Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #30 Shell Drill

Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #30 Shell Drill

Author: Martin Plum August 11, 2026 Duration: 26:10

Shell Drill is one of the most basic drills in our game, but if you are going to "Win The Season", you've got to be able to change up your Shell Drill to match what your team needs! In this podcast, we discuss the importance of Shell, how to change up your Shell Drill to keep your players engagement up and how you can position yourself on the floor to make yourself a better Shell coach. In addtion, we have a great quote from one of basketball's greatest defensive coaches in Adolph Rupp, and we discuss one of America's best kept secrets in coaching . . . and he'd like to keep it that way.


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