Basketball Defense: Keeping Out of the Red Zone
Defense is often an overlooked skill in higher levels of basketball with the focus on scoring and “me.” As an old grumpy coach, I feel this is a mistake. Solid defensive play...
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Frustrate Your Opponents With Aggressive Rebounding
I coach basketball defense around the idea that every possession should end up in either a turnover or a rebound. With this in mind, there are a number of principles that we...
Pass Denial is Key to Basketball Defense
In an article that I wrote for STACK (http://www.stack.com/2014/09/01/better-basketball-defense/) I touched on the importance of pass denial for good basketball defense. Ideally each defensive series in basketball ends with a turnover or...