This is the type of content that enriches watching basketball live. It's so cool to be able to guess what a team is planning/thinking then watching it unfold.
I think it was during the Warriors-Raptors finals when I saw a play unfold and call it in the seconds it took to occur. It was “Cyclone” that Kerr took from Hoidberg and he took from college ball
As a high school basketball coach, these videos are absolutely tremendous. Really appreciate the effort, explanation, and details that go into these breakdowns. Keep up the EXCEPTIONAL work! Cheers.
All you need to know is that your 2 point shot and 3 point shot percentages need to be at 16.67% linear (meaning no matter how many shots are taken), and you'll score the same amount of points. If you have some good 3 point shooters, they'll obviously make more than 16.67% less 3 point shots than 2 point shots, thus increasing your scoring. Of course you know the analytics. Petition to change the 3 point shot to 2.5 or 2.25. Save basketball from the OP debacle of the 3 point shot. Players have adjusted to the 3 point shot. Now the rules have to adapt once again to the players. When the 3 point shot was instituted, no one even knew how to make scoreboards that could register 2.5 or 2.25 points. But now it's easy.
To me the big turning point around 2013. This was still two years BEFORE the Warriors took over the league, but you could see the change happening. The Warriors crushed the Nuggets in the playoffs in the first round, and Steph kept abusing players going under the screens by pulling up for three. It kind of broke my brain. I kept seeing it and thinking "but... that's a bad shot, right???" But it wasn't. The game had changed. In turn, that level of shooting and spacing changed how teams covered ball screens, which led to everything you've shown here.
I am a Gonzaga fan so ua-cam.com/video/T-aCJH_96No/v-deo.html got the advanced notice in 2008. Being able to knock down hella contested 3s is a game changer. "High arcing jump shot"... he had to drop FORTY to lead Davidson to BARELY being the last team that knocked Gonzaga out before the second round. S P E C I A L
Actually its the Suns of 2005 first then but can't defend the the post well and then its the Heat of 2012 who enhanced it that really changed the game because they can defend as well the post players because of switching and fronting bigger post players while having a stretch 5 in Chris Bosh. We saw that when Bosh got injured in the playoffs and they fully utilized it in the finals against the Thunder. Then the Warriors used that same concept in 2015 with a stretch 5 and also because how quick he is to defend perimeter players (like Bosh who is good but Draymond is elite) and then Rockets of 2018 enhanced it again by switching every screen because the Warriors were so potent in the perimeter.
Omg those catch and shoot deep 2's shots are just absolutely painful to watch. Just amazing that it took the league so long to realize that stepping like a foot back doesn't change your accuracy much but scores more points
That’s why I always get annoyed with the ppl who are like “i miss 2000’s nba, all they do is shoot 3’s now!”. I’m just like, so u miss watching worse quality play? Because that’s all it really is lol. Taking in inefficient, contested mid range shots and feeding bad bigs the ball in the post instead of playing thru the better wing players.
I grew up watching that era and it use to drive me crazy I never understood it. But to be fair stepping back absolutely did change they're accuracy bcuz guys didn't train to do it so they weren't comfortable a ton of guys would be comfy with college 3 point range n never adjust.
Personnel has greatly changed.. the league doesn't have traditional 5's and 4's were now have 3's and 4's playing the forward position and 4's are playing the 5.. so now you have non traditional bigs who can switch and stay in from of perimeter players
The funniest thing about Barkley is how he absolutely hates the 3 point shot, when it was Dan Marley and Danny Ainge 3 point shooting Phoenix's way to get to the finals, only to be defeated by Michael Jordan. I really thought that was the beginning of the 16.67% shot percentage linear advantage over the 2 point shot was going to take over the league, but it took over 20 years for Stephan Curry to prove the OP of the 3 point shot. The 3 point shot needs to be reduced to 2.5 or even 2.25 points.
This (and all your stuff) is gold for coaches just starting out like myself - I've taken huge steps in my level of understanding the x's and o's of basketball thanks to your channel and wanted to relay my thanks. Cheers and thanks coach
This video alone just made basketball so much more fun to watch again! Thank you so much for showing how defense has evolved along with offensive playmakers! Chess is so much more fun than checkers and watching defense like this changes the perspective of basketball!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
how great is this type of information for basketball and for countries that still are trying to find the new ways and get into the new era of modern basketball...this is gold for us and thank you for it... from Caracas Venezuela coach!! im a big fan of your channel!! keep it up!!!
As a non american who didnt have much exposure to basketball tactics growing up, this video really stands out to me the way its been explained and *especially* the visuals. good work :)
Subbed immediately after this video. This is the type of content that makes me come back for more. Cerebral basketball strategy and how offensive/defensive schemes have evolved over time.
