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Defending

Jr. NBA, Shell progressions, Live 2 on 2 etc.
Warm-up, On-ball stance, Slide, On-ball containment, Close-outs, Jump to the ball, Contest passes
Dribble penetration, Off-ball screens, Ballscreens, Post, Combination, Converting, Footwork, Other
Scrimmage options

Players need to be able to defend on the ball, away from the ball (gap, deny, help positions), rotate to help on dribble penetration then recover, and know how to defend cutters, on-ball and off-ball screens, and post-entry passes (e.g. choke, dig).

Jr. NBA: Defence; Jump to the ball
Shell progressions: Shell breakdowns; 3 on 1; 4 on 1; Izzo jump to the ball; Woodley 2 on 2; 2 on 2; FIBA 2 on 2; Huggins sprint to help; 4 on 2 close-out with help; Izzo close-outs; Procopio 3 on 3 shrink; 4 on 4; Calipari; DeMatha; Florida; Oakland stunt-recover; Memphis; Petitgoue; Spurs shift & close; Tar Heels; Woodley 4 on 4; Wootten Fogler; Hurley 5 on 5 command
Live 2 on 2 etc.: 2 on 2 close-outs; 3 on 3 close-out; 4 on 4 plus 2; DeMatha wildcat; Dick Bennett 3 on 3 close-out; Double trouble; Duke two-man contesting wide; Greenvale four quadrant; Huggins breaking the screen; Husky closeouts; Pistons 4 on 3; Oakland pressure; Pop-out; Skip pass 2 on 2; Swiss 2 on 2; Villanova 2 on 2 whack-out; Woodley 3 on 3; Zone baseline
Warm-up: Hollins skip passes; Raptors; Run and slide; Slide and backpedal; Slide and jog; Slide-backpedal-layup
On-ball stance: Duke reaction; Footfire; Hip turns; Memphis; Nash wave; Popping; Villanova; Wootten triangle
Slide: 2-ball dance; DeMatha perfect slides; Doc Sadler slide and run; Duke form slides; Duke mirror; Fullcourt drop step; Herb Brown slide-backpedal-run; Lane slides; Nash triangle slides; Pass and slide; Push-point slides; Recovery; Short stop; Shuffle and pass; Slide and run
On-ball containment: 1 on 1 closeout; 1 on 1 stops; 1 on 1 wing; Contain the dribbler; DeMatha zig-zag; Duke driving line; Eastman dog; Hip turn to 1 on 1; Hurley command; Influence; Jacobson alley; Meet the dribbler; UConn 1 on 1 stops; UConn fullcourt 1 on 1; UConn halfcourt 1 on 1; Zig-zag; Zig-zag closeout; Zig-zag halfcourt
Close-outs: 3 on 1; 4-corner; 4-man; Arizona (Vegas); Australian; Calipari box; Chair; Circle the wagons; Close-out; Close-out 4x; Close-out reach step; Close-out and slide; Close-out from gap; Close-out lines; Close-out to challenge; Continuous; DeMatha close-outs; DeMatha star close-out; Dick Bennett coach; Duke challenge the shooter; Duke shooter box-out; Fratello 1 on 1; Fratello 4-player; Fratello dig and close-out; Fullcourt; Greenvale Duke; Huggins; Jack Bennett 2 on 2 gap; Lane; Larmand; Machine-gun close-out; Mass; Michael Holton; Nash triangle; Pack-line Vegas; Pasquali; Pensacola; Petitgoue; Philly; Pitt; Pitt close-out 1 on 1; Raptors; Roy Rana; Rudez; Schepp; Splitline; Spurs; Superman; Team; Two-man; Vegas; Weakside; Woodley; X closeouts; X closeouts with ball toss
Jump to the ball: 1 on 1 with passers; 3 on 3 halfcourt D; Celtics jump to the ball; Dick Bennett jump to the ball; Face cuts; Jump to the ball; Miami 3-point; Nash jump to the ball; Villanova jump to the ball
Contest passes: Ball cut and help; Denial; Denial both sides; Duke deny ball reversal; Greenvale turkey in the ring; Pasquali denial; Quin Snyder interchange & denial; Villanova jump to the ball; Weakside cuts; Wootten guard overplay
