Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Close Out Drill

Written by Coach Peterman

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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May 22, 2014

Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Close Out Drill

Everyone knows DEFENSE wins CHAMPIONSHIPS. Having defensive principles/concepts in place will hold your teams accountable on the defensive end. This Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Close Out Drill that is performed during their practices. This Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Close Out Drill emphasizes all of the defensive principles coaches will have installed in their program. A coach will start on the top of the key. The coach will yell “Defense” and bounce the ball on the ground. X1 will slap the floor, yell “Defense”, and “Feet Fire” or “Shuffle” his feet. You want the defensive player to stay low throughout this drill. Coach will pass the ball to 2. X1 will stay in help. X1 wants to keep everything on top of his feet. The coach can have 1 move down to the corner to make X1 have to adjust. 2 will then skip the ball over to 1. X1 will already be moving on “Air Time”. X1 wants to close out with two hands up. 1 will hold the ball for a few seconds. This will allow X1 to trace the basketball. Remember, the coach must emphasize X1 staying low. 1 will pass the ball back to coach. X1 must jump to the ball on “Air Time”. Coaches can either have X1 deny the wing or play in the gap. This is based on their principles. The coach will then attack the gap. X1 must “Stunt” early. The coach wants to really attack the gap to put pressure on X1. Once X1 stops the ball, the coach will quickly pass the ball back to 1. X1 must take an angel close out on 1. The Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Close Out Drill is live from there.

Adam Short just completed 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.