I am coaching a team in our Boys and Girls club summer league ages 10-13...The team we are playing tomorrow just beat us last fri and thier pt guard had 30 pts he is clearly the best player in our league....but he has a good team around him as well...what defense could i use to contain him and make the other players beat me?
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Posted 16 January 2003 - 05:06 PM
Michael,
You don't indicate how the kid scored, transition, outside shooting, driving to the basket?
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You don't indicate how the kid scored, transition, outside shooting, driving to the basket?
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Posted 16 January 2003 - 05:07 PM
He scored in every way creating off the dribble, fast break and from outside he also does a god job of getting his other teamamtes involved when we double him and he makes the smart pass and they have a easy lay up....We played tehm agin Mon and he had 28.....he is also a very good defensive player too....
thanks for anyhelp
Michael
thanks for anyhelp
Michael
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Posted 16 January 2003 - 05:07 PM
Try tying his shoe laces together. lol. He sounds pretty tough. I had a little success slowing down a dominating guard by a different style than what most would use. I assigned a very weak offensive player to constantly stay between this player and his goal. we lost an offensive player but totally shut down the fast break points. The slowing down of his game mixed with the frustration of having a player dog his every move took him out of his game. 32 points turned into 9 and we won the game by double digits. also never let him score off the dribble, force him to keep hitting outside, it's the lesser of two evils.
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Posted 16 January 2003 - 05:08 PM
Hi, it's way too late to give you advice on the game but if there is a next time. On offense I suggest you designate plays so that your best player can get him into foul trouble. The only simple way is to put your best defensive player on him and play superglue defense. Stick him all over the court even if he's beyond 3 pt line. If he catch the ball make him work for his shots. how did he score 30 pts on you? fast break? open jumper? to many drives? good screens? cut down your team's mistakes. I suggest you read "the art of war" it will help you next summer.
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Posted 16 January 2003 - 05:09 PM
Since he's young try faking the double team. Try setting up a zone defense. Get a very fast player to play as a spy. When you fake the double team make sure the player who is coming over for the fake know where his man where abouts is. Dont be to concerned stopping him because you may not but try to contain and take him to less scoring. If you lose, dont worry about it look to see if their was improvement on defense or better offense. For example:You sid he hit 30 points on your team. Try holding him under 20 points. Let his team be dependable. The fake works most of the time so please try to teach the fake double team please.
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Posted 03 February 2003 - 11:13 AM
We have a similiar player in our league what we did was played a 1-3-1 trap and it worked great. We held the entire team to 2 points in the first half and ended up beating them by 20 our team is very quick and we forced fifteen turneovers in the first half their star player had six in the first half himself and eleven in the whole game. Our players love to play this aggressive style of defense.
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Posted 10 April 2003 - 04:06 PM
"beat me?"
Start my changing your focus to the kids and way from yourself.
Start my changing your focus to the kids and way from yourself.
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Posted 10 April 2003 - 04:08 PM
Once you've changed your focus, decide whether you want to develop basketball players or stop that kid.
If you want to develop basketball players, teach them how to play man to man defense.
If you want to stop that kid, play box and one.
If you want to develop basketball players, teach them how to play man to man defense.
If you want to stop that kid, play box and one.
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Posted 13 April 2003 - 09:52 AM
I think that some of the suggestion you received from the coaches on this board are good and valid. First of all, any defense you run is only as good as the individual fundamentals of your players. Teach and re-teach man to man defensive fundamentals even if you plan on using zones, box and one, matchup zones, etc. Set priorities on teaching containment of the dribbler by teaching the zig zag drill, driving line drill, and other one-on-one close out drills. To imrove your team defense, spend time on 4-4 shell drills. Lastly, at your level, even if this kid is surrounded by good players, not all players are created equal or should be treated as such.
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Posted 02 September 2003 - 09:32 AM
Just a note on this topic. My under-10 team faced a similar challenge last week. We played a team that had beaten us by 18 points, and the star player actually outscored us by himself, 24-21. I tried using a box-and-one and triangle-and-two, but the defense that worked the best was playing man to man on the star with my fastest player combined with having my second best defender always guarding the ball, and having the other three in a triangle in the lane. This way the star was usually double-teamed enough to make him pass, but we were able to switch away from the double-team quickly enough to stop the other players.
We also slowed the game down by passing more before taking a shot, htting the boards, avoiding turnovers and covering full court. We held the other team to 13 points but still lost, 13-10 (6 points for the star). We were in the game until the final shot and gave them something to think about for the playoffs.
My players went from being in awe of the other team to thinking that they now have a chance against anyone.
We also slowed the game down by passing more before taking a shot, htting the boards, avoiding turnovers and covering full court. We held the other team to 13 points but still lost, 13-10 (6 points for the star). We were in the game until the final shot and gave them something to think about for the playoffs.
My players went from being in awe of the other team to thinking that they now have a chance against anyone.
