tv DEFENSE A PRODUCTION OF BASKETBALL IMMERSION10 Defense: What Is It? 1. Switch every screen. 2. Match-ups don't dictate our decisions. 3. When there is opportunity match-ups can be switched back on the weakside of the floor. 4. Switch the Up-Down whenever possible. 4. Switch to deny all passes. 5. Front the post. wy EIN aia10 Defense: Communication Plan Talk and touch is necessary to successfully use the 10 defense. Three Key Concepts: 1. The first player to talk is right. Everyone else Sua PrSiem brs hoe 2. Any match-up can be corrected on the weakside of the floor. 3. The low defender communicates a switch or not. The high defender assumes it is not a switch until they hear differently. BASKETB wy10 Defense: The Importance of Ball-You-Check Positioning Recovering to ballside position is a fundamental of any good defense. It is imperative in the 10 defense that a defender who switches onto a screener gets to a ball-you-check defensive position. This prevents slips and puts this defender in a better help defensive position should they have to help on a dribble or lob pass. wy INI10 Defense: How to Defend Cutters Defender's must distinguish the difference between a cut and a screen. The low player is the best communicator. If they call the 10 then it is a switch. The defender covering the cutter or screener jumps to the ball and maintains a ball- you-check position. They do not switch until the low defender communicates it to them.10 Defense: Penetration and Lob Defense Rules Our defensive rules on dribble penetration or lob passes is the same as our base defense. We rotate and help in the same way we would if we were not switching. wy EIN aia10 Defense: How to Cover Ballscreen and Handoff Actions Although the techniques for covering the handoff and ballscreen action are similar, the initial goal off the defenders at the point of the action is different. In a handoff action the number one priority is to deny access to the cutter to the ball. The goal is to prevent the handoff from happening. wy Nt)10 Defense: How to Cover Ballscreen and Handoff Actions In both a handoff and ballscreen action the player receiving the ball must attack the ball for a step. This will force the ball higher or at least create a hesitation by the dribbler. The defender then wants to gap and force the ball back where it came. It is important not to allow the ball to get directly to the middle as the easiest help is from the player who __ Brno e ene Wy Nt)10 Defense: How to Cover Ballscreen and Handoff Actions In aballscreen the number one priority is to force the ballhandler to use the ballscreen. They should prevent the ballhandler from rejecting the screen. If the ballhandler rejects the screen the offense beats two defender's at once. The best helper is the player covering the oucr onl on wy Nt)10 Defense: How to Cover Ballscreen and Handoff Actions The player giving up the ball must drop below the screen. They must also get to the ballside as the ball is dribbled away. They remain in a sagging defensive position for a second or two to ensure that the dribble is being contained on the force back technique used by the player receiving the dribble. wy Nt)10 Defense: How to Defend Stagger Screens On stagger screens we chase the first screen and we only switch the second screen. This is because if the offensive cutter flares the first screen (or does not get to the shoulder of the second screen) then the cutter remains the initial defender's responsibility. It is difficult for the top defender to cover the flare unless it occurs at the second screens level. (| SY Nt)10 Defense: Switch the Up-Down Action In all our defenses we try and switch the up- down action. This means a big at the rim will cover the roll (cut to the rim) and the small will stay out to cover the cut out from the rim. We do this to keep big-on-big and small-on-small match-ups but also to keep our big at the rim. This improves our rim protection. wy Nt)