by Karun | Oct 12, 2017 | Drills, Transition/Conversion
Since our teams convert to defense after almost every offensive possession, and it is much tougher to score against our set defenses, it is important that we work at being very good in our conversion defense. These 3 drills are conversion defense drills from the...
by Karun | Oct 12, 2017 | Drills, Transition/Conversion
In order to help clarify our terminology and communication, I refer to going from offense to defense as conversion and from defense to offense as transition. I believe that every day as a part of your defensive work, it is essential to work on some type of conversion...
by Karun | Oct 12, 2017 | Drills, Toughness Drills
In order to get players to concentrate on the defensive principles that you believe in and to develop the proper habits, try the following drill. We ask the players to play three perfect defensive possessions. The length of the possession is determined by our playing...
by Karun | Oct 12, 2017 | Drills, Transition/Conversion
This drill was on an old version of the Xavier Women’s newsletter. The name of the drill is Quick Strike and its purpose is to work on both transition offense and conversion defense. I also heard Coach Mike Neighbors who was an assistant at Xavier and is now the Head...
by Karun | Oct 12, 2017 | Drills, Transition/Conversion
In my opinion, converting to defense is one of the key factors to being good defensively. Our goal every time we convert to defense is to force the opponent to play against our set 5 on 5 defense without fouling to do so. Depending on the level you coach, you will be...
