HDPlaybook: Top Offensive Videos of the Week

Through out the week, HoopDirt.com has been sharing coaching videos on Twitter. Below are our Top Offensive Videos:


1. PICK AND ROLL OFFENSE 101 with Assistant Coach Dave Severns of the Los Angeles Clippers is an incredible primer on incorporating the pick and roll action into an offensive attack. Covering everything from the basic teaching points to locations on the floor, this video will help you supercharge your offense. It also includes a series of 2 on 0 Drills and 3 on 0 Drills that get your players multiple shots and looks in practice. Plus there’s great chapters on attacking teams that try and “Down” a pick and roll and using pick and rolls in transitions. This is a “must have” release on the most important aspect of contemporary basketball offense.

For more, follow the link HERE.

#2. Atlanta Hawks Assistant Coach, Matt Hill, recently completed a series of coaching clinics in Australia.  This video is from his second clinic, in Melbourne, on the topic of ‘Transition Offence’.  

Matt is one of the best in the NBA in the area of Player Development.  He has worked with NBA All-Stars Victor Oladipo, Nikola Vucevic and Vince Carter, as well as, NBA First Team All Rookie Trae Young.

In this clinic, Coach Hill takes the audience through the Atlanta Hawks’ Transition Offence which created the 3rd highest quality of shots in the NBA (Shots in the paint and from the 3pt line) in the 2018-2019 season.  The video includes the method for how the Hawks divide the shot clock into phases, what they consider to be a great shot, how they space the floor and how they attack to create advantages.  He also goes into specific sets out of their “AB” and “C” spacing.  

For more, follow the link HERE.

3. Here is your chance to learn the legendary Pistol Offense as popularized by Coach Mike D’Antoni and now used by the majority of NBA teams. Los Angeles Clippers Assistant Coach Dave Severns teaches and explains with on-court demonstrations how the offense uses with flow and pace get quality shots early on. The great spacing allows for drives to the basket and the pick and roll actions provide interior scoring options as well as great 3 point opportunities. This is an offense that can be utilized at every level of the game!

For more, follow the link HERE.

4. Coach Charlie Henry breaks down the offensive concepts utilized by Coach Nate Oats at the University of Alabama. Coach Henry goes into spacing, screening in transition and the importance of ball movement and attacking with the dribble.

For more, follow the link HERE.