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...
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...
Pressure Defense: “On the line, up the line” by Robb Schultz Of all the pressure defense phrases I yelled this season, I yelled the title of this article the most. Defensively we have always been a pressure-oriented team but lacked a complete focus or purpose in our...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
How the OKC Thunder Defended Steph Curry in Game 4 The OKC Thunder and Golden State Warriors will face off tonight in a much anticipated Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. After Oklahoma City shocked the San Antonio Spurs last round, they have kept up the...
