XAVIER ‘yea +X XAVIER PRESS BREAK - ATTACK PRESSURE Just like every other Attack in your playbook, your press offense philosophy must: 1) Fityour personality 2) Fit your team personnel 3) Work against the very best opponent you must beat to reach your goals You have to believe in it so you're players will trust it will work for them on their toughest hights. Develop Your Philosophy This is where you must evaluate what type of attack fits you the best and temper that with the personnel currently on your roster. Here are some questions that will help you + Do you simply want to safely break the back-court pressure or score as a result? + Do you have a player that can beat double teams? + Do you need to break the pressure with the bounce or the pass? + Do you understand the intention of the defense that is attacking you? Our philosophy has always been to use the fewest players possible in breaking a full court press. To us the fewer people you bring into the back court, the fewer defensive players there will be to protect the basket. We have also witnessed over the years that the quickest way to keep a team from pressuring you is to get a couple of easy bas- kets. It's just human nature to retreat and whether the coach actually calls the press off, you will see players become WAY less aggressive if they give up a basket. This worked anytime we had a player (hopefully a point guard or a big player) who could invite double teams and safely get the ball out of the pressure. If your personnel is such that you can NOT attack to score, "S peeember 18, 2010, Xavier graduate, eerrent then you need to have a philosophy of getting the ball safely Now orleans Hornet and 2 time NBA AIL’Star out of the pressure so that you can execute in your half David West was inducted to the Xavier Hall of court offense. Fame. West earned National Player of the Year honors during his senior season at Xavier. We believe you must also know WHAT the defense is trying to achieve so that you can best plan the attack. Ifit's a (x) XAVIER eee tumover based defense, simply NOT turning it over frus- \CD/ UNIVERSITY ae trates that team. If they are trying to increase TEMPO, then ae eee you can counter that by methodically breaking with the ae pass. rer ernicans retPRESS BREAK - ATTACK PRESSURE con Implement Strategy \UED Once you have decided what you are going to do, you must practice it. Ne) We have always used our second team to go against first — team when working presses. This gives our team confi- dence that the ATTACK will work. We also NEVER run our PRESS against our PRESS BREAK for the same reason. Sasi daeeahaliacie ed There is nothing worse than seeing your own PRESS LicciiecnallhcAl ATTACK broken for lay-ups Our experiences watching games has convinced us that a calm coach on the 5-on-7 situations work well to create priority on crisp ball sideline usually allows the players to movement, cuts, and meeting passes. execute press breaks the best. A coach who is up calling out every cut, every Execute Tactics pass, and every other thing oftentimes addes chaos to an already fast paced Make a team pay for pressing you. Awareness and prepara- | situation. instil points hard in practice and tion are the two biggest keys to keeping your team confident | encourage players to trust the system and caim in these situations Do your “coaching” in practice and let you players “PLAY” come game time. XAVIER DRILLS - 32 SHOOTING 32's is a shooting drill incorporating 15 shots finished up with 2 FT's at the end. We will shoot from 5 beginning spots. 3 shots will be attempted from each spot. + 41st shot is a drive to the basket to finish = 1 point + 2nd shot is a 15 ft. spot up jumper = 2 points + 3rd shot is from beyond arc = 3 points This is repeated at all five spots for a maximum total of 30 points. Shooter finishes the drill with a 1 and 1 FT opportunity, each worth 1 point - Giving you a total of 32. This can be varied for TIME/MAKES and by adding defense. Can be done easily as a team drill with each shooter attempting the series of shots before moving to the next spot. You can then total a team score as well as individual Our players like to do this on game days to reach a TEAM GOAL. Then they prefer to compete head-to- head in practice situations. The Xavier record stands at 31 rer ernicansXAVIER BASKETBALL PRESS BREAK - 1 UP 4 PRESS BREAK - 2 UP 5 PRESS BREAK - 2 UP BIG 6 PRESS BREAK - 3 UP 7 PRESS BREAK - 4 ACROSS 8 een)BASKETBALL ER jj L The most simplistic Press Break builds on the Tame + Philosophy of only bringing as many players as you need into the back court. This one works great if you have a point guard who can not be denied 1-on-1 or even 2-on-2. We clear out as much space as possible for the 1 to operate and space the other 4 players in the front court so that we can quickly attack the basket ‘or flow into our half-court attack. We also teach our 1 to “post-up” to receive entry pass then. Once inbounded 4 gets to the middle on J Hookcut to be used as screen or release pass. Prieta PRESSURE RELEASE: We allow our 1 to work the first three seconds of the five count before we go to pressure release, Pressure release Is to break the 3 up... this is a tough cut to defend... If the ball has not already been inbounded to the 1 it is because he is full fronted by his defender so we teach him to hold off Until 3 receives the inbounds pass. On the catch 1 sprints to the diagonal and there is nto way the X can catch up to him. INTAS CENTERXAVIER jj BASKETBALL L 1 sets screen for 2... 2 reads defense and breaks © PRESSURE RELEASE: to comer to the basket. Again if the defense does get the 1 and 2 RED OPTION: If 2 goes to the comer, fronted, we break 3 hard to ball... 1/2 hold off 1 rolls to basket. Until catch.. Then we are off to the races. GREEN OPTION: If 2 goes to basket, 1 simply goes along the exact same line back to the ball. This works very well against switching defenses. We also use this anytime we need to inbound the ball safely to get fouled or run clock, rec annXAVIER jj BASKETBALL L Another 2-up look we have used brings our 5 player PRESSURE RELEASE: up to help break the pressure as a lot of teams are reluctant to bring THEIR big away from the basket. 1. simply re-uses 5's screen...This is very difficult for a team to successfully guard twice. 1 cuts off the 5 screen. 5 then comes right back to ball and is usually wide open if X5 has helped at all on the cut. 1 can get open every time by running NOSE-TO-NOSE with the 5 player screening and making the proper read on defense. rec annXAVIER jj BASKETBALL This is basically the oldest trick in the book and PRESSURE RELEASE: most everyone runs as a bounds under play in some form... There is a reason it's been around Designate one player to break long after they forever... It's hard to guard. screen. 2 screens for 1. 3 screens for 2, then 3 steps to Many times the 3 is wide open after ball screening slipping toward the half court line. retreatXAVIER jj BASKETBALL Great if there is a man on the inbounder and they 3 flashes to the ball, as 4 and 1 run wide, are trapping the first pass. 2 over the top is the first look, we're probably going to hit 4 Must make sure 1 does not run to the dead corner. Misc eos INATI, OH 45207 - 513-745-3149 - WWW.GOXAVIER.COM.PRESS BREAK - 4 ACROSS (CONTINUED If need be, 2 can flash to the ball as well We're looking to attack with 5 at the rim and 4 and 1 wide. 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PR ce eau eee Une eee et neaBASKETBALL MAN OFFENSE - IVERSON 7 CUT 3 clears through and 2 comes comes over the top On 2's catch, 5 sprints to get 4's man who runs to the wing. into a slipped ball screen for 2. 5 then sets the ball screen and 4 returns to the spot of the original screen looking for a shot. Priori meeeXAVIER jj BASKETBALL MAN OFFENSE - QUICK HITTER FOR 3 Wot OFFESE - QUICK HITTER FR 2 1 dribble enters to the left wing. 2 now runs off of a stagger for a shot on the wing, 3 runs off of a triple stagger to the top of the key for a catch cee ca Uae