5-Star Basketball Coaching Clinics – Larry Brown Southern Methodist University

Coaching Points

• On playing the right way:
  • Play hard
  • Play unselfish
  • Play smart
  • Have fun
  • Strive for great defense and rebounding
• The right shots:
  • The goal is to take great shots while keeping teams from making easy baskets.
• Coach execution, not effort
• Encourage kids to do what they do best and don’t allow bad shots
• Coach Brown’s teams never run wind sprints – everything is basketball specific.
• The only time the team runs non-basketball drills is for being disrespectful or lack of effort.
• Telling the truth: Kids will respect your honest if you are fair
• The more passes you make – the higher % of shot you get

Larry Brown Southern Methodist University – Fast Break & Early Offense Coaching Points:

• Fast Break: On steals, blocks and long rebounds, run a fire drill to get down the court quickly for a basket
  • Only rule on the fast break: if the offense out-numbers the defense try to get a layup, if it’s even, try to change sides with the ball
• Getting the ball up the floor quickly prevents teams from getting set into their press or from crashing the offensive rebounds.
• On the break, if the ball enters the low post the trailing big should dive towards the opposite post.
• Cross the defense:
  • Point guard crosses the midline and passes the ball rather than bringing the ball up the side.

Larry Brown Southern Methodist University – Pick and Roll Offense Coaching Points:

• Single side vs double side: the number of perimeter players on a side of the court determines the angle of the screen and how the screen is used.
  • Single side = butt screen
  • Double side = chest to the side
• If a big throws the ball out of the post – he/she follows his pass into a ball screen.
• On hard hedges, the offensive player should make a hard fake pass, then make the real pass to the slipping screener.
• When teams double big to big: run more pick and pop actions forcing the defense to x-out.
• Running double pick and rolls (1 big slips, 1 big pops) is also affective vs hard hedging teams

Larry Brown Southern Methodist University – Warm-up Drills

• 3 man weave
  • 5 passes minimum then build to 4 passes then 3 passes
    • 2 minutes each
  • Ball doesn’t touch the floor
  • No travels
  • Must make layups
  • Challenge: 22 made layups in 2 minutes and with 4 passes
• 4 out break
  • Set Up
    • 4-man is in-bounder
    • 2 wings starting FT extended
    • Receiver (PG) at the nail
  • Running the drill
    • In-bounder passes to 1 at the nail (can also snatch off the backboard then outlet)
    • 1 pitches ahead to either 2 or 3 running wide
    • 2/3 pitches ahead to opposite wing who then lays it up.
    • 4 rim runs, rebounds and makes the in-bound pass again.
    • 2/3 cross under the basket on the way back

Larry Brown Southern Methodist University – Secondary Break Actions:

• Dive – see diagrams
• Drag – see diagrams
• Drag Special (wing iso) – diagrams
• Iverson (late game isolation) – see diagram
• Iverson Bump Back – see diagrams
• Iverson Hold (for a guard that can post-up) – see diagrams
• Short (when need a quick 3)– see diagrams

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