Mike Rhoades VCU Havoc Press | Teaching Points to Drills
• HAVOC Press brings morale
• Style of play demands that we play every game
• Style of play creates live-ball turnovers – we do not have to be perfect on offense every night to win
• It allows our shooters to get open shots
• Our program is always in transition
Why HAVOC Press?
• Fun
• Creates offense
• Makes the opponent uncomfortable
• Play lots of players
• We put as much pride in our defense as we do into our offense
Fist | Havoc Press
• Full-court man-to-man pressure
• 47 10-second calls from their overall pressure last year
• No traps
• Player on the ball is the “madman”
• We want the in-bounder to smell your breath
• We want the referee to tell him to backup five times per game
Off-the-ball
• Hip hug
• Get to your one-third (one-third between the ball and your man)
• Arrive on-the-catch
• Stunt – hand and foot fake
• Put doubt in their minds that you might attack the ball
• Continuous stunting
• Stab – stepping on a sword
On-the-ball
• Cannot be beat sideline
• No comfort dribbles
• Make their first dribble be in their pocket
• Hand on the ball
• Mirror the ball
• Be able to touch his heart
Communication
• Ratchets up ball pressure
• Everyone loves a 1-on-1 fight if your boys are behind you
Shaka Smart: “We want to be the most enthusiastic team in the country (any sport).”
DNA of VCU
1) Relationships
• Spend a ton of time with their players (incredible impact)
2) Competitiveness
• Keep score of everything
• Tire (if a player is not competing they keep a pink shirt and tire beside the court ready for them)
3) Demand and Praise a Hard Work Ethic
• They tell their players, “If you have to compete like your teammates or you have to leave”
Double Fist
• Full-court man-to-man pressure with traps
• Keep out of the middle
• Trap on the turn
• If you are not sure if you should trap – go!
Trap
• Hands up
• Toe to toe
• Foul with your lower body (creates travels)
• Be elastic (fake and comeback)
• Step thru should be a charge
Players off-the-ball during a trap
• There should be two trappers, two interceptors, and one rim protector
• No man (not guarding a man)
• Open up to the ball
• Read shoulders and eyes
• Run thru the pass
Steals
• Unless you have a straight line drive, pass it ahead automatically after the steal
Players have to get out of the traps when the ball is passed out of the trap
Beat on a rip thru means the press is off
Clearouts
• Turn them
• Never run at someone who has their eyes and shoulders at you
• Force the action
• Do not trap until the ball is above the key
Backtaps – great about the press
• Run through backtap
• Backtappers – We want them to notice, hear, and feel you
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