Spread Out The Defense
One of the worst mistakes that a basketball team can make when they have the ball is to allow the defense to make the court smaller. Frequently this happens when the offensive...
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Frustrate Your Opponents With Aggressive Rebounding
I coach basketball defense around the idea that every possession should end up in either a turnover or a rebound. With this in mind, there are a number of principles that we...
Agility Can Be Trained Generally And Specifically
Agility is often a difficult physical ability to train. I often view it as the summation of the athlete’s physical abilities (strength, speed, mobility, etc.) that is applied to the sport’s movement...
Control The Red Zone To Control The Game
In basketball, ideally a defensive series ends with either a turnover or a rebound. One way to accomplish that is to control the court around the basket all the way up to...
Pass Denial is Key to Basketball Defense
In an article that I wrote for STACK (http://www.stack.com/2014/09/01/better-basketball-defense/) I touched on the importance of pass denial for good basketball defense. Ideally each defensive series in basketball ends with a turnover or...