Book excerpt: THE PRESSURE RELEASE PLAYBOOK If you coach long enough, the day will come when a more athletic defense completely suffocates you by putting a ton of ball pressure, denying all wing entry passes, and by making it extremely difficult for you to execute your offense. What do you do? The Pressure Release Playbook has the answers. Choose from any number of plays that will help alleviate against that defensive pressure. Choose from plays that do not require an entry pass. Instead, choose from those that use a dribble entry or elbow flashes that will allow you to initiate your offense efficiently. You will also learn how to run pressure release plays that can help lead to some easy backdoor lay-in’s that will help soften up the defense. If you want to run a successful program, then you have to have an answer for pressure defenses. This playbook was developed by coaches for coaches to help them find pressure release plays that will make life just a little easier for their players, so they do not have to work so hard on the offensive end. Don’t fight pressure anymore. Attack it head-on with the Pressure Release Playbook! Features: 496 Pages Over 300 Plays to choose from 75 Practice Drills to choose from to help your players learn how to handle pressure and work on pressure release actions Great plays to use when facing teams who pressure the basketball and deny the wings and one pass away These are great plays to use that typically do not require a wing entry pass but instead will involve a post entry pass or a dribble entry Pig Action Plays & Drills Pinch Post Action Plays & Drills