CoachClaytor
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Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/10/30 02:45
What drills do you other coaches use to help kids learn how to play hard nosed pressure man 2 man defense.
Most of my stuff simply involves simple defensive slides and close-out stuff. However the close-put stuff really isnt pressue oriented.
Sometimes I do the Defensive Zig Zag drill that Coach Mccormick recently wrote about in one of his newsletters. Any good defensive drills to improve Pressure man 2 man Defense would be appreciated.
FYI, I am coaching Junior High Boys Basketball.
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Re:Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/10/30 12:20
I guess it's good to know how you plan on teaching it, since the "drills" can be modified depending on the rules of your defense. Regardless, IMHO, m2m defense (especially the pressure part) is built around your players ability to actually pressure the ball. Rather than zig-zags, which don't actually provide game simulation, i would try a series of 1-on-1 drills, which also work to strengthen your players offensive skills. Plus, the kids love these, they'll do them all day, and you can emphasize through scoring/possessions just about anything you want.
Here are a few that work pretty well:
1. Two lines under the hoop, lane wide. First player in each line is on (versus the other). Coach stands under the hoop with a ball. Coach spins out the ball between the foul line and the top of the key (or anywhere else on the floor). Players sprint on the spin out, whomever gets the ball first is on offense, the other guy is on D. Have a second ball ready to go, and keep them moving fast.
Good drill to really get the kids working on proper pivots (particularly the reverse inside pivot into the defender) on the catch.
Defensively, reward players for stopping penetration while not allowing the spot up on the catch.
Also use this drill to help the kids understand what i think is a "good shot" for them. If you have assistants, you can use the 2 side hoops on the half court as well, and have the kids rotate basket to basket after every turn...with fewer kids at each hoop, it keeps more of them working, and allows you to emphasize the box-out/offensive follow.
2. Got this one from Bob Hurley - 4 lines on the baseline, at the corners, and lane wide. Same concept as before, but each player in the corner lines has a ball. Players in the left 2 lines (one with a ball, one without, go on the coaches whistle. The offensive player (with the ball) must dribble, both players must touch a cone at (or just short of) half court.
Players turn and attack (offensively and defensively) as soon as they touch. The offensive player may take a moment longer to get there due to having the ball, but they have a better attack angle than the player coming back to defend from the center. They go one-on-one from there.
The lines on the opposite side leave once the active lines have engaged on the way back.
Adjust the distance of the cones for each line if one has a marked advantage.
3. Slides into 1on1. You have to have two side hoops (short court) for this to work, though you probably could do this at half court with older kids. This is a good drill if you have to teach slide technique. 2 lines under the hoop, players facing away from the middle of the hoop. Chair at the center of the foul line with a ball on it. Players slide as fast as they can (rotate hips and allow them to cross their feet). If you have an ass't or manager, put one on each sideline and have them hold up fingers and the players call out the numbers to keep them honest (from all out sprinting). They slide past the chair to half court or another shorter mark, then back (still facing away from the middle) till they hit the foul line. At that point they reverse pivot, first one to ball is on offense, and attacking the hoop they're facing (remember it's cross-court using the side hoops).
4. 3-on-3-on-3 cut throat. Can have up to 4 teams. Good for pressure and transition defense. Teams play 3-on-3 half court with whatever rules you provide. Teams stay on until someone scores. Place coach(es) in high outlet position(s). Offensive rebounds can be played, but defensive rebounds must be outleted to the coach (I allow the offense to outlet as well). When the coach catches the ball, he/she can immediately pass to any player on the offensive side regardless of court position. This forces defense to be thinking find and deny, and since you're 3-on-3, you'll find that 2 out of the 3 players minimum will always be one pass away way you have the ball.
On the score, the offensive team must get the ball out of the net, and outlet to the coach, who again can quickly pass to any offensive player. The previous defensive team must sprint off, and the waiting defensive team must sprint on and pick up. They immediately deny out of the transition because you as the coach can throw the ball right down into an open post if it's there.
