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​Defensive Anchors

5/30/2018

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1.PLAY HARD
It is important to take pride in defensive effort. This is one area of the game that can and should be constant. 
 
2. SEE THE BALL / SEE THE MAN
Be aware of where the ball is at all times. An offensive player cannot score without the ball. 
Guarding a player with the ball our position is BALL-YOU-BASKET. 
BALL-YOU-MAN away defense to prevent "face-cuts" to the basket.
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3.PRESSURE THE BASKETBALL 
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Key defensive philosophy is to apply IMMEDIATE and CONSTANT PRESSURE on the ball. 
Force the ball to be dribbled to the outside, take away the outside shot, and take away any easy ball movement. 
Attack the ball without fouling, or giving up stances, or allowing penetration. 

TOUCHES, DEFLECTIONS, COVER THE BALL. 
Guarding any player one pass away is a
DENY STANCE-ON THE LINE, UP THE LINE. 
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If the ball is on the side of the floor, keep one body part in the passing lane. This means that the defender is between the offensive player and the ball. Put the offensive team under constant siege for the full game. 
“FOULING NEGATES HUSTLE.” Play aggressively and smart using sound techniques and principles. ​​
4.COMMUNICATION
It is essential that all five players communicate with each other. Calling “ball”, yelling “help”, "shot", “skip” or “double” helps ensure that all five defenders will be in good position and know what is happening on the court. 
Three talking rules: Early, Loud and Often. 

5.NO DIRECT PASSES OR DRIVES 
Make the offense throw passes below or above, not through. ​Therefore, the only acceptable pass to give up is a lob pass.  Force the offense to their weak hand to take away the straight line drive. ​
6.STANCE AND SPACE
Basic stance is butt (bucket) down, chest out, hands and feet shoulder width apart with hands high and out. 
Left foot, left hand is forward. PUSH THE PLAYER AWAY FROM THEIR STRONG HAND. 
When guarding the ball, outside hand should mirror the ball, trying to touch the ball as often as possible. 
Inside hand is deflector hand. Defensively, take up space and look to defend in the neutral zone. 

7.SPRINT TO THE BALL
Any time the ball is passed
​YOU MUST SPRINT TO THE BALL. 

Move on airtime. Make gradual, quick, immediate adjustments in your stance. Be in position before the ball is caught. Sprinting to the ball allows proper position to front cutters, avoid screens (be a moving target), and help teammates. 
Any time the ball is dribbled, make the proper ball side or help side adjustments in positioning. 
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8.TRANSITION AND COMMUNICATION
Quick, organized transition with communication by all five players is a must for a great defensive team. 
STOP THE BALL. Sprint to the level of the ball, eliminate all cheap baskets, and make opponents go against set defense. 
NO LAYUPS, NO THREES, NO FOULS, NO SECOND SHOTS. When in doubt, recover to the paint and then find man. 

9.QUICK HELP AND EARLY RECOVERY
There is no such thing as helping too quickly. This is not a suggestion but a requirement. Protect the gap and deny one pass away. When the ball gets steered into the next outside gap, be ready to provide quick help to the ball. On help, recover on line to offensive player as the ball is picked up. When guarding screens, talk and communicate with teammates. It is generally a goal not to switch when facing screens. Rather, hedge and recover, opening a gap for teammate to slide through so they can continue guarding their man. 

10.BLOCKOUT AND OUTLET
Defensive effort is completed when we have POSSESSION OF THE BALL (ICE) - Identify, Contact, Explode. 
When the ball is shot ALL FIVE PLAYERS have rebound responsibility - covering the paint in a triangle shape with guards blocking out then moving to the elbow areas. Play the odds when rebounding a jump shot and flood the weak side with a guard to give additional rebounding strength. ​
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​On Doing Your Best

5/6/2018

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A coach can only do his best, nothing more, but he does owe that, not only to himself, but to the people who employ him and to the youngsters under his supervision. If you truly do your best, and only you will really know, then you are successful and the actual score is immaterial whether it was favorable or unfavorable. However, when you fail to do your best, you have failed, even though the score might have been to our liking.

This does not mean that you should not coach to win. You must teach our players to win and do everything in your power that is ethical and honest to win. I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective. However, I want to be able to feel and want my players sincerely to feel that doing the best that are capable of doing is victory in itself and less than that is defeat.

It is altogether possible that whatever success I have had or may have could be in direct proportion to my ability not only to instill that idea in my players but also live up to it myself.

Therefore, I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their best effort. They must be eager to become the very best that they are capable of becoming. I tell them that, although I want them to be pleased over victory and personal accomplishment, I want them to get the most satisfaction from knowing that both they and the team did their best. I hope that their actions or conduct following a game will not indicate victory or defeat. Head should always be high when you have done your best regardless of the scores and there is no reason for being overly jubilant at victory or unduly depressed by defeat.

Furthermore, I am rather thoroughly convinced that those who have the self-satisfaction of knowing they have done their best will also be on the most desirable end of the score as much, and perhaps more, than their natural ability might indicate.


John Wooden, from: Practical Modern Basketball
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