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Van Gundy Defensive Positioning Drill

By Brian Williams on February 14, 2018

Van Gundy Defensive Positioning Drill

This defensive drill is from the Encyclopedia of the Packline Defense assembled by Chris Filios. It is paired with the “Attack the Pack Playbook” , which was also compiled by Chris.

Click here to see the Attack the Pack and Packline Defense Bundle

If you need customer service, email me at [email protected] or call/text me at ‪317-721-1527.

The concept of the drill is to quickly run through several offensive actions that you have to defend frequently.

If there are other movements that the teams that you play run, you can add them in.

Also, remove anything in this sequence that isn’t something you face.

Apply your defensive rules to defend the actions in the drill.

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The Van Gundy Drill is designed to force the defense to guard a variety of actions that they would see in the game.

It starts in a Horns sets.

 

 

Defend horns ball screen action 5 screening for 1.

 

 
 

 

Throw back to 4.

3 lifts.

4 reverses to 3.
 

 

4 sets wing pick and roll for 3.

5 ducks in from the opposite side.

1 and 2 exchange on the opposite side.
 

 

3 reverses to 2.

4 spaces behind 3 point arc.

 
 

 

High sprint ball screen 5 on 2.

 

 
 

 

2 throws back to 1.

5 posts up.

 
 

Once the offense (second or scout team) knows the motion, the defense will step on and guard it.

Play will be live and the offense can score off any of the actions.

 

This defensive drill is from the Encyclopedia of the Packline Defense assembled by Chris Filios. It is paired with the “Attack the Pack Playbook” , which was also compiled by Chris. Click here to see the Packline Attack and Defense Bundle

If you need customer service, email me at [email protected] or call/text me at ‪317-721-1527.

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