Coaching to Win: Practice Planning and Scouting Your Opponent

with Bobby Lutz,
UNC- Charlotte Head Men's Basketball Coach

Head Coach Bobby Lutz is one of the top minds in college basketball today and has led the 49ers to the NCAA tournament five out of the last seven seasons. He is known to be a masterful strategist who looks to maximize potential for the team and individuals. In this DVD, Lutz shows how to develop a strategy for success through well-structured and purposeful practice planning and show you how to scout your opponent. In developing a successful practice plan, Lutz teaches how to have a practice philosophy that matches your game philosophy. He focuses much of his attention on defensive philosophy and uses marker board and on-court demonstration to teach principles and drills for creating player and team habits for game execution. Coach Lutz also explains the importance of having a balanced practice to maximize the abilities and efforts of your players. In the second half of the video, Lutz, along with his assistant coach, gives a step-by-step game plan for scouting opponents. They define and discuss how to breakdown opponents by scouting personnel and set plays. He explains how to do an in-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of individual players and offensive and defensive sets. They give the progression of video breakdown, on-court practice and preparation, individual game reports for your players, and pre-game team reviews. Coach Lutz emphasizes showing your team ways to win and teaching your team how to make the minor adjustments necessary to win games!

95 minutes. 2005.