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How to Coach and Teach the Turn and Double Man-to-Man Basketball DefenseThis is an aggressive double-teaming half-court defense, in which the player guarding the dribbler takes him, or her, toward the sideline. As this is taking place the near defensive guard will cheat toward the dribbler between the player he, or she, is guarding and the ball. As soon as the dribbler picks up his dribble, his, or her, guard forces that player to pivot back toward the mid-court line. The guard who is cheating should sprint toward the player with the ball as he, or she, pivots and attempts to either steal the ball or forms a double-team with the dribbler's defender. Normally, a player being double-teamed will pass in the direction the pressure comes; therefore, the forward closest to the player who left to make the double-team should shift into an intercepting angle between the ball and the teammate's free offensive player. The strong-side forward should, also, play at an intercepting angle. The center should zone between the two remaining offensive opponents, staying closer to the more dangerous of the two. If the ball is passed to a forward, the double-team would take place between the defensive forward and a guard. In this defense you should expect the two guards, or a guard and a forward, will be the double-team players, and the center in the middle area using zone principles to protect the area near the basket. The intercepting angles are to be played on the offensive players nearer the ball. The fifth defender zones the basket area as mentioned above. If the dribbler can get the ball to a teammate, each defender must pick up the nearest opponent. The passer must be played by his, or her, original defender. The double-teamer should sprint toward the basket because the loose opponent is usually the player farthest from the ball. To negate the offensive opportunities for a mismatch of a small player guarding a big player, a switch may be necessary between the forward who has come to pick up the opponent of the double-teaming guard and the guard who has picked up the weak-side offensive forward. The best way to effect this switch is to allow the ball to be passed back to the original passer and have the players exchange opponents on the pass. This will not hurt the defense because these players are so far from the ball and the basket, and it will allow the defensive team to adjust to this situation and again attack in the same manner as before. Good intercepting angles and intelligent play by either defensive player guarding the two offensive players closest to the ball will result in many interceptions. Should the ball reach one of the offensive players on the weak-side, they should have an open shot. The defense should fake at them, allowing the shot rather than an easy lay-up. The turn-and-double defense is an excellent surprise action that is most effective against a taller team with poor ball handlers. It upsets the opponents plan of attack and increases the tempo of the game. Have this defense ready to use when behind in the late stages of the game.
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Diagram #10a - Against a Two-Three Offense - Player B has crossed the mid-court line and X2 forces his, or her, dribble toward the sideline. X1, guarding A, starts to cheat toward the same sideline. X3 coordinates his movement with X1 and starts to cheat up toward A's position. E is guarded by X5 in an intercepting position. X4 is guarding D, the pivot player on the weak-side in an overplay position toward the ball.
Diagram #11a - B has stopped his dribble after being forced to the sideline by X2. As B pivots back toward mid-court, X1 rushes to double-team B with X2. X3 moved up into an intercepting position between the ball and A. X5 overplays E toward the ball. X4 moved to the center of the foul lane at the lower half of the free-throw circle in a position to defend against D, who is moving across the foul lane, or C, who is the farthest player from the ball.
Diagram #12a - B passes to E, who has faked a cut to the basket and come back to relieve the pressure. Immediately upon E's reception, X5 plays E strong on the baseline side to make E pivot. X2 leaves B and attacks E to effect the double-team. X1 overplays B on the ball and X4 overplays D who is at the low-post position. X3 fell back from the position of an intercepting angle on A to the lower half of the foul circle to discourage a lob pass to D while still in an intercepting angle between A and C in case of a cross-court pass.
