Youth Man: Post Defense
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Youth Man: Post Defense
Ball above:
three-quarter.
Ball below:
front
1
2
3
4
5
X1
X2
X3
X4
X5
1 at the top with 5 on the right block. X5 plays behind him with a hand up and a hand in the lane; the perimeter is in the gap and on the help line. Why behind with the ball at the top: the entry from the top is a long pass over the top of the defense, and X5 behind him has the rim covered and the lane crowded.
1 passes to 2 on the right wing. X5 steps to the high side and three-quarters 5, hand in the lane, as X2 closes out and X1 drops to the gap. Why three-quarters and not front: from the wing the entry pass is short and flat, and the high side is where it is thrown; the defense concedes the low-side lob, which the help at the rim covers.
2 cannot enter it and passes to 4 in the corner. X5 slides around and fronts 5 completely, between him and the corner, and X3 drops from the help line to the rim. Why front from the corner: the corner entry is the easiest pass in basketball to a post who is not fronted, and the only pass over a front is a lob that X3 is now waiting under.
4 looks at the lob and sees X3 at the rim. He holds. Why the front works without a steal: it does not stop the pass, it makes the pass a bad one, and a youth guard rarely throws a lob over a front into help.
4 throws it back to 2 on the wing. X5 comes back around to the high side three-quarter, X3 recovers to the help line, X2 closes out. Why X5 moves on every pass: he is always between the post and the ball, and the ball just moved.
2 swings it to 1 at the top. X5 drops behind 5 again, the perimeter recovers to its gap and help spots. Why the swing matters to the post defender: 5 is about to cross the lane with the ball, and X5 has to be ready to go with him.
5 crosses the lane to the left block as the ball reverses. X5 beats him across, staying between him and the ball, and arrives on the high side. Why the defender crosses first: a post who gets to the new block ahead of his man has a free catch, so X5 goes when 5 goes, and a step early.
1 reverses to 3 on the left wing. X5 is already three-quartering 5 on the high side, X3 closes out, X1 drops into the gap. Why the picture is the mirror of the first wing pass: post defense is the same rule on both blocks, and the reversal just tests whether X5 kept it.
3 enters the ball to 5 anyway, over the top of the three-quarter. X5 drops behind the catch and walls up: chest on 5's back, feet on the floor, hands straight up, no reach. Why the wall and not the reach: the reach is the foul every young post defender commits; the wall concedes the catch and takes away the move.
5 turns baseline and X5 slides with him, chest to back, hands up, while X3 digs down from the wing with a hand at the ball. Why the dig: the post has one move with a wall behind him, and the dig takes that move away before it starts.
5 has nothing and is forced to kick it back out to 3 on the wing. X3 recovers from the dig and closes out, X5 goes back to the high side. Contained. Why the post entry produced nothing: the catch was conceded, the move was walled, and the pass out went to a defender already on his way back.
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