Billy Donovan’s Guard Workout

Last week I posted a guard workout from Billy Donovan; the post workout is just as good. I like this post workout because it has everything big needs in their game. Also, it is an excellent conditioning drill. This drill is loaded with tons of shooting and ball handling drills for your bigs to get better. Coaches, while you are putting your players through these drills, you need to emphasize a few key fundamentals. You want to make sure your bigs to stay low time when doing their drills. You want to teach them how to rim run on the transition drill. Coaches, it is a must that you teach proper footwork when the player is making their moves in the post. On the boxing out part of the drill, coaches must teach the way they want their players to box out the defender. Stress it every time they work out so it becomes a habit. On the shooting part of the drill, you want to stress whatever footwork you use in your program. I would use the “quick stop” footwork for our guys. Every time a player catches the ball; I am making sure they are catching it at the bottom on their shoot. On the shot fake/pull up part of the drill, I am making sure my players are either using their direct step or their cross over step to get by their defender. If my players don’t use the proper footwork, I will not count their make. As a coach, I believe post workout footwork is important to building a winning culture. Whatever footwork you preach, hold your players accountable when doing this workout.

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Adam Short begins his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cowley College. Short grew up in Indiana and was a First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior at Lake Central High School. He went on to attend Joliet (Ill) Junior College and helped the team to a NJCAA Division III national runner-up finish, while being named First-Team All-Conference and a two-time Region 4 Player of the Week. After Joliet, Short spent his final two years of college basketball playing at NAIA school Avila University in Kansas City, MO. At Avila, he scored more than 1,000 points in his career and earned all-conference honors each year at the school. He graduated from Avila in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in writing. Short then served as a graduate assistant coach with the Avila men’s basketball team from 2011-2013, and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Development in 2013. He also spent the past two years working with MoKan Nike Elite Youth Basketball League out of Kansas City, MO. His job duties consisted of coaching, scouting, and breaking down film.

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Billy Donovan Florida Post Workout