03 - Transition Defense

What's up berasap, y'all? If your team can play defense in the half-court, force turnovers/get rebounds, run out and score on the fastbreak then you can basically survive in the regular season of NCBL Division II. Trust me, I've seen many teams make runs simply by playing defense and scoring in the open court without waiting for the other team's defense to set-up. Now, to up the ante, your team needs to be good at transition defense. Why? Because if the other team can't score on their fast-breaks, then they have to deal with your team's half-court defense. So, if your team's already tapau-ed the concepts of half-court defense and transition offense (like we've discussed in parts 1 and 2) then your team would already have the advantage over the other team.

Now, as usual I won't blabber on about the finer details so I'll just give a few tips, mmmkay? If your team wants to stop the other team's fastbreak, always make sure your team has two last men at all times. I know, I know, most people say just one last man, right? Well, actually, it's quite logical. When your team puts up a shot, the big men would go for the rebound while one player from the perimeter will cut in to create a rebounding triangle. That means ada lagi dua orang kat 3-point line waktu a shot goes up. So, dua-dua orang tu kena la aware dan memikul tanggungjawab sebagai last man bersama-sama! To help you guys see this clearly, here's another lukisan tadika by me.

As you can see, once the small forward goes in for the rebound, there will be a rebounding triangle in the painted area. Also, there are two people outside who could be last men. Simple, right? Of course, this is just an example. In a game, the positions may differ and different players may be the one cutting or being the last men.



Saranan dari afiqPG: To always be ready for fastbreaks, having last men is only the first step. However, it's an important step. So, always try to create that rebounding triangle and leave two guys at the perimeter. Only the perimeter player on the weakside should crash the board. 

Now, the last men's job sounds easy. Just run back. However, it's actually a little bit more complicated than that. Between the two last men, one player should sprint towards the basket while the other player runs toward the opposing player who is closest to your team's basket. Once one player has slowed down the ball-handler, the other player who is under the basket should defend like a center until the big men comes back. Sekali lagi, a lukisan tadika to help illustrate my point! Dalam contoh ni, the outlet pass is given to the opponents' shooting guard, so the closest person goes to stop the ball-handler while the other defender goes straight under the basket and defends the paint.

I think that's it for now. If you guys have any questions, comments or pembetulans, feel free to do so dekat bawah k? Ciao.

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