How to: Improve Defensive Speed for Basketball!! (Become a Better Defender)

In this video we'll go over how to improve your defensive speed for basketball. These basketball defensive tips will help you play better defense against your opponent! Add them to your game today and you will become a better defender.

About Coach Alex:

- 4 year starter in the NCAA (UC Irvine), 125 career starts, 3 years as Captain
- Set a UCI freshman single-season record with 144 assists
- Named Big West Conference Freshman of the Year
- Ranked No. 16 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.26)
- Won Two Big West regular-season titles with UCI and the program's only conference NCAA tournament crown

Inside of today's video we'll go over how to increase defensive speed for basketball players. These defensive tips will help you play lock down defense against good offensive players. Add these basketball defense tips to your game today!

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[criticalcub]

I been watching ur videos and I improved a lot over the summer and lost 20 pounds

[yungsmoove]

I’m always get crossed up by the ball handler watching this video help me improves a lot

[kendraarmour]

Today at lunch the person who I was guarding drove past me and scored, so this vid is perfect.

[thewiseman]

Keep smashing coach! These vids are great

[tyronedominicanboyhenrique]

Hey bro you are a hell of a trainer very successful skill training

[avigailturgeman]

Thanku after I watched your videos I've been the most dominant defender in my team

[cmpobi]

I love your channel because you post consistently

[Justdale]

What about getting beat on a first step and to know which way your opponent will go

[ianhopkins]

OMG tank you so much for all of the work ur doing to make us better basketball players and I’m in 5th grade and been watching these and now I’ve beaten kids on varsity

[weirdguy]

Man you’re da real coach 👍👍👍 . Can please teach me how to drive past a defender ?? Thank you coach

[youtubeuser]

can you plesse make more vids about moves to get past defenders!!!!

[curlyheadballer]

THANK YOU 🖒😃❤😃🖒I need this so much, my defense is like the only weakness in my game 👎😣but u know I'm working on it 😉👌

[audalacosta]

How about some post defense what to do against stronger opponents. That knock into you

[warriorx]

Great vid can you do a vid on pressure

[jaybad]

Can u do a vid on something to help me cuz I keep driving and getting trapped plzzzz first game tomorrow 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[Zephreyer]

How many reps should I do and does this really help with defense?

[bradleyconca]

how many reps and sets on the run slide run?

[jalenwatson]

How many sets and reps on run slide run

[charliehighentown]

I’m tired of getting drove by at my local 24 hr fitness, ya feel me?

[HereonTubeYou]

Too much talking...show the drills. You are saying very obvious things that literally everyone knows. "If you can't move quickly laterally, you are going to get beat". Really?