Keeping the offense out of the paint should always be your first priority on defense, and while good communication and help rotations are key for maintaining this, it all starts with the on ball defender. His ability to keep his man in front of him and out of the key is crucial if you want [...]
One of the basketball defense drills I love and my team loves is continuity. It teaches defense, patience, hard work, and intensity!
Here is one of my favorite basketball defense drills. This is a good drill to handle tough defensive pressure and also to apply effective defensive pressure. It is called the 12 second drill.
One of our biggest problems was transition defense. So here is one of the basketball defense drills that we do called four man touch the line. This is a great drill for offensive transition, and defensive transition.
This is one of our basketball defensive drills that we call the Herding Drill. It is a drill that is designed to teach players how to trap properly and also how to defeat a trap.
Here’s a little strategy that I use for my basketball defensive drills. We run a full court diamond press.
This is one of the basketball defensive drills we use often in practice. I like it because it not only focuses on some of the key components to defense but it also helps us to develop our offensive game.
This is one of our simple basketball defensive drills that was started as a defensive drill because we didn’t close out on the shooter very well. It as since evolved into a combo defense offense drill. Very simple and even more effective.
One of the biggest problems I had for years was to keep up the intensity level at practice. I found the solution a few years ago. We call one of our favorite basketball defensive drills – The Duke.
One of the basketball defensive drills I like for kids is one I call the Shuffle Drill. Set up 8 cones on a the court–4 on one sideline approximately just above the free throw line, a little bit below the free throw line, half court, and the other free throw line. Then the other 4 [...]
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