defense transition

Categories: Defense  Offense (Team)  Transition  
Ages: All Ages  Youth  Middle School  High School+  

Purpose of the Drill:

teach players to get back on defense while matching up in man to man.

Instructions

  • offense cicles the wagons under the hoop
  • defense huddles in the wing area same basket as offense
  • Coach shoots the ball (try to miss); offense rebounds and starts transition to opposite basket
  • Defense must sprint to opposite basket when shot goes up.
  • identify who they are guarding and play man to man defense
  • if no lay-up in transition offense pulls it back and runs half crt offense
  • Defense playes man to man to get a stop
  • offense has one shot; runs offense to do so. (can give offense a shot clock to condition players)
  • after basket defense is now offense and drill starts all over again.
  • run this until one team scores 10 then drill is done and coach can subsitute players.

Points of Emphasis:

  • communicate with teamates
  • learn to know your defensive abilities

Motivation/Teaching Tips:

  • two squads different color play against each othe up to 10
  • offensive score 1pt
  • defensive stop 2 pt.


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