The Basic-Eight Defensive Drill demonstrates and teaches eight basic essentials of individual man-to-man defense in a single sequential drill. The eight phases are broken down into individual teachable parts and then reconstituted together to form a continuous forty-second defensive drill that is designed to help prepare players for the most difficult defensive situations they might face during a game.
Among the topics covered:
- Off-the-ball position
- Help and recover
- Defending the give and go
- Deny the flash cut
- Defending the high- and low-post positions
- Deny the wing pass
- Defend the backdoor cut
- Block out
- Combining the parts of the basic-eight drill
- Adding difficulty to the basic-eight drill
- Methods to improve the quality of the basic-eight drill
