Kyrie Irving Scoring Drills by Tim Springer

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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November 29, 2013

Kyrie Irving Scoring Drills

Three words describe Kyrie Irving: crafty, dominant, and exciting.
After leaving Duke, Irving exploded on the scene of the NBA and hasn’t slowed down since.
If anyone is to bring the Cavaliers back to prominence it is him.

Night after night he amazes crowds nation wide and continues to break ankles daily.
In this workout you will find a lot of the game situations that Kyrie finds himself in.

Everything from dribble hand offs to a pro cut series.
Execute these drills daily and watch your game situation ability increase quickly.

What a lot of fans don’t realize that Kyrie Irving is maybe the best ball-handler in the NBA. Kryrie Irving has counters to every move that he does. He might make a simple move, but it’s done with pace and it’s done off a counter of something. He does moves to put him into position. He always does a change of pace or change of direction to keep them off balance. The thing is that the moves are always in control. Offensives guys need to remember that.

Kyrie Irving would practice the simple moves first-like crossovers, between the legs, behind the back and then he would work on combinations in isolation sitautions by himself. He would have counters to every move, always being prepared for that not only that second move, but that third, fourth, fifth move in case.

Kyrie Irving’s main philosophy to training is making training harder than the game, and over-exaggerating the pressure and the chaos while still keeping it very real to the NBA game.

The main focus for Kyrie Irving this past summer was being more efficient with his ball-handling; like reducing the amount of dribbles when making an attack move on a defender.

Since arriving in San Antonio, Coach Springer has helped several Middle school and high school programs reach the district finals. He is currently the Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at Castle Hills First Baptist School. In 2011, Coach Springer led the CH Eagles to the Tapps 1A Regionals and was nominated for 1A Coach of the Year. He has worked with D1, international and WNBA players.