How To Be A LOCKDOWN Defender #basketball #basketballtraining

We can watch Royce o' Neal defending James Harden as an example here. He's really sitting on that left hand because he knows that James Harden loves to drive to his left. And he actually gets beat early on here to the left. And Harden's able to throw the lob for the finish. Right here we can see the adjustment. He really sits to try and force James Harden to his right, which he's able to do. Obviously, when you're playing against great scorers, sometimes they're going to score regardless of how you play them. But he makes it much more difficult and takes away that first option. Right here we see it again, he able to sit, take away that left hand drive and force a drive to the right. Now Harden gets himself an open step back here, but again we're taking away the first option, forcing him to go to the secondary option, which is usually going to lead to better success as a defender. And then in this last clip here, we really see it all culminate into exactly what we want, which is a turnover. He's again able to sit on that left hand drive, cut him off and force him back towards that right. And because he's got help in the paint and that defense is loaded up, they're able to get the turnover.