Basketball Defense Drill: Corner Close Live

We forced the ball baseline .. wanted to stop him at the short corner... the last place we wanted the ball was to the middle.... yes you will get help but someone will leave a man open underneath the basket... JMO

If we had to slide over and trap, then rotate, thats what we did... something we practiced just in case.

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mbusi the defender should never give the baseline to the offensive player. The help is to the middle and giving up the baseline will give up more easy shots and cause you to commit a lot of fouls.

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hi i like this drill but wouldnt it be best to advise the defender to slide the offense to the baseline since the the line will help play defence

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I should know about it because I invented it.

Contact me at swarment@comcast.net or (C) 717-475-3934

I have tapes, handouts, packets, DVD's and professional DVD's
by summer, I spend my summers doing individual team defensive and offensive clinics all over the US.

Wayne Walters

PS. Sorry it took me so long to find you.

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Hi Richard,

You can find information on discipline at this link: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/discipline.html

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I am on my third year as a youth coach. I am now teaching high school and adult players. I am finding it a bit difficult to teach them when it comes to discipline. I have to remember they are not 9- 13 year old. I know they are not little children but sometime their actions prove otherwise. Can you tell me some ways I can teach them and hopefully get rid of the little kid’s coach image?

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Derrick,

Here are some basic diagrams showing the 3-2 zone rotations:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/defense/3-2zone.html

Jeff

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Derrick,

The coverage for the corner in a 3-2 zone is basically the same as coverage in a 1-2-2 zone defense.

The person responsible for the corner is the bottom player on the block. So if the ball is in the right corner, the defender on the right block should cover the corner. Then the other players rotate. Maybe we can work up some diagrams to show you the rotations. We'll try to post some diagrams shortly.

Jeff Haefner
http://www.BreakthroughBasketball.com

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when playing a 3-2 zone. How do you stop the 3 point or corner shot? who covers the corner

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PW

I have never heard of a swarm defense.

Often coaches give their own terminology to the things they do. The same defense might be played by 10 teams and each team will call it something else.


Don Kelbick
Contributing Editor, Breakthrough Basketball
www.DonKelbickBasketball.com

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This is better than one on one driving line where the coach makes the entry pass because it gets more players involved. Also, teaches defensive intensity and reacting quickly to the pass.

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anything on the swarm defense?

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I like this drill simple but effective to a player to play a good defense and also to the offensive player to score under pressure with limited of dribble.

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Hey Richard dont forget girls

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i am entirely nenw in the world of baskrtball, though not entirely. in the uk, i played socer but i felt basketball in my blood and veins. right now i thtink i know a little of the basics but i want to know where to start from and what to work on to be a real g. i also wanna say u guys are fulfilling a lot of teenage boys dreams at being better ball players.

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