Josh Pastner - Practice Drills

• Philosophy
• Offensive
• Simple. No gray area. (Lute Olson)
• Push, play fast, no offensive control. As a coach, exert control on defensive end and 50/50 balls.
• Offense is about freedom within structure.
• Win a lot of games with energy.
• Recruit to create. Don't eliminate ability to create.
• Open man is the go to man.
• Make the extra pass.
• Think less, move quicker.
• Get to the paint. Dribble penetrate the right way.
• Don't open up after screen; just get to rim (can do this because of type of player he recruits)
• Play after the play: what you do when the play breaks down (Sean Miller)
• Play to personnel.
• Loose ball mentality:
• Chart every one in practice and game.
• Not necessarily about a drill.
• Sit if you don't get loose balls.
• Can't emphasize 25 things and be good.
• If you play hard, have great energy, and have great emotion (and decent talent), you will win a lot of games.
• Practice in general:
• Lots of shell work. Need 3 stops in a row.
• Competition
• Live work
• Focus on making D guard. Have to be able to guard 1v1.
• Practice Drills:
• Every day:
• 3 man weave: no dropped balls, ball can't touch floor.
• 1 ball, 3 minutes. Must make 30. No misses.
• Let players listen to music.
• 3 man deflection:

• 1v1 Zig Zag Towel Drill
• 2x through
• O can't spin (no spin means no double team can come)
• 75% first time through
• Offense picks ball up once in back court  --> Defense goes dead call.
• Focus on midsection
• Keep towel stretched out behind neck. On dead call, towel goes up to full extension.
• 1v1 Full Tilt (full court)
• Check it on every possession. 
• Winner/loser on every possession. 
• Cycles
• Secondary break
• 1-->2-->score
• 1-->3-->score
• 1-->2-->5-->score
• 1-->3-->4-->score
• 1-->score
• Always throw ball ahead; catch on move.
• Don't slow down because of zone.
• Can lead up 5v0 with 3 or 4v0.
• Don't run the lanes; sprint the lanes.
• Always cross underneath OB to get into habit of crashing ORB.
• Only 1 can dribble on last rep.
• Ball can't hit floor.
• Get all 5 reps done in 28 seconds.
• Lots of 5v5 work from FT
• Can do best drills but at the end of the day, you have to play 5v5.
• Wizard Drill: good to help remember plays.
• 00:28 seconds
• 3-4 plays, 5v0
• Must get through all plays in allotted time
• Have to sprint to cuts or you can't finish in time
• In middle of play, can stop it and call different play.

Play hard + Great energy + Great emotion + Decent talent = Win a lot of games.