Special Plays are a necessary part of basketball. A coach must use special plays to help fill in the gaps around the edges of general play. These special plays are purpose built to deal with situations that arise on a  …

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Any coach worth their salt will tell you Basketball Coaching is a very challenging and demanding activity. Basketball Coaching because of the competitive nature of sport means there is always a very high level of energy and effort that is …

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The Box and 1 Junk Defence is one of the more common seen around basketball courts. A junk defence brings together both man-to-man and zone defence principles. A junk defence is most beneficial when there are players of the oppositions …

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The 1-3-1 Push Wing Trap is a half court pressing system. The focus of the defence is to initiate trapping areas above the quarter court, but well within the halfway line.   This position of the 1-3-1 Push Wing Trap …

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Packing the Lanes in defence is the practice of having help defenders assist earlier in the defences’ rotations to stop offensive penetration by a dribbler. This tactic is commonly used against teams with a particularly prolific scorer and can be …

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