Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery teaches the subtleties of his 1-2-2 three quarter zone press.
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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 […]
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Transition Defense Principles
The 7th post in Defensive Fundamentals and Teaching Points series will be on perhaps the most important piece – transition defense, arguably the cornerstone to […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Pick and Roll, Cuts & Flashes – Defensive Fundamental and Teaching Points V
Now that we’ve covered on the ball defense, defending the post, shell defense and help and recover in some detail, it’s time to discuss offensive tactics […]
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