Full Court Pressure Defensive Principles – Man to Man
One v one:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- Turning the dribbler
- Channelling the dribbler
- Slide run and slide technique
Two v two:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- Line of ball/concept of a Plugger
- Run and switch techniques
- Fake trap/help and recover
- Effective communication
Three v three:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- Line of ball/concept of a Plugger
- Split line
- Run and switch techniques
- 3-man rotations
- Effective communication
Four v four:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- Run and switch techniques/disruption
- 4-man rotation
- Effective communication
Five v five:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- 4-man rotations
- Disruption
- Role of the 5 man
- Effective communication
Full court man to man trapping/disruptive defence:
- Maintaining pressure on the ball
- Line of ball
- Split line
- Role of the stopper
- Role of the trapper
- Role of the interceptor
- Role of the safety
- Effective communication
Defensive Transition – Full Court
- Rebounding coverage
- Guarding the outlet
- Basket coverage
- Defending the ball handler in the back court
- Off-ball defenders in relations to the ball and man
- Roles and responsibilities in defensive transition
Defending On Ball Screens
- Effective communication
- Over technique
- Under technique
- Through/gap technique
- Switching technique
- Push or forcing away from screen
- Drop technique
Defending Screens Off the Ball
- Effective communication
- Over technique
- Over and trail/lock & trail
- Under technique
- Through/gap technique
- Switching technique
Position and Movement Principles
- Maintain pressure on the ball
- Jump to the ball
- Defensive position in relation to the ball
- One, two, three passes away from the ball
- Pointing pistols
- Concept of flat triangle
- Moving as the ball moves
- Defensive rotations on base-line penetration
- Defensive rotations on penetration through the side of the key
- Defending pass and cut
- Defending the flash cut
- Defending the low post
- Defending the high post
- Defending the back cut
- Post defence