Great scramble defense drill from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo. The drill forces players to communicate, read the offense and above all hustle like crazy. Originally posted 2016-02-11 08:34:16.
Fran McCaffery 1-2-2 Three-Quarter Court Press
Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery teaches the subtleties of his 1-2-2 three quarter zone press. Originally posted 2016-01-26 09:03:56.
Trapping 2-3 Zone for Dead Balls
“Waco” is a “call” out of a 2-3 zone. Essentially the objective is to catch the other team sleeping and jump the ball at half court while taking away all […]
Transition Defense Principles
Today we’ll end our Defensive Fundamentals and Teaching Points series with the 7th article-on transition defense-arguably the cornerstone to a solid defensive program. We’ve previously spent considerable time discussing half […]
Team Defense Drill – Close Outs
Players line up like the image on the left. 5 passes to 6 then sprints at 2 to close out 6 passes to 1 then sprints at 3 to close […]
Do You Have a System For Evaluating Your Players on Defense?
Earlier this summer in our article on Player Efficiency Rating (PER), we mentioned that it was pretty much accepted that arriving at an accurate defensive PER was problematic because of […]