coaches show 1/9/17

[wufan]

You have the principles correct. It is very difficult, with the current rules, to stop a good driver by yourself. Help is usually needed. The best help is bigs who defend consistently big. Think EO, CJ and Kadeem. Our current group doesn't. Collapsing wing players still need to try and keep track of their man. For instance, Austin collapsed from the right wing not realizing his player was cutting to the basket for a layup. Don't end up in no man's land where you don't really help against the drive and yet cannot get back out to a three point shooter. LS is bad about that. These are fine points recent teams mastered. This team is still learning.

Well said. There is a fine line between helping off and losing your man. This is difficult for players at any level, and the reason that size and athleticism are highly valued in basketball. Those attributes make playing man-to-man much easier.

[WstateU]

Since fhere won't be a coach's show I'll ask this here. I have never coached or played organized basketball, so I am coming at this from a layman's perspective. In our standard man to man defense it seems like we are supposed to favor the side of the court where the ball is. So the player defending the opposite wing is shifted more toward the elbow and the Shocker guarding the offensive player in tbe opposite corner is all tbe way over in the paint. When the ball handler penetrates it draws help from one of tbe two aforementioned defenders, leaving an open three. I understand with any defensive scheme you have to pick your poison. So, is our scheme susceptible to tbe drive and dish in favor of stopping layups for example, or are we not executing it properly? If we are not executing properly what is supposed to happen?

Burp...I'll take my answer off the air, Go Shocks!

Thanks Dennis!

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