Arizona State University Head Men's Coach;
Back-to-Back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2018 & 2019 (first time for ASU program);
Head Coach at University at Buffalo from 2013 to 2015;
2015 MAC Regular Season Champions;
2015 MAC Tournament Champions & NCAA Tournament appearance;
Associate Head Coach at Rhode Island from 2012 to 2013;
7th overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft;
played for Sacramento Kings from 1993 to 1998;
played for the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1998;
played college basketball at Duke University from 1989 to 1993;
All time NCAA leader in assists;
2x NCAA Champions (1991, 1992);
Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1992);
played high school basketball at St. Anthony HS (father Bob Hurley Sr. was coach)The ball screen has come to stay at every level of basketball and no matter if you already use ball screens or if you are not running a ball screen in your offense and want to better understand it, this is the video for you!
Arizona State’s Coach Bobby Hurley has made the ball screen a staple of their offense.
During his coaching tenure, Coach Hurley is known for developing tremendously adept guards. This on-the-court instructional video shows you how to implement different ball screening actions and how to train your guards to make the reads necessary to score on every play!
In this highly valuable video, you will get warmup drills, ball-screening actions, reads, ball-screen drills and special set plays that utilize many of these new ball screening tactics.
Everything you need to take your ball-screen offense to the next level is covered!
Structuring Practices and Warmups
Coach Hurley begins by talking about why he enjoys running ball screen offense so much and shares stories from his remarkable playing career. Hurley explains how he wants his teams to play and why. He believes one of the best ways to use the ball screen is to have as many unpredictable actions during the flow of an offensive possession as possible.
To run a ball-screen offense effectively, it requires a lot of time dedicated to it during practice. Coach Hurley shows a slide that breaks down his practices into time spent on different things. This will give you a picture of how to structure a practice to ensure your players improve with the ball screen offense.
Next, Coach Hurley puts players through a typical warmup. It includes a ball handling warm up utilizing one and then two basketballs at a time. The ‘Drive and Kick Drill’ teaches players the skills they need to be great within the ball screen offense. Each player works on different finishes around the rim. They move from basic skills work to more advanced drills which provide coaches with multiple options adaptable to their players’ own skill levels.
Ball-Screen Actions, Reads and Set Plays
Moving to the ball-screen actions, Coach Hurley shows all the possible actions and reads that can occur when running ball screens in your half-court offense. Beginning with the ‘Wing Ball-Screen,’ Hurley shows off guard work with post players, while stressing the importance of developing the timing needed to be successful.
Coach Hurley shows how developing pocket passes allow guards and posts to get comfortable with different defensive adjustments. Hurley then uses examples of drill work to get players used to executing the Wing Ball-Screen against a down or ice defensive coverage. Hurley goes into detail with the ‘Lift Drill,’ which gets players reps from the lift action or backside action of the ball screen. In this drill, he shows how throwing back to the lift player allows for continued action and flow within your ball screen offense.
Ten different reads are worked on during this segment including how to “snake” the ball screen when the defense gets used to it going one way.
Ball screens can occur at many different spots on the floor, and each requires different reads from post players and guards. The ‘Middle Ball-Screen’ is a very common action utilized with ball screen offense. In this drill segment, players see the reads and practice the adjustments. The drive-and-flip action keeps the defense on their heels as guards use the initial ball screen to flip it to a teammate who immediately gets another screen on the ball. This highly effective action is great for getting your guards and post players looks at the rim.
Four set plays are shown in the final part of the video that incorporates all the previous drill work done. A ball screen out of a UCLA-action will not only get your guards and post players scoring opportunities driving downhill, but it also provides 3-point shot options as well. The types of ball screens in these plays include, wing, step up, middle, and horns that all keep the defense on their heels as your offense is in attack mode!
Take your ball screen offense, and your post and guard reads, to the next level with this terrific video featuring Coach Bobby Hurley!
61 minutes. 2023.