- Olympic medal winners all used man-to-man defense...teach man-to-man if you want to develop good zone. Contain.
- Keep the ball in front of you (ultimate simplicity)
- Distill to the essence. "Doing words"
- Stance, balance, "nose behind the toes" (Balance check)
- Hand position - dig hand and deflection hand
- Footwork - must move correct foot first (intuitive?)
- Head position - stability not rocking
- 15:03 Defending crossover - swing step/drop step and hand position change
- (I think it is important to teach 'hip turn' (NFL cornerback) because ball pressure will also get beaten by top guards - Coach reviews this later)
- 17:30 "Be down" (a.k.a. 'shoulders game' - low man wins)
- "Slide-run-slide"
- 24:35 DRILL. "Gateway drill" = paint denial from half court. Initially takes hands out of the drill. Initially WITHOUT the ball. Then adding hand movement but still no basketball. "Defensive spacing" - favors initially one meter. Then adds ball...no spin dribbles allowed. 3 move limit for offensive player.
- 37:00 Closeouts. Most difficult skill. 3 player drill. 2 wings, defender in key. Coach on top. "1000 pushups." "Most popular move off closeout is crossover." High hands then "lock down" to limit the crossover.
- "Deny from the ball side, help on the help side."
- 46:10 "Ball pressure buys time for defense."
- 2nd Peg chest pass to wing and closeout (1 on 1)
- Drill Modified: 2 wings, coach on top, defense tandem; skip pass into play.
- 53:35 3 on 3 closeout DRILL across (live play)...baseline and foul line/extended wings
- Full court defense. Turning in the back court, channelling (forcing) in the forecourt. No middle.
- Uses "part-whole" method.
- "Line of the ball concept" reiterated...2-on-2
- 1:07:00 Teaches "run and switch" (run and jump) out of the turn (advanced concepts) from the side.
- Core elements in his system: contain, trap, run-and-switch
- 1:12:45 1/3 (from player) 2/3 from ball when on 'split line (bisecting line)
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
FIBA Man to Man Defense Clinic (Annotated)
Annotated clinic from Patrick Hunt (FIBA)...basic but important. I find players want to play off the dribbler because they FEAR getting beaten.