Coaching at the high school level means dealing with players, parents, teachers, and school administration. Jerry Faulkner provides insight on topics important to coaching--outside X's & O's-- that will help you build a program with long-term success based upon character oriented philosophy.

Coach Faulkner was able to build one of the most powerful private school teams in the history of North Carolina high school basketball. Through his development of character centered procedural techniques, Faulkner was able to thrive and impact countless lives over the course of a 42 year career. Beyond wins and championships, Faulkner developed principles that used basketball as a vehicle to make a positive difference for young men and women.

In this video, Coach Faulkner shares with coaches the key strategies to tackling issues facing modern coaches so that they might best serve their student athletes and enjoy long and emotionally prosperous careers. Coach Faulkner provides specific ways to handle 14 topics that can cause trouble for you as a coach. Topics include:

• Dealing with referees
• Dealing with cutting players
• Dealing with parents
• Dealing with administration
• Dealing with problem athletes
• Dealing with the media
• And, many more.

This video will make sure that coaches are ready for the challenges that go beyond X's and O's and impact real-life situations.

Produced at the Fall 2011 Orlando (FL) clinic.

76 minutes. 2012.

Learn a variety of drills to improve your team and prepare for next opponent.

This three-disc set give you a unique and exciting look at the Temple basketball program. Fran Dunphy allows you unprecedented access to his practice in the middle of the season as his team prepares for three different opponents.

Disc 1:

• Learn different options of Temple's "Nose" 2 man game
• Use a wide variety of perimeter/post drills that can be used w/in your offensive scheme
• Get transition/recovery drills that simulate game-like conditions

Coach Dunphy and his staff, while preparing for what Buffalo does, really focus on getting their players and their team better in the areas they need improvement. He stresses that they need to improve their transition game, so the Temple runs through a variety of drills that serve the purpose of improving transition. The team also goes through some two-man drills and post and perimeter drills that fall in the flow of what the team does. Dunphy really stresses the importance of doing small things right throughout the practice, and does a great job of giving immediate feedback to his players.

A fast pace and intense practice focuses us keeping all players involved while preparing them for the game then next night.

Disc 2:

• Learn to Defend a physical post player when your team is undersized
• See drills that work the wing and post together on inside game
• Implement some light, fundamental, conditioning, and warm-up drills to utilize on the day before a game

During the practice, Coach Dunphy and his staff, go through some excellent 3-on-3 and 4-on-4 drills to work on their post offense and defense, which was a problem in the Buffalo game. These drills are good for the perimeter player to use/defend cuts and screens and work on situations such as Hi-Lo, Isolations, and all different types of screens.

Watch as the team works in their 2-3 defenses, running through adjustments and trapping options they may need to make in the next game, finishing with a 5-on-5 controlled scrimmage working vs. offense and defense that Delaware will run.

Disc 3:

• Put in drills (like the O, D, O) that forces players to communicate on the floor and make them accountable for knowing the O and D
• See the 2-on-2 Four Corner Drill to work on common 2 man actions
• See how to add an upcoming opponents favorite offensive sets to your shell drill

Practice starts off with a full court layup drill that allows players to work on their fundamentals and conditioning. Offensive breakdown drills are next as Dunphy goes over what scoring actions he thinks will be successful against Duke. Dunphy then switches the focus of the practice to defense by going over Duke's plays and how he wants to slow them down by focusing on their favorite half court sets and showing how he wants them defended in Temple's shell drill.

At the end of Disc 3, Coach Dunphy gives a review of their victory over Duke and who they got the win over the 5th ranked Blue Devils.

2012.

National High School Coach of the Year Kevin Boyle opens his gym allowing you to sit in on a live two hour Monteverde Academy practice session.

Maximize your practice time by utilizing transition drills to condition your players. Three to 5-player drills are demonstrated including transition into early offense.

Coach Boyle shows a variety of position-specific drills for guards to enhance decision making, ball handling, passing and reading the defense. He delivers post moves to work on inside scoring and team drills to develop the pivot foot and how to use it to your advantage.

The main portion of this practice is spent on the defensive end of the floor, where Boyle demands intensity and hustle. He goes through a variety of 1-on-1 and 2-on-2 breakdown drills for the defense, while making sure the offensive players are utilizing their fundamentals. Boyle dives into many important details you do not ordinarily see in a man defense clinic.

Using 4-on-4 shell drills, you will see many different offensive movements and screens to prepare your defense to react in any situation.

