Is defensive teaching important?
Pick-and-roll defense:
Where is the screen? To know defense, you must know offensive intent.
What angle is involved?
Is spacing preserved?
Who are the threats? E.g. ballhandler, roller, shooter from help.
What is your defensive priority?
E.g. ICE (force sideline)
Show/hedge (Force the ball to the screen)
Contain the ball (Switch)
What is your 'standard' coverage?
Everyone must be on the same page.
Remember to communicate (talk!)
Is it working?
Don't abandon your process (if it's good)?
No matter what your defense, you've got to get back.
Early on, must cope with "drag" screens
Have to know where the biggest threat is (if the big can't shoot, let him pop)
Best to win the battle on the ball.
On pin-downs (down screens), 'shooting the gap' establishes better position to force sideline than following ("lock and trail")...it's not academic if your priority is NO MIDDLE
On high wing screens, then forcing sideline (ICE) is standard practice with screener's defender effectively 'zoning' the area to deny sideline drive
Drill.
Can add additional player(s). Defensively can force players to show, ICE, switch, etc.
Adding in 3rd player(s), defender has to be able to stunt (fake at) and recover/closeout on the pass.
