"Ralph Miller's Pressure Basketball" is a film that was released by OSU Sports Productions ca. 1983. It consists of a series of conversations between Oregon State University head basketball coach Ralph Miller and Pat Lafferty, who was the host of the "Ralph Miller Show," which was produced weekly during the men's basketball season in the early 1980s. In "Ralph Miller's Pressure Basketball," the OSU coach details his philosophy of practice and play, breaking the game down into multiple components.
The film was released by OSU in two parts, both of which are presented here in a single file. Each part includes footage of OSU practices and games, with specific clips chosen to illustrate a concept being described by Miller. Part One includes the following: the jump stop, the pass, 3 on 3 drills, 4 on 4 drills, pressure defenses, and the team concept. Subjects discussed in Part Two include: rebounding and the outlet pass, the breaking game, the high lob pass, the inside game, passing against the zone defense, attacking the zone defense, and attacking the man defense.
This film was digitized from two Umatic tapes held in the Intercollegiate Athletics Moving Images (FV 031 - Acc 2022:072), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
