Advantage Offense: Success vs. Any Pressure Defense

with Tom Pecora,
Hofstra University Head Coach

Attacking pressure defense is all about aggressiveness and allowing your team to get after opponents by extending the full court or in the half court. Basic drills allow a foundation for committing to this style of defensive play and work on "fake a pass to make a pass," creating deflections, offensive spacing and rebounding technique through "tag and pursue" (a variation of the conventional block out) and swim and spin. The next phase of this DVD is inbounding the basketball. Using the clinic setting, players demonstrate various options and techniques for getting the ball in. Face guarding creates the skill of "walking to the baseline" for a pass over the top. The 5-on-5 setting displays all of these teaching techniques in a team setting. "Four" is an attack against full court pressure that assures a safe possession against the press. The half court 5-on-5 blitz, "flash," is an effective offensive attack against pressure.

73 minutes. 2008.

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