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Learn Exactly How to Develop a TOUGH
Man-to-Man Basketball Defense and Shut Down Your Opponents with this Step-by-Step Guide and 67 Time-Tested Defensive Basketball Drills
Why is basketball defense so important?
For starters, it's something that you can actually control on the basketball court.
You can't always control how many three point shots fall in the basket, BUT you can control the intensity of your basketball defense.
When you think about it, almost every championship basketball team at the college and professional level had a great man to man defense...
Just look at the last 5 NBA champions and their Points Allowed per Game:
- 2007 San Antonio Spurs - 1st in Regular Season, 6th in Playoffs
- 2006 Miami Heat - 2nd in Playoffs
- 2005 San Antonio Spurs - 1st in Regular Season 4th in Playoffs,
- 2004 Detroit Pistons - 1st in Regular Season, 1st in Playoffs
- 2003 San Antonio Spurs - 3rd in Regular Season, 2nd in Playoffs
Now look at their Opponents PPS (Points per Shot):
- 2007 San Antonio Spurs - 1st in Regular Season, 4th in Playoffs
- 2006 Miami Heat - 10th in regular season, 2nd in Playoffs
- 2005 San Antonio Spurs - 3rd in Regular Season, 2nd in Playoffs
- 2004 Detroit Pistons - 1st in Regular Season, 1st in Playoffs
- 2003 San Antonio Spurs - 2nd in Regular Season, 1st in Playoffs
And if you look at the offensive statistics for each of these championship teams, NONE of them were at the top. Surprisingly, they were usually in the middle of the pack.
This is why SO many successful coaches constantly talk about the importance of basketball defense.
Great defense gives your team consistency and can keep you in games, even when you're not shooting so well.
So it's safe to say that basketball defense is REALLY important.
That is why our first full blown product is about man-to-man defense...
It's a brand NEW system that shows you EXACTLY how to develop a great man-to-man defense.
It's all laid out for you step-by-step. We give you all the basketball defense drills, philosophy, and exact steps you need to take. We've made it as easy as possible for you, even if you've never coached before. Experienced coaches will learn new things and brand new coaches will get a proven process to develop a great defense.
Imagine this for a moment...
Your team is on defense and they are waiting for the offense to bring the ball up the court...
The offense tries to move the ball around and probe with the dribble drive but NOTHING is there!
ALL five of your players are moving so quickly that the offense can't find an opening.
Your defense in PERFECT position...
They anticipate. They help each other. They rotate.
They contain the dribble penetration.
The ball never even gets close to the basket. The only thing the other team can do is launch up a long three pointer and PRAY it goes in.
All your players are talking, hustling, and shutting down the opponent.
The hustle and teamwork becomes contagious...
Other teams HATE playing against you because they never get easy shots.
Other teams HATE playing against you because their shooting percentage is horrible.
Other teams HATE playing against you because they know it's always one shot and DONE.
Other teams HATE playing against you because you're always back in transition waiting for them.
Other teams HATE playing against you because they almost never win.
You now have a reputation in the league and everyone knows that baskets NEVER come easy against your team. You have an awesome team!
Is that a beautiful picture or what?
Simplicity and teamwork at its best!
That was our goal when we developed this basketball defensive system for you...
We wanted to develop a system that teaches you exactly how to shut down the other team and win more games. And have fun doing it!
Who Should Consider This New Basketball Defensive System?
Basketball coaches:
Things actually turned out this way by pure luck, but our step-by-step system is exactly the same whether you are a youth basketball coach with 6 year olds, or an advanced basketball coach with college players.
The system will work for ALL age levels.
The ONLY difference will be the rate at which you advance through each step.
You will start with Step #1 and advance through each step just like everyone else. However youth coaches will move through each step slower than more advanced coaches.
For example, an experienced high school team might get through the first 7 steps in a couple days. But a youth coach might take two years to get through all 7 steps.
When coaching experienced players, we always start at the beginning because it's a great review for your players and coaches. In the off-season, players forget stuff. That's just how it is. It's just human nature. They're inevitably going to forget stuff and they're going to develop bad habits over the off-season.
Players will also pick up new things every year that they may have missed the season before. Eventually, your players will become defensive experts themselves and they'll be able to teach these same things to anyone else. When you get to that point, that's when you know that you've done a good job.
