Basketball Coach Training – PGC Atlantic City Notes

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes

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January 1, 2017

Basketball Coach Training – PGC Atlantic City Notes

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Here is what you will get with this Basketball Coach Training – PGC Atlantic City Notes

Michael Lewis – Butler’s Man-to-man Defense
Spencer Wood- Ice Box Athlete
Rich Czeslawski – Building Better Practice Plans
Sam Allen-Transformational vs. Transactional Coaching
Mike Neighbors – It’s not what we do, it’s how we do it
Mano Watsa-Team Cohesion and Chemistry

Here is an example of the Basketball Coach Training – PGC Atlantic City Notes. We have an small sample of the Michael Lewis – Butler University Man defense notes below. You will want to check out all the speakers from this great basketball clinic.

Michael Lewis
Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach
Butler University

Topic- Butler’s Man-to-man Defense

Overall program values- Process Driven- ‘Focus on the Now’
1. Character
2. Preparation
3. Performance
4. Results

Defensive DNA
• Team Pride- Intangible shared by each individual
• Mental Toughness- Defend all out for the entire 30 sec
• Stance
• Read/Anticipate
• Communicate- lack of communication = SELFISHNESS
• Prepare
• Compete
• Be Physical
• Contain, Contest, Contact

Transition
• Get in front of players and ball
• No matchups
• Order of concerns- 1. Basket 2. Ball 3. Great shooters

Close out- High, hard, LOUD
Off Ball – In Gaps (No driving lanes, suffocate ball handler)
Post- ¾ front and wall up (Guards all out front)
• Foul with lower body
• Double bad post players into turnovers

Goals
• No open looks for 40%+ 3pt shooters
• < 41% FG Defense
• Get 68% of available defensive rebounds
• Keep them off FT line

Chase and lock all off ball screens
Ball Screen Defense- Start season ultra-aggressive and scale back if needed. Do not start soft and try to ramp up. Players will be lazy.