We Need a Shutdown Defender

The surest way to find your way onto the basketball court might be the hardest. The player who becomes a shutdown defender will ALWAYS get minutes. We have players with terrific quickness who have the potential to become this type of player.

But translating that into results means constant concentration, effort, and timing.

• Apply pressure
• Force mistakes
• Seek opportunities

 

• See the ball
• Play by touch (we say use your antennas)
• Don't turn your back

 

• Deny the post
• Footwork to prevent easy entry pass

 

• The defense is NOT helpless
• The defense can force the action
• We teach allowing less space between defender and dribbler
• Note how the defense is about footwork