*Ultimate Team Defense Drillbook

Discover 26 All-New Drills for A Killer Team Defense!

Introducing the Ultimate Team Defense Drillbook

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In basketball, defense really DOES win championships

Did you know... of the last 50 teams to make the NBA finals, 44 of them had a top 10 defense?

Defensive success is NOT just about hard work and hustle

Understanding and executing team defense concepts and strategies is what separates the good teams from the GREAT teams!

Players of all ages can use these concepts to shut down their opponents and dominate their league

You CAN do this, no matter how much your defense is struggling right now, or how little experience your kids have!

📦 What's Inside?

1️⃣ Team Defense Drillbook

Defense Fundamentals, focuses on the basic team defense skills and principles all basketball players need to understand.

You'll discover seven wickedly effective team defense drills for developing spacing, footwork, rotation and communication skills. Every drill is designed to increase your team's "defensive IQ" while giving them the tools to play unstoppable team "D" in a real game situation.

You'll learn...

Team Defense Fundamentals

The one drill EVERY team (from Biddy Ball to College) should be running at EVERY practice. It's the fastest, most effective way to teach help defense concepts... from on-ball positioning... to deny defense... to help-side rotations

Jump to Ball Drill: Discover a simple technique that easily prevents give and go layups and backdoor cuts. This one simple "tweak" alone will bog down your opponent's offense and force them into taking low percentage shots!

4 on 4 Sink to the Ball: My #1 favorite practice drill for help defense positioning. Teaches your players how to establish the proper "ball-you-man" triangle... protect the basket... and still be in position to close out effectively

2 vs 6 Inside Drill: An awesome post defense drill that trains your "bigs" to go from help position to fronting position with aggressive and precise footwork

Hide and Seek Drill: Wickedly effective transition defense drill that applies your team defense principles in a full court, fast break setting.

6 on 4 Shell Drill: The absolute best drill I know for improving your team's defensive communication! PLUS...

A cool "scramble" variation that trains your team to lock down the paint in chaotic situations!

Three-Stop Drill: A competitive drill that teaches your kids to defend with maximum effort.

And a whole lot more!

Team Defense Strategies

How to defend the "screen away" play. This one is CRITICAL for youth basketball teams... especially against a motion offense

How to defend downscreens and back screens between posts and wings. Learn how to handle this common tactic (and avoid the common mistakes rookie coaches make!) on page 8.

How to stop dribble penetration cold in it's tracks, without leaving post players open for easy drop-off passes.

How to defend the baseline double screen and wing double screen. This is a common technique that great shooters use to get open for jumpshots... popularized by guys like Reggie Miller and Ray Allen. You'll see exactly how to shut down this dangerous play, even if your defenders are slow or small!

How to defend the UCLA Cut. This is another common play that coaches at the youth and high school level love to use. You'll learn the best way to "smash" this dangerous cut through the lane on page 12.

The three best ways to defend the dribble handoff.

How to defend the Screen on Screener play. This is one of the toughest tactics to stop, especially when you're facing a point guard with great court vision. Go straight to page 14 for the solution.

And a whole lot more!

2️⃣ Full Court Pressure Mini-Playbook

I want to help you extend your team defense principles into a suffocating full court pressure, so you can force more turnovers and get more easy baskets to your team!

That's why I'm including this Full Court Pressure Mini-Playbook as the perfect complement to your Team Defense Drillbook! Inside, you get instant access to four killer full court trapping strategies.

Each play is fun and simple to implement - explained with step by step instructions and clear diagrams. You'll get:

1-2-2 Full Court Press

1-2-2 Half Court Trap

2-2-1 Three Quarter Court Jump Trap

1-2-1-1 Full Court Press

🏆 Team Defense Drills Developed By Championship Coaches

Jack Bennett
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)

200-56 (.781) record in nine seasons as head coach

2004 & 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship

School’s all-time winningest coach in men’s basketball

Winning records in 32 of his 33 career seasons as high school and college coach

Joe Lombard
(Canyon High School)

1261-117 record in 38 years

18 State Championships

2003 USA Today Coach of the Year, the 2003 WBCA National High School Coach of the Year, and the 2011 Max Preps National Coach of the Year

2015 Morgan Wooten Special Achievement Award

Texas Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007

Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008

Steve Brooks
(Indiana Wesleyan)

Two NAIA DII national championships (2007 and 2013) and one NCCAA national title (2002)

2002 NCCAA National Coach of the Year

2007 and 2012 WBCA Russell Athletic NAIA National Coach of the Year

2007 and 2013 Phyllis Holmes NAIA Coach of the Year

First undefeated (38-0) national champion in NAIA Division II women’s basketball history in 2006-07

14 straight NAIA national tournament appearances at IWU (2002-2016), 25-12 record at the NAIA National Championships

How to Radically Improve Your Practices

1. Download Drills & Print

Save the PDF file directly to your computer or mobile device, you can access directly on your device or print.

2. Stress-Free Practices

Run a fun, effective and stress-free practice!

3. Work Less. Win More.

Our plans improve player confidence & performance. Thousands of players, coaches & parents report back with more wins while doing less work.

Changing Coaches Lives Across the Country

Showed me which fundamentals to work on at every practice, and how to incorporate new concepts. For inexperienced coaches, it's a good introductory how to. And it has good info for the more experienced coach looking for new ideas.

David Coenen

7th grade Appleton North Girls Basketball Club, Appleton, WI

Our team went from having a four win season to going 18-4! Thanksgiving Preseason Champs, Runner up in the League Championship, & The Elementary Citywide Champs! The plans made my practices easy to run & gave the players skills to use in game time situations.

Willie Warren

Johnsontown Road Elementary, Louisville, Kentucky

With your help, I coached my 6th grade elementary team to an undefeated season (11-0) and winning the Elk Grove Unified School District Basketball Championship. We defeated every opponent by 15 points or more, averaged 54 points per game & our opponents averaged only 31 points per game against us.

Joel Quiban

John Ehrhardt Elementary School, Elk Grove, CA

The drills were easy to follow, and included great ways to teach fundamentals. The kids love all the different drills. We went undefeated and won the Rotary League championship!

Alejandro Burciaga

Oxnard, CA