Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
Defending Ball Screens
Tony Barone, Memphis Grizzlies Assistant
Intro | Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
Get on the same page in your first team meeting
1. Need to give team confidence
2. Execute Offensively
3. Execute Defensively
4. Team Glossary- Terminology is important
5. Teach team vocabulary
6. Honesty goes both ways (coach and player)
7. Put players in challenging drills (5-4, 4-3, so they learn to play hard
Defensive mindset | Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
Being Screened is unacceptable, players must believe they can’t be screened.
Defense is about illusion, showing the offense what they don’t want to see
The best defenses are noisy defenses
Mental Toughness is developed with repetition and adversity, players must be held accountable equally.
On a ball screen | Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
1. Ball hand cannot get a shot
2. 1st pass cannot get a shot
Practice loading to the ball in shell drills.
3 people are needed to correctly defend the pick and roll
Types of pick and roll defense | Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
Contact Show- Hard hedge that makes contact with the ball handler. Helper must meet the roll high.
Soft Show- also known as leveling
Under- used in conjunction with the contact show. screened player goes under to delay roll and then recovers to man
Ice- also known as Downing the screen, ball handler is force opposite the screen. The call to ice screen comes from the screener. This is used to stop both dribble and passing ball reversals.
Blitz-Trapping the ball handler
Overall coaching tips | Tony Barone NBA Ball Screen Defense Notes
Teach every element of the game including how and when to foul
The best team plays are multi option team plays
Do not con yourself, if it doesn’t work accept that it doesn’t work.
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