Josh Pastner: “Defensive Drills” 2020 Virtual Coaches Clinic Notes
- Use the split line when focusing on Offense and Defense in drills 1 on 1 full court (Split Court)
- Ball reversals and help defense
- 1 on 1 full court (Split Court)
- Guard while holding a towel
- Get away from using hands to guard
- Use chest to “Guard your yard”
- Go through twice, once on each side
- 1 on 1 Full Tilt
- Full court 1 on 1, using whole court
- Can use your hands now
- Defense wants to make them shoot jumpers from outside the paint
- Offense wants to get layups inside the paint
- 7 in 1 drill – 7 actions (Coach with ball at the top of the key, another coach on opposite wing)
- 1- Denying the perimeter with lead hand and foot out
- 2- Guarding backdoor cut
- 3- Post defense (How you guard depends on your philosophy)
- 4- Guard catch on perimeter, cutting off baseline drive (Passed back to catch at top of the key)
- 5- Jump to the ball when passed to coach (Pass to coach on opposite wing)
- 6- Jump to help side (Offense reposts then cuts to top of the cut, defense using arm bar on cutter)
- 7- Guard at the top of the key on catch and play 1 on 1
- 3 man deflection
- One man on defense in the middle, two passers on opposite sides
- 30 seconds on the clock
- No dribbles for passers, defense has to closeout on each side
- No bounce or lob pass, pass from the ear (Bounce or lob counts as 1 point for Defense)
- Deflections count as 1
- 2 players with lowest points when on defense gets a punishment
- 3 man closeout
- 3 players on offense standing across from 3 players on defense, baseline and free throw line extended
- Pass and cross closeout
- Can go live
- Help defense has to go split line
- “High and hard” through the shoulders on the closeout
- Perfect stop (5 v 5 half court within shot clock)
- To get on offense, you need a perfect stop
- If the offense scores, shot clock goes back to original time
- Any stops allow the offense to play from how much time is left on the shot clock when the stop occurs
- Perfect stop comes when the shot clock reaches 0
- OTHER NOTES
- Do what is best for you as a coach, what fits your coaching style.
- As a coach, sometimes you need to be lucky. Right place, right time.
- Notes Coach John Calipari and Coach Lute Olsen as being very good rebounding coaches, through 5 v 5 competition.
- Intensity, Rhythm, Energy, Flow, and Simplicity are key in drills.
Quote (when speaking about defense): “To give yourself a chance, you’re in a stance.”
Thoughts – Coach Pastner is an extremely humble person, especially for being at the level that he is. You can tell he is a true student of the game and continued to tell us all that we could reach out to him if we had any different viewpoints that we thought might be able to help his program. It was great seeing a high-level coach be so down to earth when speaking with us and you could tell why his players love playing for him.
