Hi Coach,
As you are making decisions about how you want to play on the defensive end this season...I suggest that you take a look at this.
When I think of defense, I think of Texas Tech & Mark Adams.
The whole program and culture are built on Texas Tech playing smothering man-to-man defense.
I had a college basketball coach tell me, "I have never seen a defensive team that is always in the right positions as them"
Head Coach Mark Adams, formerly an assistant under Beard at Tech, is the architect of the famous "no-middle" defense, so when he was promoted to head coach that culture remained in-tact as evidenced by the results.
Under Coach Adams the Red Raiders have been one of the most dominant defensive teams in the country..Texas Tech's half-court defense forces you take very tough shots. Coach Adams prepares their players the day they step on campus to rotate early & often, and to arrive at the ball in a really foul mood.What Made It So Good? Was It Math?If you look at every college possession from the last twenty years then that data tells you one thing:The data tell you that baseline drives are the least efficient
way to score the basketball.Forcing dribblers to the baseline and having a helper immediately stop the ball just outside the paint, the driver tends to get pinned against the baseline — almost behind the goal & backboard so there’s not an angle to even attempt a shot.The data also suggests that the game’s elite scorers make most of their money from the middle of the paint.Texas Tech
Defensive BundleHere are a couple of quotes on the "No Middle" Defense:“I love watching film of their team, how hard they play and how physical they are. You can feel it when you watch it on TV. It comes right through the
screen.” - Danny Sprinkle Montana State“I think that they’re going to do more things, defensively, than what they did last year, I think that they could press more, trap ball screens, switch ball screens, not switch. I think they could do a lot of things. The one thing that we know that they’re positively
going to do is keep the ball on the side and not try to allow (you to get to the) middle.” - Bill Self, Kansas“Playing Texas Tech is like going to the dentist without Novocaine.” – Kevin Willard,
Maryland.“Maybe I should have picked out the tape of the best defense [in the country] and look[ed] at how we should attack them a few months ago, and in the off-season. Hard with a one-day prep. You got one day between games and you got to figure out how to beat the number 1 defense in the country.” – Nate Oats, Alabama
Here are
three more reasons to take a look at it the Texas Tech Defensive Bundle:1. This is an in-depth online course that you can access anywhere that will show you step-by-step how to install Texas Tech’s no-middle style of defense.
2. You won’t have
to worry about going back and forth on looking for the information. You will have it all in one place.
3. The Texas Tech Bundle has over 250 pages of defense just waiting on you! It will show you the formula that stalls out the offense’s regular action and forces them into uncomfortable situations where they have no choice but to get into
isolation.
Individually these 3 playbooks would cost $60 but you can get them right now for only $37 if you purchase the collection this week.
Talk to you
soon,
Brian Williams
The Coaching Toolbox