Dick Bennett: The "Pack-Line" Pressure Defense (DVD)

by Championship Productions

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with Dick Bennett, Washington State University Head Coach, 7th Nationally in "Scoring Defense" ('04-'05), '00 "Final Four"(WI) It has been 20 years since Coach Dick Bennett released his best selling "Pressure Defense" instructional video. Now Bennett is back to share how his pressure defense has evolved into the unstoppable "Pack-Line" defense that have earned his WSU Cougars back-to-back scoring defense titles. By utilizing the "Pack-Line," the defense shuts down penetration and the post. Here is a sample of what Bennett teaches and demonstrates in this ultimate defensive video: Bennett guides you through the systematic process of teaching, demonstrating, and providing drills to reinforce the "Pack-Line" defense. He teaches the two aspects of defense a coach can control: Transition defense and shutting down the post. Coach Bennett's post defense principles (and four different drills to enhance your team's post defense). Ball pressure strategies and techniques. "Off the ball" defensive strategies. Bennett's philosophy on guarding ball and post screens, as well as a demonstration to show how to keep the continuity of the defense and not allow easy buckets. Discussion of the seven situations that can cause your defense problems. Extensive game footage to reinforce and give you a better understanding of how the "Pack-Line" defense comes together - to give your team the advantage to dominate your opponent. Known as one of the premiere defensive minds in the game, Coach Bennett scores big with his must have "Pack-Line" defense. 75 minutes. 2005.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stop the Dribble Drive Motion!, October 13, 2009

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Kevin Sivils - KCS Basketball Enterprises (Katy, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dick Bennett: The "Pack-Line" Pressure Defense (DVD) (Misc.)

When I started out as a head basketball coach in 1985, my college coach, Jack Trager, pointed me to Dick Bennett for information on pressure man-to-man defense. I purchased Coach Bennett's original tape on his then cutting edge on-the-line, up-the-line approach to playing man-to-man defense. I won a lot of games with that system, which Coach Bennett came to refer to as "push" man-to-man. You were essentially trying to disrupt the opponent's offense and "push" the opponent first to the sideline and then to the baseline where things were really going to start going bad for you.

Then, the rules changed, the three point shot evolved, and Coach Bennett changed schools and found he had much less talent. Thus, the "pack" defense was born. Unlike push, pack does not want to stop you from running your offense. It just isn't going to allow you to penetrate the "pack line." The pack line is an imaginary line about 18 inches inside the high school three point line. You can dribble all you want against this defense, if it is played properly, you aren't going to get any penetration. No penetration, no threes! Great positioning in this defense makes it hard to screen as well.

With the new dribble drive motion being all the rage, expect to see this defense emerge as the answer. DDM teams don't rely on screening so they will struggle against the pack.

Bennett does a good job of showing the entire system and how to teach it. Coach Bennett has never gotten the credit he deserves as an innovator, both on offense and defense.

Kevin Sivils - author of Game Strategy and Tactics for Basketball
Game Strategies and Tactics for Basketball: Bench Coaching for Success