Rick Majerus on Post Play

While looking at some more individual drills for our team next year, I came across some older Rick Majerus notes on Post Play.  I have had the chance to see him in a clinic and was blown away by the amount of technical and tactical knowledge the man has.  Here are some of his notes from the Don Meyer Coaching Academy.

• Transition
• 1st 3 steps are the most important
• Post players have to be strong and be able to run the floor (beat the defense)
• Post players have to be able to shoot free throws.  Being big is not a reason for missing
• 3 things to do everyday
• Transition defense
• skill development 20-40 minutes a day
• Mikan drill 
• Step heel-toe, release ball in between 1 & 12 o'clock, pull ball out of net
• Free throws
• 3 things to develop for post players
• Soft hands to catch
• strong hands
• soft touch when shooting
• Why post players miss shots
• Not low enough
• dont focus on target
• dont get the ball high enough
• Post Player philosophy 
• low-sit in stance
• slow-be patient
• under control
• need to have 1 go move and 1 counter move
• Working on seals
• Must work on them every day-cover situations
• jump hooks
• Keep contact on seal
• dont leave the pass
• keep body into the defense on the jump hook
• keep head up to hoop
• Essentials for post play
• Front th epost with heavy ball pressure
• pressure passer on P&R

1 of the first books I read was My life On a  Napkin, it is a book that I enjoyed at a young age and really gave an inside look into Majerus.