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Defining Communication between Half Court Defenders

In every single training session at least at one stage or another, you will hear a coach emphasise the importance of communication. Communication is always one of the skills most spoken about by coaches to their players and amongst other coaches. One point of note though is a lack of clarity on exactly what a coach would like their players to say.

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Testing to help with Talent Identification

Talent Identification is a very important aspect for any program to come to terms with. Even those teams that pride themselves on having ample resources to bring players to their club will learn they must be able to identify the right talent or risk wasting money, over and over again.

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Thinking about Help Defence

Help Defence plays a very important part of a team’s defensive prowess. A good help defence focuses on filling the gaps exposed by the offense. Theses gaps can be for any number of different technical or tactical reasons. The Help defence however looks to take away or limit any advantage created by an offense and in turn ensure a more defensively desirable outcome is taken.

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6 on 4 Half Court/Full Court Drill

The 6 on 4 Half Court/Full Court Drill is a fantastic drill for helping players defensively deal with problem solving on defence. The 6 on 4 Half Court/Full Court Drill places the defensive players in a situation where they are constantly outnumbered and have to rotate and match-up in a scrambling situation.

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Making the Right Read on Help Defence in the Half Court

One of the keys to a good Help Defence is the ability for players to make the right reads during games. These reads help the players on defence to make the best possible decisions in real time. While coaches often talk about what to look for,

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