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Here are some ideas and drills that I have picked up from various sources and used to build our conversion defense:
I have always referred to going from offense to defense as conversion, and going from defense to offense as transition for the sake of clarity in communicating with our players.
Del Harris taught that half court [...]

One more item from the e-mail sent out by Eric Musselman
BUILDING THE VILLANOVA DEFENSE
Jay Wright

Starts with basic man principals of ball-you-man.
Win or lose – make sure you played “your way.” No one ever likes to lose, but when you watch game film, you always want to see that you played “your way,” win or [...]

These defensive bites from Larry Brown were included in the same newsletter from Xavier that contained the Shell Drill with the interchange that I sent out on Friday.  Here is the link in case you missed it:  Shell Drill with Helpside Interchange.
“I never remember losing a game because of constant back doors or lobs by [...]

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With the NBA playoffs going on, we at the Coaching Toolbox think there are a lot of things that both basketball players and coaches can take from the games in addition to the entertainment value.
In Today’s post we will discuss what [...]

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Since we at the Coaching Toolbox have only been posting since March 1, we still have many many areas that we want to delve into. One of those things we want to add to over the summer is our defensive pages.
As [...]