Jim Calhoun: Total Zone Offense and Pressure Man Defensive Drills

with Jim Calhoun,
2 NCAA Championships, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2005)

In this DVD, Jim Calhoun reveals the secrets to his zone offense that allowed his team to average over 80 points a game in 2004. He then covers his defensive man-to-man drills that have propelled his teams to continually be one of the top teams in the conference, and nation, in defensive scoring average, rebounding and blocked shots. Calhoun stresses his "Five keys to championship basketball:" rebounding, pressure defense, transition, getting good shots and the run. Calhoun offers a complete guide to an effective zone offense, first using demonstrators to show his highly effective zone secondary break and then demonstrating four zone sets to keep the zone defense guessing. Calhoun emphasizes "pounding the ball down low" and creating open jump shots for your shooters. Also, he gives you "his best" zone out-of-bounds play that has produced baskets 61% of the time for his teams. Finally, Calhoun demonstrates four man-to-man defensive drills that reinforce his pressure defense principles. These effective team drills can be run daily to create a sensational defensive team.

67 minutes. 2005.