Dan Hurley - UCONN`s Defensive Principles

by New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association (NJBCA)

Description

Uconn Men’s Basketball Head Coach Dan Hurley teaches this course on the Huskies team defense. He begins with one of the most crucial elements of every great team: Culture. Building culture and coaching leadership is a huge part of the Uconn basketball team's success. He then dives into the x’s and o’s and covers the core principles of team defense including topics such as pressure, transition drills for practice, scrambling and rotating, 4 & 4 Shells, cutters, and much more. If you are looking to bolster up your team's defensive play and overall mindset, click “book this course” to get started learning from one of the top coaches in the entire country.

Lessons

INTRODUCTION

1 Coach Hurley’s Introduction 2 Why and How 3 Leadership and Culture

TEAM DEFENSIVE PRINCIPLES

4 Core Principles 5 System 6 Pace & Tempo of Practice 7 Toughness 8 Defensive Pressure 9 Sprinting in Transition 10 Toughness Testers 11 Transition Defense Drill - Part 1 12 Transition Defense Drill - Part 2 13 Scrambling & Rotating - Part 1 14 Scrambling & Rotating - Part 2 15 Stationary Shell & Cutters 16 Ball, Scrape or Help 17 4 & 4 Shell 18 Defensive Principles Drill

CONCLUSION

19 Defensive Principles Conclusion

The Coach

New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association (NJBCA)

The New Jersey Basketball Coaches Association

Dan Hurley | University of Connecticut | Head Coach Men’s Basketball

Dan Hurley is the Head Coach of the Uconn basketball team. He began his coaching career in 1996 at St. Anthony HS before joining Rutgers as an assistant in 1997. He had stops as a head coach at St. Benedicts, Wagner, and Rhode Island before becoming the head coach of Uconn in 2018.