Seminar Curriculum
Demand players COMPETE and FINISH.
Teach individual and team skills in a simple competitive manner.
Manage parents, agents, school administrators and the media.
Drills teach both offense and defense and always reinforce good habits - never bad habits.
Press breaker invented by Dean Smith that can be employed against all presses.
Out of bounds plays with great spacing and angles that require little time to master but ensure successful entry.
Man defensive system that is simple and straight forward to teach with specific drills to teach specific skills.
Control tempo - play time and score basketball. Play with the lead down the stretch to win.
Define players defensive strengths and weaknesses and define their role on defense.
How to attack and be successful versus a half court 1-3-1 zone.
What to say during timeouts. “It’s not what you tell your players, it’s what they hear, and can execute” KISS approach.
Practice to beat the best not the average.
Proven quick hitter plays verses man defense.
Motion principles with corresponding drills versus zone defense.
In-bound sets versus extreme pressure from everywhere on the floor. (2025 Duke team lost because of this)
During this “chalk talk” you can work with Coach Diener to determine what you are most interested in learning about. The seminar is a conversation about coaching basketball and can focus on any one area or can be a broad system analysis. There is great flexibility.
