Youth Man: Stance and On-Ball
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Youth Man: Stance and On-Ball
Stance: butt
down, nose
on the chest
1
2
3
4
5
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
1 has the ball at the top against five-out. X1 is in his stance: feet wider than his shoulders, butt down, nose on 1's chest, an arm's length away. The wings sag a step into the gaps and the corner defenders are in help. Why the chest and not the ball: the ball can fake, the chest cannot, so a defender who watches the chest is never beaten by a fake.
1 dribbles to his right. X1 slides with him, step and slide, never crossing his feet, staying an arm's length between 1 and the rim. Why slide and not run: a defender who crosses his feet is beaten the moment the dribbler changes direction; the slide forces the dribbler sideways, which is the direction the defense concedes.
1 passes to 2 on the right wing. On the flight X2 closes to his stance on 2, X1 drops into the gap one pass away, X4 denies the corner, and X3 and X5 settle on the help line. Why everyone moves on the flight: the man rules are about the ball, not the man, and the ball just moved.
2 drives baseline. X2 slides with him with his inside foot high, keeping an arm's length and turning him toward the baseline, while X4 stunts a step from the corner and X5 drops to the rim from the help side. Why the on-ball defender does not try to steal it: the reach is the foul or the blow-by; the stance forces the dribbler to pick it up, and that is the win.
2 picks up his dribble and kicks it to 4 in the corner. X4 closes to his stance on 4, X2 drops into the gap. Why the pick-up is what the defense was playing for: a dead ball below the free-throw line has one way out, a pass back outside, and the defense concedes that pass gladly.
4 has no drive and swings it back to 1 at the top while 2 relocates to the wing. X1 closes to his stance, X4 and X2 drop to one pass away. Why the swing is the defense's friend: the ball is as far from the rim as it can be, and every pass costs the offense clock.
1 reverses to 3 on the left wing. X3 closes to his stance, X1 to the gap, X5 denies the corner, X2 and X4 to the help line. Why the left side has to be as sound as the right: the offense reverses the ball to find the defender who stands up or reaches, and that is the one it will attack.
3 attacks the middle. X3 beats him to the spot and turns him with his chest, no reach, while X1 stunts from the gap. Why the middle drive is turned and not the baseline one: the middle is where the offense sees the whole floor, so the defense forces the drive toward the sideline where it sees less.
3 picks up his dribble and passes to 5 in the left corner. X5 closes to his stance with no baseline, X3 drops into the gap. Why the defense is winning without a steal: two drives have ended in a pick-up, and the ball is in a corner with the clock running down.
5 has nothing and passes back to 3 as 3 relocates to the wing. 3 holds the ball against X3's stance with no clock left. Contained. Why the stance decided the possession: nobody was beaten off the dribble, so the offense never got a shot it wanted.
5 passes to 3 and X3 closes into his stance one more time, an arm's length away, nose on the chest. Stop: the shot clock expires with the ball on the wing. Why five possessions like this win a youth game: the defense conceded only sideways dribbles and passes back out, and never once the rim.
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