Today’s basketball coaching clinic notes are on Ettore Messina Defending Ballscreens

These basketball notes are from the 2010 Euroleague Three of a Kind Online Clinic.  Coach Ettore Messina is one of the best basketball coaches in the world.  He is famous in europe and extremely well known in the NBA circles.  I would not be surprised to see him land a NBA job in the future.

In this set of notes coach Messina starts with explaining the best way to “break” the timing of your opponents. You can do this by taking away the passing lanes and angles that they prefer. Having clear this philosophy in our mind makes it easier to understand his philosophy for defending off ball screens. First off it is fundamental that the player who defends the player for whom the ball screen is set knows precisely where the ball is. If the ball is on the same side of the court as where the block is taking place we “chase” the shootera along the same path and eventually force him to curl around the screen.

Coach Messina presents everything in details. He also accompanies the notes with some thorough diagrams.

Click on the pdf link to download the basketball coaching clinic notes:

 Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes |  Ettore Messina Euroleague “Defending Ballscreens”