Larry Shyatt Basketball Defense Notes
Thoughts on building a defensive minded program
Larry Shyatt, University of Wyoming
Contact information
Lshyatt@uwyo.edu
Overall Principle | Larry Shyatt Basketball Defense Notes
Hard work and teamwork win over talent when talent refuses to work hard
You (A coach) must breed a culture of finding the defensive edge.
A team can negate talent with
1. Intellect
2. Hard Work/ Work Ethic
3. Conditioning
4. Attitude (are you an energy giver
Keys to be a better individual defender | Larry Shyatt Basketball Defense Notes
1. Hands ,feet, and mouth ( all 3 must work at the same time and 2 out of three won’t work
2. Communicate with ELC: Early, Loud, and Continuous
Ways to coach better defense | Larry Shyatt Basketball Defense Notes
1. Common Defensive Vocabulary
2. Keep Hustle Stats in practice
a. First to the floor
b. Drawn Charges
c. Attempted drawn charge
d. Blocked Shots
3. Teach close-outs/ and close-out angles (no middle, no sideline, no baseline) depending on court positioning
4. Decide what shots you want your opponent to take
5. Decide what shots you don’t want them to take
Coaches must determine what effects winning for their team
How do you breed toughness | Larry Shyatt Basketball Defense Notes
1. No fouls
2. Keep things live until defense earns possession
Don’t be a prisoner to your rules
1. All preseason you can teach fundamentals, but later you need to accept what players are doing successfully, even if it isn’t your way.
You will learn how to develop habits through daily reinforcement with the main emphasis on a defensive mindset. The program must make sure that the players know the game and what they are attempting to accomplish. They use overload drills to make it difficult on defense by adding extra offensive players. The main key to practice is to make sure that your team is early, loud, and talkative. Doing these defensive drills will make them a great defensive team. Your players need to know all about guarding the ball, position defense using the rope, pass denial, guarding dribble penetration, post defense, defense transition, 4 on 3 scramble, trapping and full court lay-ups.
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