It’s very disappointing to watch your team lose a basketball game because they can’t handle a pressure defense. Whether it’s from a total game package of full court pressure or just a late game bid to come from behind, losing a game that should have been won is frustrating for players and coaches alike.
As a coach, I certainly have experienced this myself, and believe me, it’s not a fun ordeal. That’s why I decided many years ago to come up with a system for “handling pressure” as part of every practice during the entire season.
In my 35 years of coaching high school and college basketball teams, I experienced every kind of full court and half court defensive pressure imaginable. I used a few of those defenses with my teams as well, quite often with great success. But I also had to deal with some stressful times going against opponents' pressure defenses too.
You would think that having a team that pressed a lot would mean you would be pretty good at handling that press yourself. After all, you get to work against it all the time in practice. But I learned quite early on that the more time you spend on "turning the opponent over" while "ignoring your own team's turnovers," the more games you may end up losing. So I had to come up with a plan to maximize our efficiency over a whole season.
This 67 page document explains my system in great detail.
-Coach Terry Battenberg
Author Of:
Complete Book of Basketball Post Play
Power Post Play
You Can Run With Anyone - Secrets to a Successful Fast Break Attack
Coaching:
Assistant Coach: Oregon State University, Sacramento State University, American River College
Head Coach: Montana Tech College, American River College
Head Coach: Jesuit, El Dorado, Ponderosa, Union Mine, Capital Christian, and Vista del Lago High Schools in the Sacramento Area
What buyers are saying:
Coach Battenberg does a great job of really stressing the often overlooked fundamentals that play a vital role in beating pressure. He goes over several fundamental drills focusing on passing and ball handling. There is a whole section dedicated to developing a PG which Is esstremly valuable. He also gives his thought process on how to break man presses, zone presses, and HC traps in simple ways using spacing. Great purchase for a coach looking to develop ball handlers! -Brandon Kirk, Mississippi