Bottom line, we have tried to structure things in a logical step by step process that allows you to implement your defense, no matter what age level.
Basketball players:
This product was developed for coaches. Will this product still help a high school or college player? Yes.
But I would NOT spend your hard earned money unless you're a high school or college player, and you're willing to take the time to study the book and learn some of the concepts.
The more you understand defense, the more you can impress your coach with your performance on the court. But we want to warn you. It takes the right type of player with the right mentality to benefit from this product. You need to consider your coach. Perhaps they have a different defensive system and philosophy? You can't go out there and use the exact team concepts we teach...
As a player, you'll need to read between the lines to figure out what applies to you and what does not apply to you.
In all honesty, we're torn about what to recommend to players. We do think some high school and college players will benefit from this product tremendously. And other players are NOT ready for this. Ultimately, it's your call.
What's included in the System?
Component #1 - 220 Page eBook: How to Develop a Great Man-to-Man Defense and Win More Games!
This is the heart of the system and where you should start.
The eBook begins by giving you the philosophy and theory behind a great defense.
We explain our 12 part formula to a successful defense. This is a simple, yet effective, formula that we devised with the help of other high school, college, and NBA coaches. This formula has worked wonders for us and we think it will work for you too.
It includes both the key tactics to great defense and the key philosophies that will keep everything in balance and ensure that your team reaches their potential!
When explaining each concept, we provide you with professional photos that show you the exact technique and positioning.
The eBook then moves into a Step-by-Step teaching system that includes all the basketball defensive drills, tips, and tactics you need to know when teaching your players. We tell you exactly what drill to use, when to use it, and suggest how you can progress though each set of drills.
Here's a list of some of the other things covered in this eBook:
- How to get your team to "buy-in" to the concept of defense and mentally commit to playing intense defense (this is half the battle)!
- The secrets to keeping your opponents shooting percentage LOW!
- How to effectively teach HELP and RECOVERY concepts.
- How to effectively teach defensive rotations.
- How to STOP the fast break and improve transition defense.
- How to teach defense to YOUTH teams.
- How to stop and lock down quicker players.
- The trick to stopping great point guards and keeping them out of the paint.
- How to defend SCREENS (switch, hedge, bust, slip?)
- How to develop defensive intensity and determination.
- How to get your players to STOP reaching and stay out of foul trouble -- yet still play hard.
- How to develop mental toughness.
- How to stop the pick and roll.
- How to contain the ball and apply ball pressure.
- The 10 keys to a great defensive stance.
- How to slide properly and guard the ball.
- How to force turnovers without fouling.
- How to quickly and effectively close out on the ball.
- Little secrets to apply more pressure to the offense.
- How to take advantage of the bad catch.
- Tips to stop getting beat by the dribble.
- What to do if the offensive player blows by you.
- How to defend the LOW POST.
- How to stop penetrating passes and keep the ball away from the basket.
- The trick to stopping the give-and-go cut.
- How to defend perimeter cuts.
- How to defend post cuts.
- How to establish good help positioning and quick recovery.
- How to always keep the ball as FAR away from the basket as possible.
- How to draw more charges.
- How to guard BIGGER players and shut down super star post players.
- The exact statistics you MUST track in order to have a great defense and why they are so important.
- How to improve your team's defensive quickness and agility.
- How to keep things FUN for young players.
- How to choose your defensive tactics (fronting post, shading baseline, switching screens, etc).
- How to use the shell drill and progressions to develop your defense.
- How to improve your team's COMMUNICATION and get everyone talking.
- How to secure the ball and improve defensive rebounding.
- Full court man-to-man pressing tips and tactics.
- How to effectively TRAP out of the man-to-man defense.
- How to handle game situations and keep your defense strong when it counts.
Component #2 - 96 Page eBook with 67 Basketball Defensive Drills
To make things easier, we created a separate eBook with ALL our basketball defense drills neatly organized for reference. This makes it easier to quickly find what you're looking for.
