Basketball defense is incredibly important because it gives you more control and helps you win more games.
As a coach there are a lot of things that you can't control in the basketball world, but defense is something that you can keep consistent day in and day out. For example, sometimes you can't control how well your players shoot the basketball. Sometimes they're going to have bad shooting nights, and sometimes they're going to have good shooting nights. But defense is something you can control.
When you happen to have a bad shooting night, your defense is there to keep you in the game and give you a chance to win it at the end. That's the reason that all the great teams play tough defense.
This why is almost every successful NBA and college coach constantly harps on defense!
So how do you play great defense and keep your opponents' shooting percentage low?
In this article we're going to give you a 12 part formula to a great man-to-man defense. Some coaches will use zone defense, but this article applies to man-to-man...
Before getting into the details of the formula, we must first agree on a goal. With most challenges in life, it's important to always "begin with the end in mind". And it's no different for this.
Once we're all on the same page, it will be easier to teach you how to develop a great basketball defense.
So what is the goal of your defense?
It's simple: Do NOT let the other team score!
This is the mentality. ALWAYS keep this goal in mind as you're teaching defense!
How do you stop the offense from scoring?
You must do one of these two things: