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[QUOTE="Doctor Hoop, post: 4130975, member: 6845"]
We talkin' 'bout practice?

OK, so here's some practice, and much of this can be "after hours" outside of organized team practice:
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[*]Have Jackson guard Cole 1 on 1 for 20 minutes.  Jackson needs to read body movement and move his feet quicker, and trying to do that on a guy quicker than him is the best way to train that.  He won't be guarding a small quick point guard in games, but the guys he will be on will look much slower.  Same thing for Hawkins.  As an aside, have them watch Whaley move his feet on D- he's awesome at it.
[*]Hawkins, Gaffney, Polley, Jackson all should handle the ball full court against pressuring man to man.  Why?  Because teams will try to force Cole to give it up, and these guys need to be able to attack the D when they do. The goal can't just be to get it over the timeline, now the shot clock is the 6th defender.
[*]Rebounding - shot goes up, goal is for all five defenders to get their butt on a guy and let the ball fall to the floor untouched.  No offensive players anywhere near the ball.  Rinse, repeat, until it's consistent.
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