How do you play defense?

WAIT until the big man brings the ball down, then slap the ball out.
POKE at the ball when he is looking somewhere else.
PUT your hands on his face, so he can't see SQUAT DIDDLY.
FAKE like you're going to slap the crap out of his face when he goes up for the shot, but don't actually slap him.

One thing both my older brothers hate me doing to them is that I scream like a little girl whenever they go for the shot... it's annoying, but it disturbs their procedure.

NEVER NEVER NEVER say you're smaller.

"Don't think you're faster. KNOW you are."

 

I hate when people do that to me, I just give them a elbow or two then go about my business.

 

To tell you the truth, if you do all this stuff, and the other player is decent.. they will still post you up.

Most important thing: footwork. Always make sure you are mobile, you are ready to move as quickly as possible. Don't keep your feet too close together. Always watch for patterns. For example, my brother always takes an extra dribble after a crossover, and at that moment, while he's bringing it back in front of him, I steal it from him. In the post, make a right handed person play with his right arm facing the basket, and vice versa. Don't go for the bloxk if you're small, go for the steal RIGHT before he's ready to take off for a jumper or whatever. Don't poke at the ball too much - a smart player will take you to the hole every time. Always keep your arms spread out, but not fully extended.

 

With a Pam Anderson Video, I can show your how equally gifted with both hands I am

 

Personally, I like the shot from behind

 

My defensive philosophy:



My offensive philosophy:

 

set the tone early - no easy buckets. let the other player know he's my b**** and not the other way around.

 

the cherry picking Matador... nice Codell

 

lol jeff wat the hell hahaha

 

#1. Make it personal. Watch the way that Ray Lewis mentally prepares to play a football game and try to emulate it in terms of intensity, rage, etc.

#2. Most people don't really have particularly good lateral quickness, and the most important part of defense is moving side to side. Practice the traditional sideways shuttle drill that you see where you shuffle from baseline to freethrow, back to baseline, to halfcourt & back, then baseline to far freethrow, and finally, baseline to far baseline and back in a low squat. The inside of your thighs should hurt like a mofo if you're doing it right.

#3. I was watching a summer league game the other day, and the guy got out of position and attempted a lame steal and got a foul. Playing good defence isn't steals or blocked shots. Those things come naturally. Your 2 goals are: stay between your guy and the basket, and make sure that whatever the guy you are guarding is doing, he is uncomfortable doing it.

#4 Finally, know who your playing against. Observe. If the guy is 2x as quick as you, give him a little extra cushon. If he's taller than you, make sure you put a body on him further away from the basket than you normally would. If the guy can't dribble with his left hand, overplay him to the right. Same thing with your self. Observe where you fail or where you are lacking and develop a strategy that compensates for your own faults.

Finally, you know you've done a good job if the guy your gauarding seems pissed off, or starts whining. If you don't get this result, you should consider your effort a failure and try harder next time.

 

1. Never let your feet get too close together.

2. If he has a weak hand, always force him towards it.

3. Keep your lead hand down when your man is dribbling. You don't even have to do anything with it, but for godsakes, a ballhandler loves it when he sees your lead hand up in the air not threatening his dribble.

4. When your guy has the ball, keep those arms spread as much as possible. Quite simply, it makes you bigger, and harder to dribble around. Too many people just hold their arms tucked into their sides or straight out in front of them trying to get steals, and they make themselves very easy to dribble past. And if the guy rams into your arms while they're out and stationary, that's not your fault, it's his. Use his loss in momentum to get back in front of him.

5. When your guy doesn't have the ball, remember to always watch the ball, wherever it may be, and play DENIAL defense. Keep one arm on the guy's back/side, just barely touching him and with your elbow slightly bent to show you're not pushing, and keep your head swiveled toward the ball. You can watch him and keep him from the basket all you want, but if you don't know where the ball is, he can run your ass into a screen really really hard. In short, watch the ball with your eyes, and "watch" your man with your arm.

6. This is not technically legal, but people do it to me all the time since I'm a post-up guy: when your guy is posting up, put one leg back a bit, and then put your other leg between his, keep it bent, and make him push against your thigh rather than your torso. This is definitely a dirty trick, but if you're desperate and undersized...

7. If you think a guy posting you up wants to pop a J, keep that forearm on his back hard. If you think he wants to get around you/spin on you, use just a hand on his back (arm at roughly 45 degrees) so he can't spin around you. If he tries to overpower you... well... front him, get stronger, or use the dirty knee trick.

8. Listen to the rhythm of his dribble. Good dribblers will change up their dribble speed/height to stop you from anticipating, but the bad ones often have a startlingly regular beat to their dribbling. If this is the case, pester them every time the ball hits the floor.

9. Another dirty trick... if you got a good shooter and all he wants to do is shoot from the outside, make a habit of running at him in a very low posture, so while he's shooting you got him thinking how much it's gonna hurt if you run into his legs while he's coming down. You can do this to the same guy dozens of times, and he'll usually swing his legs back a bit just out of instinct and mess up his shot.

10. If you're looking for the defensive rebound, remember that position is EVERYTHING. As soon as that shot is away, don't watch the ball and try to predict where it's going, just get under the basket and ram your back into somebody to get that position. Of course, before you do that, remember to get that arm in your man's chest to keep him from beating you to it.

11. If he's twice as fast as you, get RIGHT UP ON HIM, chest-to-chest, the first time he gets the ball (do not do this the whole game, obviously). Sure, you might get burned for one stinkin' play, but you'll get him thinking "this guy's gonna be hitting me the whole game."

12. If he's much bigger, stronger, and slower than you, keep right up on him and keep your shoulder in his chest the whole damn game, and that includes beyond the three point line. If you give him space to shoot, he'll just use it to dribble himself into better position. NOTHING frustrates a big guy like you pushing him around when he's way the hell out of his range anyway. Push him around on the perimeter with as much force as you would if he was 2 feet from the bucket trying to dunk on you.

 

u shouldnt cry abt not being good any1 can be good u just gtta practice hard......and jeff u dumb**** u dont suck

 

Hmm... well, I was never really under any illusions I was good.

I'm great on defense, but I'm also usually the worst offensive player on the floor. Got a couple nice post moves and that's about all I got going for me.

I'll always love it. It's just fun, it doesn't matter how good you are.

 

im 5-6 and found that i may not be able to reach the ball up high but i can reach his face, keep him blind and he'll miss everytime. also if you count randomly it throws the shooter off. but as far as the post up i cant solve it, my best advice for that is to learn to shoot lights out 3's.

 

Just improve. Everyone can do SOMETHING.

Whether it's becoming a damn good spot-up shooter, or very good with your open jumper inside the arc, or becoming a good post player, there's always something you can do. One of those 3 things is usually enough.

If you play tough defense, then all you need to do is be able to hit an open shot.

 

The only D I play is Tenacious.