This Book is organized into the following sections:
- 7 Drills for Guarding the Ball
- 8 Perimeter Defense Drills
- 7 Post Defense Drills
- 5 Transition Defense Drills
- 4 Close Out Drills
- 4 Defensive Rebounding Drills
- 7 Drills for Defending Cuts
- 6 Drills for Defending Screens
- 3 Charging Drills
- 3 Rotation and Positioning Drills
- 4 Defensive Agility and Quickness Drills
- 9 Special Tactics and Competitive Defense Drills
Component #3 - 60 Minute Audio Interview & Transcript with Don Kelbick (NBA Development Coach)
Discover some very unique and out of the box defensive tactics by listening to Don Kelbick.
Don has coached professionally for 27 years, 25 years in college, including 14 as a head coach. Today Don provides individual training with NBA players. Two of his major clients are first team all NBA defensive players Raja Bell and Bruce Bowen.
Now in all fairness, Don did not teach them how to play defense, but he has learned a great deal about their priorities, their work ethic, intensity and things that they really believe is important through his work with them over the years.
Here's what you'll learn from the interview and PDF transcript:
- The three biggest mistakes teams make in their man to man defense.
- The TOP most important aspects to develop a great basketball defense that is tough to score against.
- How you can simplify things and make it EASIER for your players to learn defense.
- How to improve defensive communication.
- How to improve player intensity and work ethic.
- An easy way to teach HELP side positioning.
- Tips, tricks, and techniques that very few people are aware of and will give you an edge over the competition.
- Unique basketball defense drills and situational teaching techniques.
- How to describe to a young player that he is one or two passes away.
- How to teach defensive rotations.
- How to simplify teaching defense for young players.
- How to STOP a really good player that is good at penetrating and driving to the basket.
- How to STOP a really good post player that can score with his back to the basket.
- Teaching your team to get back in transition.
- How to stop the screen and roll.
- How to decide which tactics to use (hedging, switching, fronting post, etc).
- How to get your players to STOP FOULING, yet still play hard.
- How to improve your player's quickness on defense.
- How to create a tough defensive mentality.
You can download and listen to the interview in MP3 format. Almost all computers can play this format. You can also download the MP3 to your Ipod or any other device that plays MP3s.
We also transcribed the entire interview in PDF format, so you can download and read the entire thing.
Unedited Product Reviews
Here are comments and ratings from a customer survey that we conducted on 12/17/2007 (a few weeks after we released the product).
Below you'll find EVERY SINGLE survey comment that we received about the Basketball Defensive System, even the BAD ones (including one guy that asked for his money back and gave a rating of 1 out of 5)!
Every comment below is unedited.
We have never met and do not personally know any of the people that responded below.
"What an awesome product. I just wish that this would have been out a year or so ago before I purchased all those videos and other products (actually a couple thousand dollars).You guys did a great job! Forget buying anything else on defense. This is the only product you need."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Richey Gentry, Basketball Coach - Jourdanton, Texas
"If there are coaches (especially new coaches and coaches coaching youth teams) who need a
guide that's easy to understand that can help their team greatly improve their man to man defense, this is all they'll need to be successful because it provides a philosophy, teaching ideas, and drills for practice."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Terry Peaks, Basketball Coach - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
"I have never really looked at defense in the same way since (reading BreakthroughBasketball.com).
I have started to implement this with my boys and by the time they are U18's they will be known as the
best defensive team in our state. And state champions! I have been implementing the defensive principles for three weeks and have already seen a reduction in the oppositions shot percentage, we are already No. 1 in the division 2 competition with 13yr olds in a U16 comp, But I am sure that next year the boys will be 1st division leaders and be on top of that comp too."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Billy Brady, Basketball Coach - Queensland, Australia
"I thought the Man-to-Man Defensive System was an excellent presentation of a complex and multifaceted subject."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Dennis Wilkinson, Youth Basketball Coach - Berwick, Australia
"This is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! there is enough info to give a person many options and different levels to be creative and if somethjing doesnt work, look further and you can find solutions.
This program allows room for errors and room to find other options not to mention combining different skills to adjust to our needs
If you are open minded this product will save you time in your organization of your team. They do the thinking for you"
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Hipolito Hernandez, Middle School Basketball Coach - Albquerque, New Mexico
"This breaks down defense as well as anything I've seen or read! I have only been through 3/4 of book so far but outstanding work really a top level professional job. A must for any level coach!!!!! Thanks!!!"
