.7.2 Circle Box Outs 102 8.7.3 Stationary Box Outs 102 8.7.4 Pass and Cut Box Outs 103 8.7.5 Random Movement Box Outs 103 8.7.6 Post Box Outs 104 8.7.7 Rebound and Outlet 104 8.7.8 Mongrel 105 8.7.9 Ball Tips 105 9.