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Showing posts with label pick and roll defense. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pick and roll defense. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Tom Izzo: Defending Ball Screens

Tom Izzo is well known for his pack style defensive system.  The pack style defense is very common in the high school ranks.  Therefore, we are going to look at how Coach Izzo handles ball screen situations in the this video clip.  Coach Izzo shows 5 different ways that MSU will defend ball screen situations and then how to teach it in a drill setting.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Kevin Eastman: 10 Ways To Defend A Ball Screen

1. Hedge

2. Soft

3. Catch - a little futher up than soft

4. Weak- not an option coming off the side the screen is set -when screen is set in the middle of the floor

5. Spread right or left - sending the ball back to strong side

6. Switch it

7. Ride the screener - push the screener.

8. Blitz or trap it - committing two defenders to the ball you better have an impact because your eliminating a defender

9. Early blitz - blitz before he gets to the screen

10. Ice it- push it to the side - take away the middle