Tag: defense

In the past 5 defensive articles we’ve covered a lot of ground including some thoughts on defending the screen/roll-pop. In an earlier article, we essentially shared thoughts on

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.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZrEzeHfMw?wmode=opaque&w=560&h=315] Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery teaches the subtleties of his 1-2-2 three quarter zone press.

“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

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

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