The last part of the defense Coach Boyle covers is their "Down" half court trap. Like in a majority of his breakdowns, he starts 3-on-3 and builds to 5-on-5 to teach the defense.

Lastly, you get a look into a Monteverde Academy controlled scrimmage. Coach Boyle stops the team on occasion to really work with the team and stress the importance of various aspects of the game.

127 minutes. 2012.

Learn proven techniques and drills to improve your team's focus, effort and competitiveness. Green Bay Head Coach Matt Bollant shows you how he builds the Phoenix offensive and defensive systems in a live practice setting.

Bollant's practice starts with a 5-0 offensive shell drill and several drills to teach players to cut, communicate, and play with poise on the offensive end and in their primary and secondary breaks.

He uses a rapid fire drill for practicing high percentage game shots out of the Phoenix offense. This is followed by full court 2-on-2, 3-on-3, and block-hold-release drills which emphasize offensive fundamentals in the half-court game and the primary and secondary break. These drills are a great way to help your players make mental transitions during games and to get your players' "brains flowing."

Teach your players how to be aggressive using full court "blood drills" to build an attack mentality in the open court. Pick up defensive fundamentals with a 3-on-3 Cut Throat Drill that emphasizes closing out low, communicating with teammates (offensively and defensively), being in a triple threat position, utilizing the jump stop, and making sure his players do not use a "butt ball" action.

The defensive emphasis continues as Bollant teaches "closeouts inside the V." He uses a 1-on-1 drill to demonstrate how to square up to a defender off the closeout. He puts an emphasis on teaching high hands, long and low first step, and making sure you don't open the gate. You'll also see a 4-on-3 passing drill to teach defenders how to communicate and pressure the ball while making your opponent think about their next pass.

The practice session ends with variations of 4-on-4 shell drill. Bollant takes you through his layers of shell to teach his players the cutting and screening action of their motion offense. He uses 4-on-4 and 5-on-5 shell to create a tough practice mentality and for game preparation on both the offensive and defensive end of the court. You will learn how to build solid defensive principles and pressure, how to create good help side defense and help the helper action, and how to move and think without the ball. Coach finishes up his practice with "3 Ways" Drill to put it all together.

Get practice ideas to get your players to think quicker and play faster.

97 minutes. 2012.

Two-time National Coach of the Year Dave Paulsen displays his superior teaching ability and his attention to detail in this All Access DVD.

Coach Paulsen's practices are a great example of efficiency and preparation. Every drill, whether the aim is to improve passing or shooting, is a breakdown drill for their "Buckeye" or Ball Screen Motion Offense. Every 5-on-5 mini-scrimmage has a different twist to emphasize taking care of the ball and heighten defensive intensity. Every defensive drill - from closeout to rebounding to shell drill - includes an element of Paulsen's "Buckeye" motion offense.

A great example is the 4-on-0 shooting drill. In teams of four, players work on every option, one at a time. The viewer - just like the players - learn Coach Paulsen's motion offense step-by-step. The team works on 12 different options, from simple pick-and-pop shots, to more intricate reversals into high-low action. These simple drills pop up later when the team goes 5-on-5 and you actually get to see the 4-on-0 drills in action.

In every practice, a big portion is dedicated to variations of competitive 5-on-5 mini-scrimmages. In general the variations are put on the defense, which in return gives the offense different scenarios to face. Paulsen's focus on defense is to create a swarming defense, giving the offense the impression that the defense "is everywhere." This further ingrains the players' understanding of the motion offense and its numerous options.

"Rush" is a 5-on-4-plus-1 disadvantage drill. In "3 consecutive stops" the best defensive team wins, which really puts the pressure on the offense to perform. In "Score Stop," teams only get points if they can get a defensive stop after a made basket.

In the "Sureness Drill," teams of 3 battle each other trying to advance the ball without turning it over. In full court, as well as half court settings, the teams play each other in full denial pressure and each players is limited to one dribble at a time.

Coach Paulsen's shell drills are set up as a progressive drill. In a 4-on-4 setting, getting a stop gets more difficult as the offensive team goes from static passing, to guard cutters (give-and-go), to baseline flashes and post ups.

Coach Paulsen is a great teacher. Whether it is fundamental footwork during passing drills or stopping play during a 5-on-5 scrimmage, Paulsen delivers basketball knowledge at every juncture. This All Access DVD series will make any coach, at any level, better.

391 minutes. (3 DVDs). 2012.