Disrupt the flow of your opponent's offense, change the tempo of any game and force both turnovers and time-outs with these press defense strategies!

One of the nation's most successful high school basketball coaches, Don Showalter, offers up a tutorial in tactics like full-court trapping, adjusting the press to match players' talents and confusing the offense by matching their press break moves.

Acknowledging the ever-changing skill levels inherent in high school athletics, Showalter has created a simple press defense that can be used effectively and successfully by players of all skills levels. His philosophy is based on constant ball pressure, patience and rebounding.

Using simple adjustments, Coach Showalter shows how to manage different press break attacks. While most press breakers attack the Diamond Press at the middle, for example, he covers how this press flows seamlessly into a 2-2-1 zone. He shares five drills to reinforce the effort and control it takes to play this defense.

To counter the press, Coach Showalter shares two different press breakers. The first strategy puts your strongest shooter in three-point range while the second, more traditional method uses the conventional 4-across scheme to break your opponent's trap.

Confuse your opponents by creating havoc in their offense with Showalter's innovative approach to full-court trapping. This very press is what helped the U17 USA Men's Basketball Team capture the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Produced at the Spring 2011 Pittsburgh (PA) clinic.

79 Minutes. 2011.

In the eight seasons at the helm of Pitt Basketball, Jamie Dixon has led the Panthers to eight consecutive NCAA Tournaments; including three Sweet Sixteen appearances. The success of his program comes from the focus on the defensive end of the floor.

In this on-court demonstration, Coach Dixon teaches you everything you need to know about man-to-man defense. Watch as he demonstrates how to guard some of the most used offensive tactics in basketball.

Defensive Philosophy
Man-to-man defense is the backbone of Jamie Dixon's program. See how his intense ball pressure and the "help in the gaps" forces the offense out of their rhythm. Dixon's goal is to get the offense to shoot below 40% and to win the rebounding margin by 10 every game.

Dixon covers the terminology he uses with his players, such as stunting, pinching and helping the help man. These defensive principals will position your players to defend any cut or screen that the offense is throwing at them.

Guarding Offensive Sets
Dixon covers how to guard the following offensive sets, including five effective ways to guard the ball-screen:

• Box Set: "America's Play"
• T-Action: Cross Screen with Down Screens
• Shuffle Cuts
• Flex Screens
• UCLA Cuts
• Ball-Screens
• Flare Screens
• Staggered Screens
• Horn Sets

Produced at the Spring 2011 Las Vegas clinic.

75 minutes. 2011.

Learn the keys to the switching man defense with coach Joe Mihalich. During his first year using this defense, his team forced 18 turnovers per game, were 5th in the country in steals and held opponents' field goal percentage to 39%.

Coach Mihalich starts out with his keys to the defense: switching with a purpose and communication. He introduces five 2-on-2 drills that break down the mechanics of switching on block-to-block screens, down screens, fade screens, ball screens and dribble drive action.

Mihalich then explains two 4-on-4 drills that emphasize communication and player trust.

Close Out Drill

• Teaches position and vision
• Don't let your man do what he wants
• Sprint to help position
• Move on the pass

• Five offensive players vs four defenders
• One defender is covering two players
• Get players in the habit of guarding different players
• Emphasizes position, vision and anticipation

With this DVD you can have the best communicating team, confuse your opponent and force turnovers.

68 minutes. 2011.

Jim Boeheim's Complete Guide to Zone Offense
with Jim Boeheim,
Syracuse University Head Coach;
1010 Naismith college coach of the year.;
2003 NCAA Champions!
Coach Boeheim, one of the most respected minds on the zone and match-up zone defense, now shares on video, for the first time ever, his views on how to take advantage of any zone defense. Coach Boeheim's zone offensive principles are simple: ball movement, man movement, and patience. He uses each of these principles in teaching a zone offense which can be run against a 2-3, 3-2, 1-3-1, and match-up zone (odd or even fronts). He combines chalkboard instruction with on-court demonstration and game clips. In addition, he covers the techniques necessary to effectively attack any zone with these offenses that include strong ball movement, the skip passes, lob pass, when and how to attack gaps, short corner, screening, overloads, high/low action and isolation opportunities. Boeheim demonstrates both a continuity offense and effective quick hitters against man and zone.
38 minutes. 2003.

Bob Knight brings you the most complete defensive video ever produced. From the moment your defense is in transition to the block-out on the rebound and everything in between, Knight teaches and demonstrates the most critical aspects of man defense.

Take an in-depth look at how Coach Knight developed and implemented his dominating man-to-man defense which led him to become the all-time winningest head coach in Division I Men's Basketball.

Philosophy
Tough man-to-man principles with great ball-side and weak-side help are hallmarks of Knight's successful brand of defense. Knight stresses the importance of finding the right defensive fit for your team's personnel.

Conversion & Rebounding
The two biggest areas that need to be worked on in every practice are transition defense and rebounding the basketball. Knight demonstrates techniques and drills that will get your team to run down the floor and deny any type of transition attack and finishing off possessions with securing rebounds.

Ball-Side & Help-Side Defense
A solid defensive team begins with tough on-the-ball pressure. With the philosophy of forcing the ball to the corners, Knight demonstrates how ball-side help must shut down the drive and that the recovery to your man is both "low and short." Stressing always seeing both your man and the ball to avoid back-cuts and never losing sight of the basketball are just a sample of the concepts you will uncover in this segment.

Defensive Drills
Coach Knight demonstrates eight defensive drills that incorporate every element of defense: rebounding, transition defense, man-to-man pressure, help-side defense, ball-side defense, post defense, how to cover screens and more!

Knight also shares his secrets on how he would defend today's most popular offenses including: the dribble-drive motion, 5-out motion, and the flex offense.

In addition, you will also receive Coach Knight's Clinic III (retail value $60), which was filmed in 1997 and features more instruction on the defense from his time at Indiana.

Build confidence into your team and create frustration for your opponent using these tried-and-true tactics and techniques!

Parts of this DVD were produced at the spring 2010 Tunica (MS) and Las Vegas (NV) Championship Basketball clinics.

2 DVDs (152+ minutes). 2011.