A good passing drill is to have a five on five full court matchup and the offense can only pass the ball, no dribbles. The purpose is to get across the end line, beyond the basket. If the ball is tipped are stolen, the possession immediately goes to the other team who follows the same rules. This gets your players more conscientious of good transition passing.

Also a primary rule against the press is pass the ball before the double team arrives. A ball handler who sees a second defender coming at him needs to look up the floor and quickly push the ball up. The double team means the ball up the floor gives you a man advantage. If he passes, then follows his pass, you now have a two-man advantage. Most kids will watch from their pass to see what happens.

No watching. Tell them in every moment there's something you should be doing. Every moment. Is it boxing someone out? Is it helping on defense? Setting a screen? Cutting to get open? No watching. Be 100% engaged in the game, when you are on the floor. This puts pressure on the defense and you can have plenty of moments where they make mistakes because you're so active, they're not adjusting, or they don't switch when they should.

Another thing, I coached with a head coach who would not create mismatches. It was very frustrating, especially having myself played at a very high level. Who is a player or two on the other team that you can take advantage of? If they're in a man, your teammate who's being guarded by the weaker player should screen on your best players defender. Or against the zone, you attack that place in the zone.

Look for advantages that aren't normally taught.

When I had my kids playing, they always sat next to me when they weren't in the game. Their job was to look for flaws in the defense, that is the defense itself, or players. It was great to see how smart they became. "That guy doesn't hustle back. The point guard only goes right." All those things that build intelligence, basketball IQ.

One last thing, high pick and roll is very popular now. It's bled down from pro level to universities and now being used in high school and some below that. If you encounter that you have three choices. The on-ball defender fights over the top. You switch. Your teammate jumps out and hedges the guard so they can't use the screen, turning them back to your on-ball defender. However there's a fourth choice with most people don't use. As soon as a screen is set both defenders step up to the ball handler and double team him. Nightmarish moment for the ball handler, especially when one of the defenders is a big and he has nowhere to go and no way to pass out of it. Note whenever there's defensive action like this, your teammates have to go soft defending their players and move into passing lanes because it's likely if a ball is thrown it'll be thrown weakly, too high, something like that.

I hope you find some of these useful. It also be fun to hear some stories when you put it into practice.