Very fast paced game, very intense, great for implementing your defensive rules.
5. Shell drill. I personally like to use shell up to 4 on 4 when teaching man, since it allows for all variations of help, while keeping the floor spaced and open to penetration.
Other than those, I would know going in how you want to defend the post (i personally sit front), and whether you want to deny the pass to the wings. I personally encourage the ball to go to the wing then deny the pass back out...this cuts down the size of the court for the offense, and perhaps (IMHO) more importantly, allows you to better defend penetration from the top of the key. Bad things happen when offenses can penetrate from the top, and on most youth/high school teams, the best penetrator is usually the point.
Hope this helps, good luck!
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Re:Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/10/30 15:38
I know that the defensive Zig Zags dont really work on true game defense, however I do feel that this is good for footwork and makes the ballhandlers change directions.
I liked the Four Line Drill you got from Hurley, that sounds really good and I may try it out tonight. I am planning on doing the defensive Zig Zags to half court and then have the kids play live 1 on 1 from there. I think this may get the best of both worlds.
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Re:Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/10/30 18:06
I like to use the competition and live drills to train 1 v. 1 skills. I do some zig-zag work just for coordination and a base. I like to use my rebounding drills as man drills also. We do 1/1 rebounding, make or miss we transition to the other end(offense becomes defense and vice versa). Then we do the same thing 3/3. The we get to 1/1 off the inbound pass full court. Then 3/3 off the inbounds full court. Depending on what we are emphasizing or teaching we may trap the first pass and rotate or play straight up man. We'll transition one time down and back. These are killer conditioning drills as well and work ballhandling and offensive movement. It reaaly depends on what you stress. Also some denial drills into 1/1 in the half court setting teaching to absorb the jab step on the back foot. I teach all these to my jr high and high school teams. Its pretty much what you emphasize is what you get. Mentality goes a long way on whether you are a good 1/1 defensive/offensive player. Hope this helps.
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Re:Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/11/01 14:23
I recently bought "Building a Man-to-Man Defense" by Bob Huggins, and can entirely recommend it.
There are a couple of typo's where the description doesn't exactly fit the diagram (I found 2...), but the philosophy is there, the terminology, and the drill progressions are all there.
nearly 60 1v0 and 1v1 drills covering stance, movement, communication, close-out, vision, deny, post, screens, cutters etc, etc, etc...
20 2v2 drilss - help, screens, rebounding, stop the break, etc.
16 3v3 drills - screens, help & recover, cover down, flex, full court...
12 4v4 drills - 6 variations of shell drill (position, exchange, down screen, California screen, rotation, +2 in the corners help& recover) plus cover down, live to score, anti reversal, full court...
8 5v5 drills:
- Walk Through
- 5 on 5 Mixer
- Mixer and Break
- 5 on 0 Break + Def. Transition
- Defense - Break - Transition
- Five Man Rush
- Change Drill
- Switch and Change Drill
One of the real benefits for me was the odd line in the drill descriptions that started "because" or "we always..." as they helped me with the reasoning and internalization of the reasoning if that makes sense.
Anyway, very good book!
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Re:Hard Nosed Man 2 Man Defense - 2007/11/07 08:59
And as far as drills that my kids seem to like, their current favorite sets up like this:
1 on 1
Defense on the freethrow line with the ball.
Offense directly under the basket.
Defense checks the ball to the offense
Offense scores a point for crossing the free throw line in control of the dribble.
Defense scores a point for
- forcing the offense outside the key
- preventing to offense from crossing the free throw line for 8 seconds (we just went FIBA here, so we're using the 8 second count)
The teaching points for the D are on attacking the space, angles and footwork.
Haven't put these skills to work in a game yet this season, so I'm not entirely sure it works, but the kids work hard at it, are becoming much more successful at getting the 8 second stop, and like Coach Vargas says, will play this all day.
I think next week I'll give the O a little more room to work and see what happens.
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