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Message: [QUOTE="MD#12Fan, post: 3767737, member: 8636"] I know we don't love talking X's and O's much on the BY, heck we've got a Mt. Rushmore HC, but I need some feedback on a defensive point. [B]Why do we allow the offense to reverse the ball[/B]. Coaches can dictate offenses to do what they want them to do. Pack it in, make the O shoot jumpers. Switch on all screens. Go under screens, go over screens. Front the post. (my favorite that you rarely see anymore) Trap on ball screens. (we could do this, especially with Mir and Aubrey) Lots of strategies. If the ball's on top, the defense[B] can[/B] force the ball one side or the other. (again, game planning can dictate what you're gunna do, some teams are right-handed or left-handed). Then, when the ball goes to one side, the defense tries to keep it there. As if there is an imaginary dashed line that runs up the middle of the floor. Then, dictating that the game is played on one side, the defense is then able to lay for steals, set traps (corners and free-throw line extended), and even front the post(s). Defenders on players on the other side of the floor slide over and help. Some coaches call that imaginary dashed line "the wall". Seems like we are passive on top. So, from there the offense can do what they want. Thanks BY [/QUOTE]