Principles of Play: Balanced Floor Basketball with Kenny Treviño

Unlock the Spurs’ offensive mindset with a hands-on breakdown of “Principles of Play.” Instead of memorizing dozens of rigid sets, this course shows you how to give your players freedom within structure—so they can read the game, solve problems on the fly, and create advantages every possession.

You’ll step inside the Spurs’ teaching progression, from spacing and re-spacing to keep the floor balanced, to touching the paint early and often, and finally to moving the ball where the defense is most vulnerable. 

Through live drill breakdowns, small-sided games, and competitive constraints like “12 points in 10 possessions,” Coach Treviño shares the same methods used to develop NBA players. You’ll leave with a clear framework you can adapt to your own roster—whether you’re coaching high school, college, or beyond.

By the end of this course, you’ll know how to:

• Teach players to maintain spacing landmarks and avoid clogging the paint

• Use paint touches to create, extend, and sustain advantages

• Apply drive–kick–swing and re-spacing rules to keep defenses chasing

• Install decision-making cues that speed up your offense

• Build practices around principles, not plays—so every player knows how to react

This isn’t just an offense—it’s a mindset. Once your players learn the principles, they’ll play faster, smarter, and more connected on every possession.