01 - Half-Court Defense

What's up berasap, y'all? I'm going to give you guys a list of the "10 Things You Need To Know Before Playing In NCBL 2K11", licensed by afiqPG. Remember that afiqPG (that's me) is not a basketball expert, just a random guy who knows some stuff and wants to share. So, here goes.

At the top of my list is "Half-Court Defense". Not to be confused with the defense you play in a half-court game of 3 on 3, half-court defense actually refers to your defensive schemes once all 10 players are on the same side of the court. Dalam kata lain, half-court defense ni adalah benda-benda macam 2-3 zone, 3-2, half-court trap, half-court man, etc.

Saranan dari afiqPG: Kalau nak start out with a new team, do not try to train too many types of defenses with your team. Choose to train one type of man-to-man defense and one type of zone defense. Yang penting bukannya berapa banyak jenis defense sesebuah team tu boleh main, sebaliknya kualiti 'help defense' dan 'individual defense' di dalam defensive scheme sesebuah team tu.Anyways, dalam NCBL kalau Division 2 kebanyakan team main zone 2-3 or 3-2. Division 1 cam rojak sikit.

For every type of team defense, be it man-to-man or zone, konsep 'help defense' adalah teramat penting dan perlu difahami oleh setiap pemain yang ada di atas gelanggang. This is because any good offensive player can breakdown the first defender. A good defensive team is a team yang boleh tolong cover untuk member bila member terlepas orang yang dia patut defend.

Contoh, kalau orang yang berada di 45 belah kanan dimakan oleh opponent dia, lalu opponent dia makan ke arah baseline. Member yang tengah defend di low-post seharusnya aware dan anticipate perkara tu berlaku supaya dia boleh dengan pantas dan macho tolong cover untuk member dia. Kapish?

Ok. Aku rasa cukup dah kot aku mengarut untuk yang ni. On to number two in the list after this!

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