Recommended Coaching Videos

These are coaching videos and books from Championship Productions that I think are worth your time and money. I’ve grouped them by what you’re trying to fix, so start with the section that matches your biggest need right now.

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Offense

Systems and actions I’d point a coach toward when they’re building or fixing an offense.

• Vance Walberg: Mastering the Dribble Drive Attack Offense (Vance Walberg · $119.99)
  The original dribble drive, straight from the guy who built it. A best seller with a near perfect rating from coaches.
• The Encyclopedia of the Horns Offense ($49.99)
  If you run any horns action, this is the deep reference for entries, reads and counters.
• Attacking On-Ball Screening Offense ($39.99)
  Ball screen offense broken down so your guards know what to read and your bigs know where to go.
• Teaching Pace and Space Basketball with 3v3, 4v4, and 5v5 Games & Drills (Isaac Wodajo · $39.99)
  Small sided games that teach spacing and pace without long walkthroughs. Great for teams that learn by playing.
• Chris Jans: Playing Fast & Efficient in Transition (Chris Jans · $39.99)
  How to push tempo and still get good shots in transition.
• Building an Efficient Half Court Offense: Actions & Counters ($39.99)
  Half court actions plus the counters you need when the defense takes your first option away.
• Greg Kampe: Maximizing the Post in the Dribble Drive Offense (Greg Kampe · $39.99)
  How to keep your bigs involved when you play four out or dribble drive.

Defense

Defensive identities you can actually install with a high school roster.

• The Secrets of the Pack Line Pressure Defense ($49.99)
  One of the highest rated titles on the whole site. A strong pick if you want to build a pack line identity.
• Building a Disruptive & Dominating 3-2 Match-Up Zone Defense ($39.99)
  A match up zone you can install and adjust, rated five stars by coaches who bought it.
• Building the Run & Jump Press Defense: Chaos, Trap, Tip & Turnover! (A.W. Hamilton · $39.99)
  Run and jump press rules, rotations and the drills to teach them.
• Installing the Disruptive 1-3-1 Defense: Rotations, Traps & Tempo Control ($39.99)
  A clear install plan for the 1-3-1 trap, including how to use it to control tempo.
• Peel & Switch Defense: Limiting Paint Touches & Hiding Weak Defenders (Will Voigt · $39.99)
  Really useful for high school rosters where you have a defender or two you need to protect.
• Jeff Van Gundy: Executing and Defending the Pick & Roll, Part I & II (Jeff Van Gundy · $39.99)
  Both sides of the pick and roll from an NBA head coach.

Practice Planning & Drills

How good programs run practice, and drills that keep it competitive.

• Brad Underwood: My Favorite Competitive Practice Drills for Building Toughness (Brad Underwood · $39.99)
  Competitive drills that build toughness into practice instead of preaching it.
• Fred Hoiberg: Everyday Practice Drills That Create Advantage Shots & Offensive Flow (Fred Hoiberg · $39.99)
  Daily drills that carry straight into how your offense flows on game night.
• Molly Miller: Running a High Energy, Efficient Practice from Start to Finish (Molly Miller · $39.99)
  A full practice start to finish. Great if you want to tighten up transitions and cut dead time.
• How Championship Programs Practice: Competition, Daily Standards & Accountability (Will Rey · $39.99)
  How winning programs set daily standards and hold players to them.
• Competitive Practice Drills for High Energy Offensive Execution ($39.99)
  Scored offensive drills that keep energy high and reps game like.
• Open Practice with Earl Grant – 2-Pack (Earl Grant · $69.99)
  Watch a full college practice, offense and defense, as it actually happens.
• All Access Michigan State Basketball with Tom Izzo (Tom Izzo · $119.99)
  Inside a Michigan State practice. A coaching favorite with dozens of strong reviews.
• Jay Wright 5-Pack (Jay Wright · $174.99)
  A best selling bundle covering a big chunk of the Villanova system.

Skill Development

Player development you can run in practice or hand to your players.

• Building Better Shooters: Game Speed Reps, Shot Selection and Competitive Drills (Bob Martin · $39.99)
  Shooting reps at game speed, plus how to teach players what a good shot is.
• Open Practice: Individual Skill Development ($39.99)
  A highly rated look at running individual workouts inside team practice.
• All-Access Skill Development & Conditioning Drills with Billy Donovan (Billy Donovan · $119.99)
  Skill work and conditioning combined, so you get both out of the same minutes.
• Max Abmas: Complete Skill Development Workout (Max Abmas · $19.99)
  A full player workout your guys can follow on their own. Easy to share with players.

Special Situations

The end of game stuff that swings close ones.

• Baseline to Baseline Special Situations ($79.99)
  End of game, out of bounds and special situation plays. Pairs well with my out of bounds pack.
• Winning the Margins: Special Situations and Effort-Based Coaching with Brad Underwood (Brad Underwood · $39.99)
  The small stuff that decides close games, and how to coach effort.

Culture & Leadership

Building the program part, not just the team.

• The Team Captain's Leadership Manual (Jeff Janssen · $29.99)
  Hand this to your captains. A best seller for building player leaders.
• Building a Transformational Culture: Grit, Relationships & Teamwork (Roger Powell · $39.99)
  Culture built through relationships and daily habits, not slogans.
• Tom Izzo's Keys to Becoming a Great Coach and Running a Successful Program (Tom Izzo · $39.99)
  Program building lessons from one of the best to ever do it.
• Kelvin Sampson: Pick & Roll Defense and Building an Accountable Team Culture (Kelvin Sampson · $39.99)
  Accountability and toughness from Houston, plus how they guard ball screens.
• Lead With Love (Jerry Lynch & John O'Sullivan · $29.95)
  A book on coaching with connection. Good reading for any staff.

Youth & AAU

For feeder programs, club teams and younger players.

• The Championship Feeder System: Youth Basketball Practice for Grades 5-8 (Jerry Petitgoue · $29.99)
  Practice plans for grades 5 to 8 so your feeder program teaches what your high school runs.
• AAU Coaching Boys Basketball Series: Building a Championship Program (Fran Fraschilla · $29.99)
  Program building basics for club and AAU coaches.
• The AAU Coaching Girls Basketball Series ($159.99)
  The full girls series bundle, highly rated by coaches.
• AAU Basketball Skills Series: Shooting Technique and Workout Drills (Billy Donovan · $29.99)
  Shooting technique and workouts built for younger players.

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