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Opening:
• A high school coach, Clovis West…nothing remarkable about the school or the
kids, in 23 years he had 3 Division 1 players.
• Starting in the late 80’s he saw a different successful Division 1 coach every year,
he would go for a week. He noticed the culture, weight room, little things that a
program did….that you can’t get off of notes, clinics, dvds.
• This offense / defense (they go hand in hand) is proven at the high school level
(Clovis West), JC (Fresno City), and Division 1 (Memphis).
• This offense, defense, and substitution mentality neautralizes the opponents
effectiveness….enhances your teams’.
• The offense won’t get you any wins: we win by practicing harder, out hustling the
opponent, defending, depth, rebounding, getting to the foul line, and out of
bounds plays.
• He had 7 guys at the end of last year, said he put basketball back 100 years with
his team’s performance.
Basics:
DRILLS (details):
Zone Stuff
• Don’t hesitate on 3’s against the zone, make sure to rebound. 3 out of 10 makes
and 4 out of 7 offensive rebounds.
• 4 to the glass.
• Wings are elevated vs zone
• Dribble at is always a back door, never hand off
• Push (Circle) and Wheel are great vs zone, swing it and expoit weak side.
• Alternate sides where offense is initiated, 2 side then 3 side.
• “1 or 5 Fade” (zone special) 1 hits 2, 5 sets fade screen on the top of the zone.
• “Bump’ – If the zone is a bump zone, call “Bump”. Wing goes to strong side short
corner rather than cutting all the way through. Quick two on one vs the Middle of
the zone
• “2 Set”– 3 out 2 in. Elevated mid post and also short corner action. Hit wing,
wing hit mid post, for quick dump to short corner.
• “22” – Same alignment as “2 set”. Elevated mid post and also short corner action.
Hit wing, wing pass back to point and drift to corner, reverse it and skip to back to
wing for 3 pt shot.
• “52” or “53 – 4 out 1 in. 1 hits 2. 5 screens down on weak side of zone. 2 skips to
3 or goes through mid post to the 3 for a three pt shot.
• His teams shoot 50 threes per game if the are zoned.
Last year he moved the 1 to the middle of the floor and the 5 to the sideline (parallel to
the 3 lane).
2 side
3 side
Drop 2 = drop zone, two man game with 2
Drop 3 = drop zone, two man game with 3
Drop 23 = drop zone, back door to 2, to 3 in the corner
Drop 32 = drop zone, back door to 3, to 2 in the corner
Drag 2 = drive, stop in drag zone, skip to 2
Drag 3 = drive, stop in drag zone, skip to 3
Drag 34 = drive to drag zone, skip to 3, post 4
Drag 24 = drive to drag zone, skip to 2, post 4
Rack it….means Rack it (finish / off the glass).
Emphasized backboard passes or finish on rack it. No bounce passes, direct passes.
On drag zone drives options are trail or skip to window….the same side wing is not an
option unless emergency. Defense will tip it if we try to go to same side wing.
Keep score in every drill, tally all wins in the foul section on the scoreboard, to get actual
credit for the win, winning team must make a free throw.
Live full court is played to 8 by 2’s and 3’s…whoever makes the winning basket also has
to make a free throw…if that player misses the foul shot then the team goes back to 5 or
6 or whatever they had previously and the game resumes. Cream rises to the top, the best
players end up getting the ball, because they have to win on the court and the foul line.
Square shoulders to the basket, get low, attack in a direct line, clip the hip, try to bump
the defender three times per drive. Ref won’t call the first 2, will call the third….or will
get a lay up.
Calipari was impressed by how much he got out of his kids, didn’t look like much…they
were drilled so much on what they needed to do to be successful and so clear on their
reads that they maximized their potential. Everything is mapped out and drilled home,
kids know what to do in situations, and are taught to be aggressive…it pays off.
Do not take any negative steps on offense, when you have the ball, everything is attack.
We do not hesitate, 3’s are up…if you are open you have to shoot it. If they close too
hard, rack it…simple.
4 to the boards offensively. Best shooter is back on defense, creeps around the 3 pt line
for kick out after rebound, 1 and 5 go to the boards, 1 finds ball as controller in press, and
5 is at the foul line to become gapper.
He sends his 1 and 5 to the boards, right into 2-2-1. His best shooter 2 or 3 gets to the top
of the key as back man…anything that is not square to the rim for a put back, gets passed
the shooter for the 3 pt shot. That shooter also becomes the “taker” in the 2-2-1.
3 or key, midrange jumpers = bench…in games, scrimmages and practice, must be in the
key.
Want to maximize each possession: 60% layups = 1.2 points per pos. / 38% 3 ptr = 1.14
ppp / 76% free throw = 1.4 ppp. Memphis shot 28% from midrange the last two years.
Go back and chart your bad shots over the last season, guarantee they midrandge. We
don’t want bad 3’s, but at least they stretch the defense.
Offense and defense go hand in hand…it is an overall mentality and one suffers without
the other.
Once the 4 man’s defender loses vision, he needs to throw his hands up and prepare to
clean up.
Condition with the ball, 90%. Get better while you get in shape.
Important: in transition 2/3 are at the high x on the wing, in the ½ court they are on the
low x on the wing.
Blood Drills are named that, because we want have blood in our eyes when we attack.