with Mike Rice, Rutgers University Head Coach;
former Robert Morris University Head Coach,
2008 NEC Jim Phelan Coach of the Year,
NABC District 3 Coach of the Year

Improve your players' ability to finish in your half court offense.

Mike Rice, who has claimed back-to-back NEC regular-season championships in his first two years as head coach at Robert Morris, presents a catalog of 1-on-1 breakdown drills to improve offensive skill development.

Coach Rice breaks his drills down into three areas:

• Finishing Drills
• Attacking Drills
• Read and React Drills

In all of his drills, Rice emphasizes a level of demand or urgency in executing both offensive and defensive fundamentals and skills.

Use the finishing drills to teach players to fearlessly attack the basket, play strong with the ball, and make good decisions. These drills will take your players out of their comfort zone and prepare them for game-like situations.

Incorporate Rice's attacking drills to keep your offensive players on the attack and practice making quick decisions off of the dribble.

Improve your players' ability to read and react using screens. Rice will show you how to run this drill using the screening action that is already in your offense and with the down screen, flex screen, flare screen, and pinch screen.

Simplify your teaching and improve your offensive attack by incorporating these effective 1-on-1 breakdown drills into your practice plan.

68 minutes. 2010.