JIM BOONE: PACK LINE CLINIC (PART I)

The following are Part I of my notes from Jim Boone's lecture on Pack Line Pressure Defense at last week's TABC Coaching Clinic in San Antonio.  Jim has been a life-long friend and a special member of my coaching circle.  He is absolutely one of the best teachers around and an excellent clinician.

Don Meyer: Write it all down

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Pete Newell: “Basketball is the most over-coached, under-taught game.”

3 anchors of your program

◄Assureness - take care of the ball

◄Shot Selection

◄Team Defense

Why Pack Line

1. Can you beat the best with your defense

2. Does your defense all you to win on the road

    Rick Majerus: "Winning on the road is about the paint."

3. Does your defense improve as the season progresses

4. Does your defense progress in post season

Knight: “You get what your tolerate.”

“Know Your No’s” — non-negotiables

1) No Fast-break Lay-ups

2) No Baseline, Nothing to the Outside

3) No Paint (911)

4) No Direct Drives

5) No Rhythm Threes

6) No Second Shots

7) No Fouls

  

There must be Consequences if the Ball gets to Paint:

1) Take the Charge Foul - Take the Hit and protect the Basket

2) Block the Shot - Best shot block opportunities come from Help

3) Get a Deflection - Help the Helper - Force the Next Pass

4) Hard Foul, we do not want to foul but we are not giving up lay-ups

Rick Majerus: “Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game.”