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At the middle school level the point guard is ordinarily one of the better players. Therefore, if you may limit or shut down the opposing point guard then you will limit what the other team may do. To the right way defend the opponent’s point guard you need to recognise what he may and can’t do. You need to recognise if he is right or left-handed, where he likes to catch outlet passes, how he handles pressure, where and how does he get most of his shots and where he goes after he passes. Once you recognise the habits and tendencies of your opponent’s point guard, you may then fabricate a game plan to guard him. Here are a few dissimilar conceptions you may use to defend dissimilar types of point guards. Limit Touches Limiting touches is effective for any good player, but specially if it’s the point guard. A simple conception to instruct to your players is if he doesn’t have the ball then he can’t score. There are a few ways that you may limit the amount of times a point guard has the ball. 1.) Deny the Initial Pass- Most teams work on their point guard initiating the offense so forcing someone else to do it will limit your opponent’s offense. You need to be competent to deny off a made and a missed shot. It’s most effective if the player that the PG is guarding be the one that denies the primary pass. You will need to apply multiple players due to fatigue or possible foul disturb so be sure to exercise with dissimilar defenders. 2.) Trap Up and Down - A good point guard is going to in the end find a way to get the ball in his hands. The next way to limit touches is to use a potpourri of traps. If you feel you may integrate his dribble, trapping up on the point guard is the best way to get it out of his hands. The key is when he passes be sure one of the trappers stays with him and denies any pass back to him. If you are capable to strength the point guard to pass without trapping up then you may trap off of him after the primary pass and deny the pass back to him. Team Defense A good point guard will seldom be stopped by one defender so a good team defense is essential. You don’t need to put in a altogether new defense you may just need to emphasize or change sure things in your regular defense. If you face a good penetrating point guard that may get to the rim, then you may want to go to a zone. Be sure to stress to your team to commune where he is and be sure each player knows how you want to defend him. If you determine to play man to man, then just adjust and back off when he has the ball in a non-scoring zone and have help defenders be ready to give early support on his drive. A simple adjustment of forcing him to dribble with his weaker hand is very easy but effective versus most players at any level. If the PG is a good shooter then you want to give good ball pressure and make him dribble. The key is to make him take difficult shots and challenge each shot without fouling. It’s the simple conception of making shooters drivers and drivers shooters. If he is good at both then take away the higher percentage shots at the rim and make him shoot from the outside. If he starts hitting from the outside systematically then you may be forced adjust. Limit Fouls and Make Him Defend You always want to limit how some fouls you commit, but who you foul is just as necessary as when or how numerous times you foul. You ought to limit your fouls on a good PG to keep him off the free-throw line and you out of foul trouble. When you concede him to go to the free throw line he gets a prospect to shoot without you guarding him. Every time he makes a free throw it gives him more selfconfidence and he becomes much harder to guard. On the other end, if you make him defend you may get him fatigued which will lead to poor conclusions and perchance foul trouble. Players in foul trouble tend to be less aggressive to the rim and posing no difficulty to defend. |
Solid protection
Needed a nose guard