1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Lesson 9:
Defensive Scramble & Closeout Awareness
In this session, Coach Marshall teaches her players how to execute defensive scrambles with precision while maintaining awareness of scouting personnel. The drill focuses on closing out properly, forcing baseline, and practicing gap defense—while also adjusting to each player’s designation (green = shooter, yellow = versatile, red = driver). Players are challenged to rotate, recover, and “fix” mismatches when necessary, all while striving for four perfect stops. By combining scramble rotations with personnel-specific closeouts, this drill builds the habits needed to defend under pressure and eliminate breakdowns.
10
11
12
Coach Kiara Marshall’s Building a Championship Culture course encapsulates her transformational first year at the helm of Summer Creek High School. In under 50 minutes, she takes you inside her playbook—teaching how to build culture through intentional warm-ups, competitive drills, and leadership development. From purpose-driven passing and shooting drills to high-energy rebounding and closeout...