5v2 Weak Side Help

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Diagram 1 - Purpose

Purpose

• This defensive drill improves your defensive positioning, your ability to defend flash cutters, and communication on interchanges. It’s a great way to isolate two defensive players and take them through a variety of situations.
• Also, sometimes it can be difficult to see everything when you have four or five players on the floor. This is especially true for new coaches and even seasoned vets can’t see everything. This is agreat way to isolate your players, so you can see precisely what they’re doing and enforce good defensive habits.

(Diagram 1)

Setup

• There are five offensive players on the perimeter.
• There are two defenders that are matched up man to man. X1 is guarding 2 and X2 is guarding 3.

Instructions

• When the ball is passed to the wing, you are jumping to the ball. X1 is applying ball pressure and X2 is ready to help seal the seam on the dribble drive (bottom diagram).
• The ball can be skipped across, in which case the defenders would be jumping with the ball into a help position on the midline, head on swivel, looking for flash cutters.
• After the skip, the offensive players may flash cut the lane and look for the ball.
• The offensive players (2 and 3 in black) are allowed to interchange as well.

Points of Emphasis

• Constant Communication – The two defenders should be in constant communication. That way, they know how to help, recover, and rotate properly. You don’t want two players guarding the ball.
• Sprint to Areas! Anything less than 100 percent is unacceptable. Get in the habit of going all out in sprinting to where you need to be.
• Move with the Pass, Not on the Catch – Be anticipatory in movement. Move with the ball as though a magnet was in your chest.

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