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Lewis Rutherford, Basketball Coach - Edmond, Oklahoma
"Get for all levels. Easy to read and understand. No Zone for Youth!! Love it. Thanks!!!!!!"
Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Robert Osburn, Basketball Coach - Portland, Oregon
"I have enuff info to implement an effective m2m defense with out having to sift thru a lot of books. We have decided to build our defense practice around this material."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- James White, Middle School Basketball Coach - Baltimore, Maryland
"Great product. I wish youth coaches had to review your product before diving in without a clue. Thanks for the comprehensive , visually descriptive and easily understood overviews."
- - U.B. Mackenzie Jr., Middle School Basketball Coach - Burnt Hills, New York
"I went through the e-books and really enjoyed the interview with Don Kelbick. It was truly insightful. I am currently coaching boys of age 12 and13 in house league and the skill levels vary significantly on the team. Introducing the concepts in the books has really been easy for all levels to understand and apply. The proof was when we beat the first-place, undefeated team, in out last game by shutting them down in the final minutes.
Thank you again for the early Christmas. Happy Holidays to you and yours."
- Mauro Cicchelli, Middle School Basketball Coach - Oakville, Canada
"I have just begun to impliment the system with a 6th grade boys AAU team. We have only had 2 practices
using the material. We have a tournament this weekend and I'm excited to see how it goes. They have a lot to
learn and habits to break. But we did have a preview of the possibilities. Tonight we scrimmaged against another
team and shut them down in the first half. They only scored 6 points and we only had 1 foul. We got several
turnovers due to the wolf pack style defense. I love what you have done. Very simple to follow and full of sound
defensive principles. As a coach and former player, I wish I would have had this sooner.
Well worth the money. Again, very simple to follow and full of sound defensive principles. Even if you are a
seasoned veteran, it's a good read."
Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Michael Locati, Youth & High School Coach - Walla Walla, Washington
Here's another comment we received from Michael, 6 weeks after his rating & message above:
"We played a tournament last weekend and won. The winning was great but the true success that weekend was getting
the most out of our kids. They are understanding the principles of good defense. We played 4 games. We held all
of the teams to the lowest point totals in the tournament, 15,18,21 and 26. In the championship game the other team
only scored 21 points. The other team came away from the game very frustrated because they felt they couldn't hit
a basket. In reality they were never given an opportunity to shoot good, high percentage shots. The focus on
defense rather than offense has given our kids an opportunity to feel a part of the team and the game no matter
how much they play. They all feel they are contributing."
"Although i haven't got right through it yet i think it's great. I've coached for a long time
but having all the info in one package is fantastic. 'WELL DONE'"
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Rohan Pearce, Middle School Basketball Coach - Mildura, Australia
"Very easy to understand and implement. Works well for our 'small ball' teams. Since I started using
your stuff here are the latest results:
Y11 79-9 W
Y9 65-25 W
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Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Alex Price, High School Basketball Coach - Moor Row, United Kingdom
" This is a great reference to go to supplement my stuff. Very helpful in supporting a lot
that I do. ND TEACHING AN OLD DOG A FEW NEW TRICKS. Keep up the great work."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Jim Willis, High School Basketball Coach - Fairfield, Maine
"The Man-to-Man Defensive System is average. It needs more drills."
Rating: 3 Stars ***
- David Feldman, High School Basketball Coach - Warren, Michigan
"It's very good and essential. I haven't finish to read it yet but
I completely agree with your defensive concepts."
Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Giorgio Banfi - Cernusco Sul Naviglio, Italy
"This is a fantastic read. The 6 or so questions I was going to ask were all answered and more. I guess its hard to improve on near perfection.
This product helps teach players to move when the ball leaves the fingertips creating greater pressure simple but effective."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Gary Fraser, Basketball Coach - Melbourne, Australia
"Buy this system because defense wins games."
Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Derick Perry, Youth Basketball Coach - Ojai, California
"You should buy this product if you are having trouble with m2m."
Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Scott Benglen, Middle School Basketball Coach - Parker, CO
"This product is nearly complete and very clearly explained.
