Floppy Defense 2.0: System Implementation, Adjusting To Offensive Counters & Ready-To-Use Practice Drills

In his time as a collegiate head coach, Robert Jones has earned a reputation as a defensive innovator – with his unique Floppy Defense system. Coming off the heels of his highly popular Championship Productions’ coaching video entitled, ‘Floppy Defense: A System To Disguise Your Zone and Man Defense’ – Jones is back to offer other key information and a systemic deep-dive into what makes the Floppy Defense so successful and extremely tough for opponents to counter.

In this video, you will learn the defensive alignments and slides that make the Floppy Defense unique and a variety of ready-to-use drills that help teach it, as well as innovations for incorporating and hiding several different types of zone defenses within the system.  

Best of all, this video works as a stand-alone for teaching the Floppy Defense, or as a 2.0 sequel to Jones’ original video – with both videos providing an encyclopedia of knowledge on his defensive system. 

Floppy Defense: Set Up & Adjustments

Jones kicks things off by providing a detailed look at the Floppy Defense’s base alignment and follows up with an innovative strategy for how to flop from a 2-3 zone defensive to start a possession into a 3-2 defense. By making simple shifts, the viewers learn that you can easily flop to a different look based on just one pass made by the offense, followed by an explanation of how to match up in man-to-man and a 2-3 defense. 

Jones’ focus then shifts to the importance of making defensive adjustments based upon an opponent’s actions. The Norfolk State coach breaks down what to do against an overload, crossing in the post, against ball screens, and specific adjustments to play the high post and short corners. All of which are key in both implementing the Floppy Defense and utilizing it when scheming against a specific opponent. 

Full-Court Floppy, Drills To Use

Jones showcases how to blend the Floppy Defense seamlessly into your full-court defensive arsenal and shows how to use pressures in the full court with a 2-2-1 press. He then shows how you can flow back into the Floppy Defense and offers up a variety of calls you can make to show different looks. This video provides an excellent and detailed look at the Floppy Defense System. Robert Jones’ high-energy approach keeps viewers locked in, so they can easily implement this system from Day 1, and yet, it also provides viewers with enough detailed information, that – especially when combined with his first video – it allows coaches to become knowledgeable, intricate and thorough on the tenets that make the Floppy Defense successful.

63 minutes. 2022.