Defense Bundle

Pick And Roll (PNR) Defence - Cancelling Screens

The best PNR defence is that the screen never takes place.  We call this 'cancelling' the screen.  

In this video, I go through a progression of teaching players how to cancel PNRs from the defenders both at the point of the screen, as well as, defenders who are away from the ball.  

I also explain the following defensive concepts:

• How to IMPACT the ball when you aren’t guarding it.
• Playing 'long' & Shrink space
• Stunting
• Positioning
• Backside rotations vs Deep Rollers and Short Rollers
• How to switch aggressively

The video shows a collection of small sided games and breakdown drills to introduce and refine these defensive concept.  It also displays the training environment we use which gives players the opportunity to improve their decision making.  The teaching points are simple and clear, and can be used for teams of all ages and skill level.  

Coach Voigt discusses his cutting edge defensive system

Course Includes:

• Coach Voigt discussing his switching concepts
• Diagrams of peel switching rotations
• Video clips of Coach Voigt's teams executing peel switches

The "Next" defense is the integration of several individual techniques into a team defensive philosophy, giving the players the chance to make defensive decisions in order to make the defense more aggressive and smart.

As Coaches, we must look for a way to achieve the team´s defensive goals using both team rules and individual readings. 

We encourage the players to read the game when we are in the offensive end, despite of the way we want to play (set plays, series, read and react and so on) coaches tell the players to make decisions based upon their readings. Plays create spacing and put players in the best positions, but players read and make the moves.

But few times we encourage our players to read and make decisiones in defense. We create a strategy for P&R defense, off screens defense, and even 1on1 and heps defense. We make rules.  This rules rely on our way to understand the defensive preferences for us in order to win: do we allow spot ups? do we close the paint as main concept? do we press pass lines and disrupt the offensive balance? Do we play packline and keep good and balanced positions no matter what?...

This defense, along with the "Hot" option (a more aggressive and difficult to attack version) gives players the freedom to read and react, making defensive decisions based on the opponent´s spacing, the way the ball is being driven, the players with the ball and close to the ball, the motion of the offense,... It provides the team with a sense of awareness and readiness, improving the concentration and focus of the players.

Each coach can look for ways to organize the use of the concepts explained in this Course.

I explain the concepts and the individual basics, as well as some ways the Next and Hot defense can be used, but the greatness of this defensive ideas is that they can be used in many other ways, and they can be used in all basketball levels.

This Course will be helpful to Coaches teaching the basics of the man to man defense and also the basics of zone defense. It will be helpful to Coaches that are looking for a way to create more aggressive teams, smart teams that want to anticipate and disrupt all kinds of offenses. And also, this Course can be a great help for Coaches who want to develop smart players, able to make defensive reads and using basic defensive techniques that are going to be great addition in their careers.

Have you ever wondered how to create an excellent Packline Defense, but did not know where to start? Luckily we have the solution! Coach Chris Mack, from Louisville, goes into the basic concepts and principles behind the Packline Defense in this virtual clinic presentation for the NJBCA.  Coach Mack reviews philosophy, basic positioning, and adjustments within the defense. Check out this free lesson and start learning today.

Defense wins championships. Coaches always epmhesize defense as bread and butter of their team identity, but you can't have great defensive team with poor culture. Players need to be motivated to play great defense and make it as their priority to be a great defensive team. Coach Yaklich shares his philosophy on how was he able to help build great defensive teams at the University of Michigan with Coach Belein and at the University of Texas with Coach Shaka Smart. 

In this course, Coach Yaklich breaks down fundemantals of great defensive culture into:

• Setting up defensive goals for your team
• Leadership
• Attitude
• Communication
• Hustle
• How to evaluate game film for defense
• Drills that translate to the game
• Basic fundemantals of defense: Transition Defense, Ball Screen Defense, On Ball Defense and Help Defense

This course will also feature notes, drills, videos from practice and games.