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Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Wim Cluytens, Basketball Coach - Mechelen, Belgium
"I want my money back and the first program you sent me
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Rating: 1 Star *
- Tony Castelli, High School Basketball Coach
"The system is ok for players between 10-15 years. Since I practice with novices, I can only use a small part of the drills. I would recommend your product to other coaches, but would tell them, that it's especially useful for the fundamentals of defense.
My suggestion to improve the product is to have more drills near to game situations
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Rating: 3 Stars ***
- Doris Tonnar, Youth Basketball Coach - Lorentzweiler, Luxembourg
"In this product, there are a lot of ideas that have been around for a long time and probably a timely
reminder to go back to them. There are a lot of different concepts and training drills that I will be working
through with my players. I would recommend this product to other coaches and I would simply tell them to start
at the beginning and follow through on all stages.
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Rating: 4 Stars ****
- David Rowe, Basketball Coach - Geraldton, Australia
"In our league and age group, we have to use man-to-man defense so this is a great reference - I
print certain pages and work the coaching tips with the team and with the other coaches. Well done.
I have recommended this to other coaches and will keep doing so...
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Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Kieran Daly, Basketball Coach - Grange Heights, Ireland
"So far, the system is very good. Well organized and descriptive. Honestly, I have not been through the
entire piece of work, but it has helped me tremondously. I am a new coach with 4th grade boys and all of your
material has benefited us.
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Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Patrick Connaughton, Youth Basketball Coach - Avon Lake, Ohio
"This is Coach Omar Louis. (Robert Louis) I just purchased your winning defense download and I love it.
Also, I would like to see you guys put out a download dealing with motion and continuity offenses on a more Intermediate level. I have the first free offense thing you sent and that's great as well
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- Omar Louis, High School Basketball Coach - Hawally, Kuwait
"I'm busy reading my e-book on defence! It's great.
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- Lynne White, Youth Basketball Coach - Torquay, Australia
"Firstly I want to tell that I have already downloaded the e-books and the recording with any problems.
I'm very excited, as you can feel it in my words. I want to thank you a lot for give us this great opportunity to
improve all our knowledge with all these tools…I hope all my teams are going to improve a lot their defence, when
I start to apply this knowledge.
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- Juan Carlos, High School Basketball Coach
"Hi guys, I am very happy that you will send free information to the coaches, I got your new man
defense book and it is came all and good, and I like it very much. I am doing a lots of things as in the book for
last two years, so now everything is paying back when we are playing against other teams.
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- Robert Kovacev, Middle School Basketball Coach
" Love it.
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- Ed Barela, High School Basketball Coach - Denver, Colorado
"This product is greatt!! I would recommend this to other coaches!
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- Zachary Ramey, Middle School Basketball Coach - Flossmoor, Illinois
"The Man-to-Man Defensive System is helpful. We will use many of these drills in our practices.
I mentioned this to the other coaches in our girls competitive league. Many of them will be playing together
in high school.
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Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Craig Uthe, Middle School Basketball Coach - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
"Very well done!
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Rating: 5 Stars *****
- Tim Lack, Youth Basketball Coach - McKinney, Texas
"Looks like it could be very effective. I would recommend this to other coaches. The drills and
teaching progressions are great. More pictures depicting technique would be helpful, possibly some sample
practice plans. Overall, a very solid product.
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Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Jerome Ruwe, Middle School Basketball Coach - West Chester, Ohio
"This system has excellent drills.
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Rating: 4 Stars ****
- Boyd Blair, Middle School Parent - Medina, Texas
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In summary, 35 customers left comments on the survey conducted on 12/17/2007.
27 of those customers provided a rating for the product.
The average customer rating comes to 4.37 out of a possible 5.
How Much Does it Cost?
The price for the entire package (which includes 2 eBooks, 1 audio program, and 1 transcript) is $29.00.
60 Day Money Back Guarantee
Just like any reputable book store or retail business, we have a 100% money back guarantee too.
We know there's a lot of stuff out there and it's difficult to know if you really want something until you try it out. So we believe the ethical thing to do is offer a money back guarantee.
If for any reason, your purchase is not what you expected, just send us a message and we'll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
How to Order
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3) Or call 1-866-846-7892 (toll free) to order by telephone.
We hope you enjoy this new defensive basketball system and drills.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Jeff and Joe Haefner
Breakthrough Basketball, LLC.
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