Dribble penetration: 2 on 1 help; 2 on 2 help rotation; 3-man rotation; 3 on 3 dribble penetration; 3 on 3 kick-out; 4 on 3 cover down; 3 on 3 take a charge; 4 on 4 circles; 4 on 4 help rotations; 4 on 4 paint touches; Corner shooters; Forcing left shell; Fratello 3 on 3 drive and kick; Fratello drive and trap; Nash 2 on 2 help and recover; Nets 2 on 2 help and recover; Pitt 2 on 2 stunt and recover; Pitt 4 on 4 penetration; UConn 2 on 3 trapping; Wootten horseshoe
Off-ball screens: 3 on 3 backscreens; 3 on 3; 4 on 4 diamond; Back-down-UCLA screens; Bill Self 4 on 4 in the lane; Bill Self cross-screens; Cross-screen downscreen; Dick Bennett 1 on 1; Downscreen cross-screen; FIBA 3 on 3 backscreens; Flex screens; Gauntlet screening; Gauntlet; Greenvale; Nash 2 on 2; Oakland downscreens; Oakland down-cross; Pangos beat the screen; Pistons downscreens; Pitt backscreen; Post cross screens; Quin Snyder 4 on 4 tight; UCLA-ballscreen; Woodley cross-down screens; Woodley single-double
Ballscreens: 2 on 2; 4 on 4; Bill Self; Celtics ballscreens; Celtics hedging; Danny Manning; Greenvale; Oakland 3 on 3 + 1; Oakland 4 on 4 pitch-out; Messina; Utah Jazz hands drill; Spurs 4 on 4 ballscreens; UCLA-ballscreen; Woodley 2 on 2; Woodley 1 on 1
Post: 1 on 1 post defence; 2 on 1 wall-ups; 2 on 2 post; 4 on 1 post; 5 on 5 shell double down; Danny Manning; Dick Bennett post defence; Duke 3 on 3 inside; Duke 6-point post contesting; Fratello 2 on 2 post defence; Green shell; Help on the post; Hurley naked post; Jack Bennett 3 on 3; Lloyd Pierce; Memphis flash post; Oakland 4 on 1 post; Pasquali; Pistons innings; Raptors 5 on 5 post entry; Tubby Smith 4 on 4 overplay; Villanova 2 on 2 in the post; Woodley post; Wootten 2 on 2 one side; Wootten 2 on 2 post
Combination: 3-man weave to 1 on 1; 3-man weave with coach; 7-point defending; Blackhawk; Boone 1 on 1; Celtics jump to the ball; Combination; Duke 6-point contesting; Guard drill; Indiana 4-ball; Isley 1 on 1; Miami 3-point; Memphis Z; Oak Hill 4 in 1; PGC 5-point; Pistons 1 on 1; Swiss 1 on 1; Tar Heels vision; Toughness; Weakside 1 on 1; Wootten perimeter-to-post
Converting (also see Transition drills): 3 on 3 delay fullcourt; 5 on 0 transition; BNSW transition warm-up; Duke rush to 2 on 1; Petitgoue conversion; Showalter transition; Transition build-up
Footwork (also see Conditioning): 5star acceleration; 5star agility; 5star plyometrics; 5star workout; Ball drop; Duke agility; Duke hip exercises; Duke speed skate; Duke whistle drill; Jumping; Line jumps
Other: 3 on 0 shot block; Maryland anticipation

Scrimmage options

From a breakdown shell drill, progress to live scrimmages on a pass or signal from coach (e.g., raising his hand from the baseline), with conditions to work on aspects of defence:

dribble penetration,
- attackers can shoot, pass, drive and shoot, or drive and kick, but cannot cut or exchange (e.g. 2 on 2 close-outs, Dick Bennett 3 on 3 close-out)
- an attacker must drive the lane (both feet) to shoot or pass for a shot (Scrimmage - Penetrate to score)
contesting cuts
- an attacker must drive or get a pass in the lane to shoot or pass for a shot
- each attacker must cut after passing
- no dribbling or a limit of one dribble (Scrimmage - 3 on 3 truth test)
screening
- only a screener or cutter using a screen can shoot (Rebounding - Triangle screening)
- each attacker must screen away, use a screen, or cut after passing
- script initial screening, then play without conditions (Scrimmage - 5 on 5 downscreens backscreens)
post play
- perimeter attackers must get a pass from the post before shooting (Pistons innings)