Defense Communication
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Bad DEFENSIVE COMMUNICATION, along with defensive rebounding, are defining characteristics of a mediocre defense. Despite having good defensive concepts, individually and collectively, a team can be very bad on defense because of communication and rebounding.
The main problem of Defensive Communication isn’t technical or tactical, but PSYCHOLOGICAL. It’s a concentration issue, in most cases INDIVIDUAL. Teach the players that they have to talk and communicate on the court, continuously and without making mistakes.
THE
CONCENTRATION
23 SECONDS
GOOD DEFENSE
1 SECOND
MISCOMMUNICATION
+
A
BAD
DEFENSE
Half Court Defense Communication
ON THE BALL
·Who am I defending
(Quicker, Shooter, Passer)
1st NEED HELP OR NOT
Communicate it to my teammates
2nd AFTER BEEN HELPED
Adjust and confirm it
OFF THE BALL
·Who am I defending
(Quicker, Shooter, Passer)
·Who has the ball
(Quicker, Shooter, Passer)
1st DO I HELP OR NOT
Communicate that I am positioned to help
2nd IF I'M HELPING
Talk to whom I’m helping and inform my helper
3rd IF WE'RE SWITCHING
Make it clear to everyone
DRILL RECOMMENDED
SHELL DRILL
Better with restrictions and progressively
Defense Transition Communication
1st PROTECT THE BASKET
2nd STOP THE BALL
3rd LOCATE THE SHOOTERS
4th ADJUST & ESTABLISH THE DEFENSE
DRILL RECOMMENDED
ELEVEN DRILL
Special Situations Communication
·BALL SCREENS
Type of defense
·OFF THE BALL SCREENS / HAND-OFFS
How we react
·BACK DOORS
Help side defense
·DEFENSIVE REBOUND
Who are we taking
·OFFENSIVE REBOUND
Who goes to defense transition and who goes to the rebound
Communication levels
within a team
BASIC
Set the keywords for each game situation and practice it with constancy until getting automatisms.
ADVANCED
Don’t over-communicate, just the necessary without anticipate what we're doing. You have to see the game, understand it and anticipate together as a team, in harmony.
