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Basketball Strategy: Team Defensive Concepts
Andrew Theokas
University of Massachusetts
Team Defense - Coach Theokas discusses specific situations that need to be addressed to win games and the U Mass scouting philosophy (basketball team defensive concepts)
Hedge and Go Over The Top Trap - Aggressive, can stop the dribbler if you want to turn people over. Cons - Gets you spread out, puts your big man on a island susceptible to screen and flare. Coaching points - "Touch the Hip", "Show your numbers", "Make yourself Skinny" (basketball team defensive concepts)
Belly Up And Go Under The Screen "Four Behind" - Pros - Contain the Ball, Eliminate Screen and Flare, Not many can hit the shot off of the dribble. Cons - End of game situations can get passive. Coaching Points - Do not get "rolled into" by post, do not let the guard "play" you back and forth, contest all shots. (basketball team defensive concepts)
Switch Screen And Roll - Pros - Good to use to eliminate three point shot, can confuse offense. Cons - Leads to mismatches. Coaching Points - switch aggressively, stay down in your stance, look for chances to switch back (basketball team defensive concepts)
Screen And Roll Drill - Basketball team defensive concepts
Green Defense - basketball team defensive concepts
Question - Player does not use the screen and comes back off of the pick and roll, do you do anything special to force them into the screen? (basketball team defensive concepts)