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Defensive Drills Archives

Defensive Drills: Often overlooked, frequent practice at defensive drills will often be the difference between a winning or a losing team. Defensive drills should focus both on the physical aspects (ie. sliding, rebounding, boxing out, blocking shots) as well as the mental aspects (ie. zone coverage, help side defense, double-teaming situations). Ensure that your defensive drills are run in competitive game situations… this allows your players to easily adjust to playing 100% on defense when the game arrives.

Man to Man Basketball Plays – Man to Man Defense

Here’s a basketball practice idea that really helped my team work on their man to man defense. Try these man to man basketball plays with your team for immediate results.

Basketball Defense Drills – Defensive Intensity & No Fouls

This is one of my favorite basketball defense drills. The purpose of this basketball drill is defensive intensity with no fouls and offensive toughness with a good pass.

Basketball Defense Drills

Could you use some fresh ideas for basketball defense drills? Here are a couple of basketball drills we use to conditon our ball handlers as well as enhance our defense.

Basketball Defense Drills

Too often our girls don’t know how to defend once their offensive player passes the ball to the wing. This is one of the basketball defense drills that has helped out our girls tremendously.

Basketball Defense – Man to Man Defense

Coming up with fresh ideas for coaching basketball defense can be challenging. This basketball drill has been good in working on pressure man to man help side defense.