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HOW TO CONTROL YOUR DEFENDER! #basketballtraining #basketball #shorts

Name: HOW TO CONTROL YOUR DEFENDER! #basketballtraining #basketball #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-06-28T18:18:22+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Ethan Khoza
Description: Short YouTube coaching clip by Ethan Khoza explaining how offensive players can 'control' a defender through posture and speed. Key ideas: standing tall…

28 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube coaching clip by Ethan Khoza explaining how offensive players can 'control' a defender through posture and speed. Key ideas: standing tall signals low threat so defenders relax; dropping to a low position signals attack and forces defender reactions; shifting between high/low postures and varying speeds creates opportunities to drive, shoot, or catch the defender off-guard. The clip ends with a recommendation to practice drills that train these position-and-speed transitions.

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You're essentially able to control your defender based on how you are with your posture and with your speed. When you stand straight up nice and tall, typically that defender is going to relax because you're not a threat to do anything, and then you'll be able to catch them off guard. When you do hit that low position to accelerate and go. Likewise, dropping into a low position can force a defender to react and shift a certain way, anticipating a drive, or just give you a slight advantage to attack a different way or get a shot off. They back up. And your ability to shift between these different speeds and high, low positions is a really important skill to develop. So I think it's really important to work on drills where you're getting into these different positions and you're changing up speeds.