User:Coach Carvalho

THE IMPORTANCE OF AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE IN BASKETBALL

We believe that the best defense in basketball is the one that:

1.	Pressures the ball and denies the passing lane; 2.	Controls the pace of play by forcing the opponent's attack to play outside of their usual rhythm of play - this rhythm game may be faster or slower pending on the characteristics o the opponent; 3.	Decreases the percentage of field goal percentage per possession; 4.	Increases the opponents turnovers; 5.	Forces the opponent to improvise during the game; 6.	Stops the best scoring options of the opposing team during competition; 7.	Favors positioning of defensive players for the defensive rebound – There is no use in pressuring the ball and forcing your opponent to take bad shots if your team can not rebound; 8.	Creates options opportunities to counterattack utilizing numerical advantages. I.e. 3 against 2, 3 against 1, 2 against 1, etc.;

Rebounding is probably one of the most important fundamentals of the game and commonly overlooked and less stressed during training.

If your team adopts the system of aggressive defense, this means that you probably will force the attack to force to take bad shots, consequently decreasing their field goal scoring percentage per possession. However, if you do not train your team to rebound, chances are that you will surely lose the game.

There is NO effective defense system without defensive rebound. According to the NCAA statistical study:

•	30% of all second shots result from offensive rebound; •	60% of put back basket result from offensive rebound

As the NCCA study indicates, you have 90% of reasons for emphasizing in your daily sessions the practice of rebounding.

Having an aggressive defensive system and being able to rebound will increase your chances of winning. Teams that adopt this type of defensive philosophy are mentally tough and aggressive in wanting to recover possession f the ball consequently increasing your team’s total number of possessions per game while decreasing the opponents.

Your chances of winning a games diminishes if your opponent has a better shooting per possession and rebounding totals during the game.

Based on my coaching experiences, I developed the following defensive mathematical objectives for the teams I coach:

1.	Get 30% of all offensive rebounds opportunities during the game; 2.	Get 80% of all defensive rebound opportunities during the game; 3.	Grab 8-9 more rebounds per game than the opponent.

The above percentages were important factors in determining my teams victorious during the competition even when we played against stronger opponents.

Or more information on how to develop your team’s defensive system, refer to the E-book of my authorship entitled “Basketball defense Development at the following URL: www.coachcneto.com