It is time to start reading the defense! You cannot practice reading the defense in a downscreen often enough. Think of every single downscreen like an at-bat in baseball. The hitter learns more about the pitcher. There are different ball and strike counts to learn from each time a batter goes to the plate. The…
Defending America’s Play
America’s Play, or pick the picker, remains one of the hardest actions to defend at every level of competition. Successfully defending the play start with good cross screen defense. Here is how we defended the action in Detroit: Defending the Cross Screen The man defending the cutter must make contact with his man before he…