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numbered. This helps us work on helps and
rotations. The goals of these drills are: Stop
the ball; and use flashes to slow down the
offense and create doubt on the offense
until we recover.
Playing 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 where the defense
can’t steal the ball. When the coach blows
the whistle, the player with the ball shoots.
After the rebound, we play full court but the
player who shot the ball has to shoot another
ball before going back on defense.
The defense has to play outnumbered and
slow the offense until the last player gets
back on defense (diagr. 10, 11, and 12).
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6. Ball screen defense. We don’t have a
set way to guard the ball screen. Typically,
we guard it based on our opponents, although
this year we based it on the characteristics
of our post players. Here are
some basic concepts:
▼ With post players. Against those players
who are big and slow, push with
one hand up next to the player with the
ball. With small and fast post players,
we play flash or switch. In addition, if
we have fast post players, who are
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very strong, we can play trap or long
flash.
▼ Guard on guard: screens always SWITCH
unless there is a clear physical disadvantage
(diagr. 13 and 14).
7. Post defense. Based on our defense skills,
anticipation defense is one of our defensive
weapons, both in passing lanes and in the
low post. Therefore, defending in front is our
way to play the post and the helps come from
there. Only when our post players are physically
stronger we consider 1-on-1 near the
basket. If we have a disadvantage in the post
because of height or speed, we trap between
the posts for the following reasons:
▼ Our 4 is fast in reacting to changes, intelligent
defensively, and capable of switching
with the guards.
▼ Our 5 is big and can help 4 if the opposing
4 is stronger physically.
In our low-post trap, the rule is that we only
jump to the trap when the offense puts the
ball on the floor, never before. In this way,
we allow time for the rotations to get there.
8. Defensive switches. We switch every time
we can switch without creating a mismatch
between any of our players, and always
when our strongest players are defending
near the basket, especially in:
▼ Ball screens
▼ Off-the-ball screens
▼ Last second situations where we can
leave our posts close to the basket and
guards far away from it (diagr. 15 and
16).