Help Defense

Allowing the defender to take the lane without touching an offensive player or cleansing themselves.Continue Reading

When the big goes to trap the box, bottom man sinks to take away interior pass.Continue Reading

Trap isolations to get the ball out of players hands – comes from next man on loaded side.Continue Reading

In our help defense or in our double teams, we want weakside “I” to pull in and force a skip pass and we are in our rotations – no paint assists.Continue Reading

lowest defender on the weak side sometimes on the double side.Continue Reading

Guard defending the opposite wing needs to be present above the free throw line– don’t want to go two directions.Continue Reading

Bigger weakside defender on weak side kicks out small out to the perimeter.Continue Reading

The defender gets off their man and into the gaps as much as possible, seeing both ball and man. Low, stance with active hands.Continue Reading

The defender gets off their man and into the gaps as much as possible, seeing both ball and man. Low, stance with active hands.Continue Reading

Versus the skip pass on a baseline drive, top man slide corner, slot man takes slot pass, weakside players work out who gets out.Continue Reading

When a defender fakes at an offensive player to discourage a shot on pop or catch.Continue Reading

On a slide over rotation, corner man stunts to slot pass and falls to corner, usually three offensive players are spaced.Continue Reading

Stunt & Stick – Defender in the strong side corner is in a shrink position to start and stunts & sticks as the ball gets downhill (from the slot).Continue Reading

Versus baseline drive low man pulls over to stop the ball outside the paint.Continue Reading

Versus the skip on a slot drive, top man takes 1st pass sink man 2nd pass.Continue Reading