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How To Build Your Defense Twice As Fast And Get Off To A Fast Start This Season

How To Build Your Defense Twice As Fast And Get Off To A Fast Start This Season If you are serious about winning more games next year, you need to read this NEW article and watch the videos. It will show you how to… Get a head start on your competition. Eliminate parental headaches. Develop

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For The Frustrated Coaches That Turn to Zone Defense

This article is meant for coaches at all levels, especially youth, junior high, and junior varsity. If you have ever gotten frustrated with your man to man defense and decided to use zone because it was easier to implement, I had an experience early in my coaching career where being persistent with the fundamentals and

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What Is The Right Age To Focus On Wins and Losses and Start Playing Zone?

On a page where we discuss defense at the youth & junior high level, I recently received these two questions from a junior high coach:   Do you believe there is an age where it is appropriate to play a zone? Is there an age where you should start playing Win-Loss basketball? These are very

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Win More Games With This End of Game Defensive Tip for Players & Coaches

In our Man to Man Defense System, we discuss situations and options when playing with the lead at the end of the game. One of the options we discuss is to overplay the outside shot and force the players to dribble penetrate when you are winning by 3 points with minimal time remaining. When doing

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New Article: 10 Keys to a Great Basketball Defensive Stance

Ball pressure is a critical component to a tough defense (especially for man-to-man).  If you back off the ball too much, it’s easy for the offensive player to make the perfect pass in the post.  Ball pressure is a very subtle thing that can seriously affect your defense!  It’s something you must constantly watch.  In order

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