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Triangle and 2 Junk Defence

The Triangle and 2 Junk Defence is one of the more popular hybrid defences across basketball. This form of a Junk Defence is useful against teams who have two pivotal scorers while on offense. A Triangle and 2 Junk Defence allows for two defensive players to utilise man-to-man defence principles while the remaining three defensive players form a triangle and employ zone defence rules.

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Box and 1 Junk Defence

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 who need to have a strict man-to-man denial defence applied for reasons of significant scoring ability or some other offensive quality.

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Home, Top and Ball Drill Fab 5

The Home, Top and Ball Drill is a 3 vs 4 half-court man to man defensive build up drill in the FAB 5 series. When instructing in the tactical areas of half-court man to man defence it is important to have a range of drills that build upon areas such as player numbers and teaching points.

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Shell Drill Fab 5

 

To kick off the first of our Fab 5 drills series the team at Functional Basketball Coaching have selected the Shell Drill. The Shell Drill has been a staple for many basketball coaches around the world. It is one of the fundamental drills for tactical instruction in man to man half court defensive principles.

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