Defensive Academy

“Offense sells tickets – DEFENSE wins games”  Taught by former college basketball coach Dan McGovern and former college basketball players Eddie Oates and Ryan Carson, this 7 week program will feature non stop teaching and high energy drills designed to improve individual and team defensive skills. Players will be taught and will drill on such areas as; * defensive stance * guarding the open court dribbler * seeing “ball and man” * wing denial * how to safely draw a charge * help and recover * help and rotate * transition defense * defending screens * blocking out – defensive rebounding *defending the post player * talking on defense *developing defensive intensity…and much more! Separate sessions are offered for boys and girls. These sessions are appropriate for players of all levels of experience. Space is limited.  Click the following link to enroll: Defensive Academy


Typical Defensive Academy Session:

7:00 - Stretch and warm up
7:05 - Teach and show defending ball screens
7:08 - Drill – defending ball screens
7:15 - Teach defending open court dribbler
7:18 - Drill – defending open court dribbler
7:25 - Teach and show “Help and Recover”
7:28 - Drill – help and recover
7:35 - Teach and show defending down screens
7:38 - Drill – defending down screens
7:45 - Teach and show 4 on 4 shell
7:48 - 4 on 4 defensive shell
Staying between your man and the basket
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