The 2-1-2 Zone Defence is a common formation seen on many basketball courts across the globe. The 2-1-2 Zone Defence provides invaluable support to perimeter players with a defensive player always positioned in a strong help position. The 2-1-2 Zone …

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Defending On-Ball Screens is one of the many different areas that are usually of concern for many coaches. There is a need to be able to guard a screen with a number of different strategies, for different situations or to …

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The 1-2-2 Zone Defence would have to be one of the most commonly seen defensive formations within the zone category. The 1-2-2 Zone Defence provides very strong interior defence around the keyway. For this reason, the defence also provides a …

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The Pass Fake is one of the fundamental technical skills taught to basketball players at a very young age. Usually put into the bag of trick players are given around the age of ten or eleven years of age. There …

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A Junk Defence brings together elements of both a man-to-man and zone defences. A junk defence looks to play a mix and match style that hopefully breaks the rhythm of an offense. The junk defence can be played out of …

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