Shaka Smart 1-2-1-1 Havoc full court press

[Christopher.Colberg]

Did this with my team for 3 games, game one we were up like 25-4 after the first, the second game we were up 27-2 after the first. This press was so effective and caused so many mistakes for the other team. Almost every time we pressed ended up in a basket, steal or atleast some form of chaos/tipped pass

[guessundheit]

As a hockey fan, this is why I can watch college basketball from time to time. Full court press and forechecking are essentially the same thing, players working hard to cause turnovers and create opportunities. It's fun and exciting.

I can't stand the NBA and have never understood its appeal. The players' egos are too big to play a full court press.

[GeoAce]

the last part about not fouling and keeping your body low is nice however good defenses are ALWAYS reaching for the roof ;-)

[codegaming_yt]

Its fun trying this type of defense mid season but vs teams that cant dribble dominates. Love the fact at HS level trying to tell these kids this kind of Defense will make us better if we understand the value of making teams set up rushing shots, and not setting up comfortable into offense.

[sean-epicknowles]

I don’t understand, are we supposed to force them to the corner or to the middle?

[michaelaskew]

I use this in the half court with my team too

[logankandel]

This is actually really cool. What kind of player would you recommend as the "mad man"? would an athletic, lanky power forward work?

[playbookbasketball]

Thank you coach. Greetings from PLAYBOOK Argentina

[KRISONE]

Pretty basic and elementary. It’s the first full court trap you are taught to break. If your going to run that against a good team, you need at least 4 long and athletic players.

[donatellomatt]

I love how 80% of the examples show the press breaking down. Haha.

[poseidon]

Coach just a question, if your opponent is taller than your team but they have no shooting, what half court defense would you apply?

[thatlittlezombie]

I would pull the first person off the ball so that it's tougher for them to get it in.

[allanjacobson]

If they break the press, How do the players know what man to guard without getting confused??

[gangawerks]

i'm surprised you don't see it more often in the nba.

[fizaumami]

In soccer, we call this Gegenpressing

[bseville]

What defense are you dropping back into? A man to man or zone?

[kamthedonkammy]

Shit like this is what a player like CP3 would take advantage of.

[gdre]

You have to match up after this press you cannot fall back into a zone

[matthewfaircloth]

This press is easily broken. The issue comes in when the refs are allowing the defense to bump and body the offensive players. Then you probably will find success. If you are being pressed by this, and the refs are letting your team get bullied, buckle up... it's a long night. Otherwise.. a give and go on either side with slashing cutters creates layups against this press.

[jrdaboy]

seen in the nba, with nick nurse toronto raptors