Using the PNR Switching Defense has become a widely popular coverage at all levels of basketball. Switching the pick and roll serves many purposes for the defense: Takes away direct looks and scoring options Simple tactic if you have versatile personnel Does not require help or rotation from other defenders Can slow down the pace …
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How to Change Your Team’s Defensive Mentality Using Consecutive Stops by Raymond Navarro Basketball is a game of runs, and to go on a run, you have to accomplish two things. One, score the basketball and two, get multiple stops in a row. For the 2011 national championship UCONN Huskies, consecutive stops was a huge …
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Pressure Defense: “On the line, up the line” by Robb Schultz
I am a believer that Transition Defense Principles are the most critical thing in a basketball game. If you lose the transition game, then nine times out of 10 you will lose the game period. I teach my student-athletes that half-court defense most of the time starts full court, as soon as we make or …
Ball Screen Defense – “Squeeze” Coverage by Wes Kosel Building on the post from earlier in the week on “Thru” ball screen coverage, this defensive call is a slight variation to thru. This coverage still stays in the same idea of the ball handler’s defender going under the screen instead of over the top. This …
Ball Screen Defense – “Thru Coverage” by Wes Kosel Ball Screen Defense – This article will look at one way to guard ball screens with a “thru” coverage. Ball screens can be guarded a variety of ways including going over the screen with hard hedges, shows, soft shows, no shows, switches, traps, and many more. …
Tony Bennett – Virginia Cavaliers Post Defense by Wes Kosel Here is a video with several clips showing post defense by Tony Bennett’s Virginia Cavaliers. Bennett is entering his 11th season as a head coach and 8th at Virginia. His overall record in 10 seasons is 234-105, with 69 wins as the head coach at …
How we approach Half Court Man Defense by Russell Hodgkiss I’d like to talk a little bit about how we approach half court man defense. It is my firm belief that the best way, and maybe the easiest way to build a winning culture, is by playing great defense. It promotes toughness, a team first …
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