Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press: From Teaching Points to Drills
- HAVOC brings morale
- Style of play demands that we play every game
- Style of play creates live-ball turnovers – we do not have to be perfect on offense every night to win
- It allows our shooters to get open shots
- Our program is always in transition
- Why HAVOC?
o Fun
o Creates offense
o Makes the opponent uncomfortable
o Play lots of players
o We put as much pride in our defense as we do into our offense
- Fist | Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press
o Full-court man-to-man pressure
- 47 10-second calls from their overall pressure last year | Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press
o No traps
o Player on the ball is the “madman”
- We want the in-bounder to smell your breath | Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press
- We want the referee to tell him to backup five times per game
o Off-the-ball
- Hip hug
- Get to your one-third (one-third between the ball and your man)
- Arrive on-the-catch
- Stunt – hand and foot fake
- Put doubt in their minds that you might attack the ball
- Continuous stunting
- Stab – stepping on a sword
o On-the-ball
- Cannot be beat sideline
- No comfort dribbles
- Make their first dribble be in their pocket
- Hand on the ball
- Mirror the ball
- Be able to touch his heart
o Communication
- Ratchets up ball pressure
- Everyone loves a 1-on-1 fight if your boys are behind you
- Shaka Smart: “We want to be the most enthusiastic team in the country (any sport).”
- DNA of VCU | Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press
1) Relationships |
o Spend a ton of time with their players (incredible impact)
2) Competitiveness
o Keep score of everything
o Tire (if a player is not competing they keep a pink shirt and tire beside the court ready for them)
3) Demand and Praise a Hard Work Ethic
o They tell their players, “If you have to compete like your teammates or you have to leave”
- Double Fist | Mike Rhoades VCU HAVOC Press
o Full-court man-to-man pressure with traps
o Keep out of the middle
o Trap on the turn
o If you are not sure if you should trap – go!
o Trap
- Hands up
- Toe to toe
- Foul with your lower body (creates travels)
- Be elastic (fake and comeback)
- Step thru should be a charge
o Players off-the-ball during a trap
- There should be two trappers, two interceptors, and one rim protector
- No man (not guarding a man)Open up to the ball
- Read shoulders and eyes
- Run thru the pass
o Steals
- Unless you have a straight line drive, pass it ahead automatically after the steal
o Players have to get out of the traps when the ball is passed out of the trap
o Beat on a rip thru means the press is off
o Clearouts
- Turn them
- Never run at someone who has their eyes and shoulders at you
- Force the action
- Do not trap until the ball is above the key
o Backtaps – great about the press
- Run through backtap
- Backtappers – We want them to notice, hear, and feel you
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