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Message: [QUOTE="sarals24, post: 2580909, member: 1740"] None of this is secret. This is basic defensive positioning. I teach it to my sixth graders. You'd be shocked how many coaches have absolutely no idea what their players should be doing on defense. IMO, you shouldn't be allowed to play a zone until you know how to play man - on ball and off ball defense are critical to player development. You use these principles in a zone, but guess how many teams just let their girls sit back in a 2-3 zone and never teach them basic principles, like on ball pressure, help, secondary help, hand in the passing lane, help line, etc? ALL OF THEM. In my 8 team league, we are the only team that plays man. It's an epidemic. I've seen it at every level, then these players get to high school and college never having learned super basic stuff. They sure aren't learning it at the AAU level. Last night, I went to see my alma mater play. They have a player, #3 in her class nationally, committed to Louisville. She's 6'1 and obviously immensely talented on offense. I was shocked at her defense, and not in a good way. She barely ran back, she never even bent her knees, swiped at the ball, never blocked out, committed dumb fouls trying to block shots when she just needed to stand there with her arms up...it was atrocious. I had my grade school team with me and told them not to even bother watching her - they can't replicate what she does offensively, and they weren't going to learn anything from watching her defense. [/QUOTE]

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