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defensive drills - 2008/02/04 12:20
Brian,
In the latest edition of your newsletter, you have an excellent discussion concerning footwork and in particular defensive footwork. You mention in the discussion that speed and conditioning experts teach differently than traditional basketball coaches. Can you describe some of those drills?
For my AAU team (Fairfax Stars --- www.fairfaxstars.org) we work on several different drills to improve footwork --- line hops (front/back and side/side), shuttle drills, close out drills, and jump rope, one on one full court, 2 on 1 contain, etc. But none of these are drills that haven't been used by basketball coaches for years as far as I know. So I am curious as to new drills. Also, even though everyone teaches a "fan" style of defense pushing kids to the sideline, and kids get beat to the middle constantly.
Tips on positioning, drills, and other approaches to get kids to play defense, move their feet quicker and stop reaching would be appreciated.
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Re:defensive drills - 2008/02/04 15:45
I did not mean to say defensive "drills" and if I did it was a mistake. I more or less meant defensive movement. Many basketball coaches continue to teach the inchworm step-slide and dropstep as the dominant method of defensive footwork and say that crossing one's feet is a big non-no.
However, if you watch personal trainers or speed coaches who know what they are doing, or quick tennis or football players, they cross their feet and they do not move in an inchworm fashion and they do not use a drop step.
They push in the direction they want to go, use a hip turn to change directions and cross their feet when necessary to move quicker.
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Re:defensive drills - 2008/02/05 10:09
Yeah, I enjoy watching the best defenders who can actually shut down top scorers. They are a rare breed. I'm a life long Laker fan, and Kobe (my mid season MVP, though maybe it should be Bynum) has won me back this season, but I like good defense so much that I actually enjoy watching Bruce Bowen guard Kobe. When Bowen moves to cut off the dribble, it's like his upper and lower torso are seperated by some kind of bearing. Upper body still squared to the ball, hips turned in direction of movement. No way Bowen could beat Kobe to the spot with a slide-drop step, drop step-slide movement. Can we say, blow by?
It's interesting what you can notice once you become aware. I've really been noticing ever since I read in here that the quickest athletes in speed & quickness sports turn their hips to move quickly laterally. Yet some of the best coaches in America continue to teach the good old drop step; as if it's something sacred.
Same with static stretching- like you talk about in the news letter. What is it, sacred? Despite the abundance of research data now available indicating there is a better alternative (DWU), you can still catch an NBA game and see NBA players being stretched on the floor by trainers immediately before tip off. WTF! 
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Re:defensive drills - 2008/02/05 15:46
traditions die hard, I guess:
http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/300406
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Re:defensive drills - 2008/02/05 17:24
Are any of you aware of any videos, perhaps on youtube, that demonstrate what you're talking about? I've had the old defensive slide ground into my head so I'd like to see it.
Thanks,
David
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Re:defensive drills - 2008/02/05 18:26
Just watch any game, I'm completely serious. You don't have to catch a Spurs game and see Bowen play.
Watch perimeter defenders on the ball- you should see the hips turn to be quick, then turn back to squared up (slide position)over & over. They will slide as long as they are keeping up, but if they feel like they are getting beat, they will turn their hips and run. With a very quick guard facing up with the ball, the defenders hip turn will often happen right away- on the first step.
It's really no different than what we teach players when guarding full court- if he gets by you, turn and sprint to get back ahead, then go back into a slide.
I think that quick players just naturally do this, irregardless of what they are coached to do. It's basically an instinctive body reaction to move laterally as quickly as functionally possible. Coaches can preach drop step & slides all we want, but to not get beat, quick players just react the fastest way their body is capable of.
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