Tag Archives: Dribble Drive

Allowing players ownership of their team

Posted on February 1, 2011 by coach_o

This weekend I watched the World Cup Handball final. For anyone who doesn’t know the sport – which you probably wouldn’t unless you live in Europe or South Korea – it’s a bit like a mix of soccer and basketball, … Continue reading →

Posted in Calipari, Player Development | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

On making changes to drills

Posted on January 26, 2011 by coach_o

I think one of the most important things we can do as coaches is to review our drills quite often. Not just find new drills, but to actually look at the drills we run and ask; Is this drill capable … Continue reading →

Posted in Dribble Drive Attack, Dribble Drive Drills, Dribble Drive Motion, Player Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dribble Drive Fast Break; The Spurs Way

Posted on December 1, 2010 by coach_o

I read an interesting blog post today (via TrueHoop). It’s interesting because to me it reads like an article about how to run the dribble drive fast break, and especially how hard it is to stop a player who attacks … Continue reading →

Posted in Dribble Drive Attack, Fast Break, X's and O's | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Staying true to your style

Posted on September 18, 2010 by coach_o

I think one of the most important things you must do when running any offense is to stay true to it with everything you do. By that I mean that you can’t teach two different styles of play and expect … Continue reading →

Posted in Dribble Drive Motion, X's and O's | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Video reviews

Posted on September 7, 2010 by coach_o

One thing I hear a lot of questions about is the various DVD sets about the Dribble Drive Motion. Are they any good? Are they good enough? Who are they for? Below I’ll review the DDM DVD’s I’ve seen.

Posted in Calipari, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Swim Move

Posted on July 23, 2010 by coach_o

In The Dribble Drive Motion – An Instruction Manual I talk at length about the fundamentals of attacking 1-on-1, inspired by coach Dave Smart of Carleton University, Canada. I players are much more effective when they use the swim move, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dribble Drive Motion, Fundamentals, Walberg, X's and O's | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Out-of-Season Player Development

Posted on June 21, 2010 by coach_o

I think there are two kinds of player development: In-practice and out-of-practice development. In-practice the Dribble Drive is really good – out-of-practice it’s excellent!

Posted in Dribble Drive Motion, Player Development | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Drag 2 to the 3 – where to go next?

Posted on June 5, 2010 by coach_o

On a Drag 2 drive with a pass to the 3, the question has been asked where the 1 should go after the pass, if you want to take advantage of the post. Wallberg has the 1 go to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drag Zone, Dribble Drive Attack, Walberg, X's and O's | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Drop Zone Extended

Posted on September 13, 2009 by coach_o

I don’t claim that the way we’re running the dribble drive is much different than what other people runs – in fact most of it is just taking the best of Walberg’s and Calipari’s options and combining them. We do … Continue reading →

Posted in Drop Zone, X's and O's | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment