It's important to be able to defend as well as attack in Basketball. Unlike some other sports, all players play both in Basketball.
To help you remember the defensive stance, don't forget your ABC's:
Active: Hands, feet and mouth.
Basics: We need to get these right! Technique- feet wider the shoulder width apart. On the balls of your feet. Knees bent.
- (Advanced: Keep an arms length away. Pressure the ball- when your player, you're marking has the ball you need to be close and defending them).
Contest: Box out. We want every loose ball.
We will focus on the advanced basics and contesting later on.. But for now, be ACTIVE and get the basics right.
Rebounding is the least glamorous thing in basketball and one of the most decisive. It is also almost entirely a habit, which means it is entirely coachable.
Good spacing is only the start. The best modern offences teach players to attack the defence's rotations and play in a permanent 4-on-3 - here is how to coach that read.
The ball screen produces almost half of all professional offensive possessions, yet most teams still teach it as a memorised play. The modern approach trains the read - giving players a framework to decide based on what the defence does, not what the coach called.
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