Muffet McGraw's Shooting Drills

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Notre Dame Coach Muffet McGraw
Notre Dame Coach Muffet McGraw

At Notre Dame, Head Women's Coach Muffet McGraw has led her Irish to the 2018 and 2001 NCAA National Championships. Over more than 30 years her teams have been to eight Final Fours (1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2018), and have won 77% of their games.

Below are several videos of her favorite shooting drills with assistant Beth Cunningham, using the Shoot-A-Way Gun. The Shoot-A-Way gun is a great tool, but if you don't have a Gun, you can still do these drills using assistants or managers to make the passes out. These shooting drills are helpful in their breakdown of the Princeton offense, getting shots that they expect to get within their offense.

Back and Forth Shooting



Pull-up Jumpers



Pull-up Jumpers with a Defender



3-Point Catch and Shoot and Baseline Drift Pass and Shot



Princeton Shots off Screen-Away



Game-Like Princeton Shots



Princeton Pitch Pass and Shooting



Princeton Chin Flare Pass Shots



Drive and Kick Shots




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Gun Shootaway Shooting Drills:


Mastering the Princeton Offense

Coach Quinn McDowell has a new excellent online program, "Mastering the Princeton Offense". Any coach serious about the Princeton offense should sign up for this course. It includes a 47 page pdf that details and diagrams all the actions, quick hitters, drills, terminology, etc. There are many video clips including whiteboard discussions with Coach McDowell, and game video clips - film study - of teams running the offense.