This channel is entertaining , clear and precise. And explanation are broken down for almost anyone to understand. That in itself is underrated. Thank you!
to me a switch everything defense is almost zone . watch in the video , the players on defense in a point switch everything man are basically just defending a zone
It's funny looking back that my coach, when we were 10, taught us to switch and closeout, that year we won the chip moved up into a older league and made it to the semifinals
That 18/19 Warriors Rocket series was such a unique and exciting series to watch bc both side constantly use very well trained switches to avoid screen based tactics and lead to the most 1 on 1 reliant and slow paced series I have seen in the last decade, it was epic
I love watching old videos of the midrange wizardry from the 90s and early 2000s. I think the fact that some players were good enough to be able to turn and fade, deliberately taking off balance shots to score was amazing. I wanted to model my game after a Kobe or Demar type player, but it’s a hard pill to swallow when you learn that only the best of the best can make midrange shots worth it, and matching the efficiency with a 3 is much more advantageous.
I think it's interesting to compare this to Belicheck/Saban's match coverage concepts in football. Both blend concept of man to man and zone to create favorable positioning for defenders. So much of it is where and when the help comes in both defenses
It’s funny watching all the comments talking about how bad basketball was in the 2000s. We could make an entire video showing examples of where a player today would be better of stepping in and taking a 2 rather than stepping back and taking a 3. We could also talk about the horrible post play in today’s game, but some of you are so convinced this is so much better that no evidence would convince you. Basketball was different. Not inferior, just different.
Good analysis. From a coaches perspective(at the college and pro level), teaching, practicing then drilling into muscle memory switching defense takes time. Generally(IMHO) far more time is dedicated to offense because of the timing needed to be successful. The sense in the past has been that to play standard defense is more about individual positioning and effort than team timing. I think that the challenge for many coaches is that focusing enough time to make this type of team switching defense work, takes away from the time spent on creating offensive synergy. That said, with the explosion of 3 point shooting, less timing for plays is needed offensively, and more time can then come back to focusing on defensive schemes. In other words, I think the two are connected from a coaching perspective.
you deserve every one of those subscribers, your content its in other level, its amazing. I hope i could find a channel like yours about NFL. Much love from Brasil!! Keep going on the incredible work
In the games that I have played, I switch when it is smart to do so and I fight thru the pick when it is smart to do so. It all depends on how good my teammate is.
0:00 DAAAAAAMN, that brings memories!!!! I bet almost no one today remember or cared about who they, but they were a classic when i was a kid and teen.
Great content, I've seen every single video on your channel, keep the good work up. Only one thing, I don't understand why is nobody talking about rebounding after switches? While the triple switch allows the three-pointers (sometimes) but it takes away the opportunity for the big to just outpower the guards for the boards, and simple switches can lead to iso ball and all that, but if there is a big with a guard on him under the basket, that can lead to a lot of second-chance points skewing the efficiency data on those isolations, they might be producing points indirectly. Just a something to think about, other than that, I absolutely love your channel
First time seeing a video from this channel and I already learned a lot. When watching live games, I didn't notice what they are doing on defense but I will give more attention now.
Great job on this channel my man I’ve had people asking me to break down film of Indiana’s games and your video def one of the best I’ve seen at breaking this down.
As usual, amazing stuff, you deserve way more subscribers. I am learning so much when I watch your videos. Hopefully you'll soon get a NBA featured video like ElGee.
I'm not even a huge fan of basketball and this was fun to watch. I am enough of a fan to understand the basic positionings but to see that in action with commentary overlayed was eye opening.
As someone who routinely coaches middle school age basketball just keeping it simple and switching on screens is so good as it allows us to not really have to communicate with everyone about how we’re going to go about how we’re defending said screen. It saves time and allows us to focus on other things like ball movement, box outs, and creating shots not just for yourself but for your teammates as well
Ran a defense in hs called point, which was a man-zone mashup where switching occurred all the time. It resembled a 1-3-1 zone, but the positions swapped depending on the ball. Took a lot of talking, but I can kind of see it in the way LSU's defense is set up, though I'm sure it is helped by a lot of the 5-man-out offenses.
Well done sir, I'm still watching coaches having players face guard opponents AWAY(in high-school) from ball let alone switch or help side...your man D should look like a zone and your zone a man, with folks like you putting out Great content its bound to have a positive effect on those well intentioned individuals who give their time but simply don't have the necessary knowledge, and just as importantly this great sport..well done
Great video- instant sub. 20 years ago i would shove guards over/through the screener as a center- the idea of switching wasnt even a thing. Which was weird because more often than not the point couldnt hit 20% from 3, even if he wanted to shoot- which they didnt unless they cut or got to the elbow. Amazing how offense and defense evolved in a short time.
You gotta do a game breakdown of FSU VT from last week and how Leonard Hamilton absolutely refused to go a little smaller at the expense of his offense when Cattoor and Padulla couldn't miss a three over Mcleod. It destroyed any comeback they had. Interested to see how he comes back tonight against Clemson.
The issue with this analysis is that it explains the reality and implies that the game is superior now because 3 is worth more than 2 but the real reason is that there are no positions or roles in basketball now. The game has been completely watered down to the point where switching often doesn't produce mismatches because the bigs are all lean and long. They actually prefer to pop than post and have no post moves anyway. Often smaller guards with a lower center of gravity can do a good job on them and are often stronger. I promise you this, if teams of the past with elite bigs played teams of today they would destroy them in a series. Yes the 3pt team would win a game or 2 but they would be worn down and fouled out by the punishment dished out in the post by real bigs. All these pretty free flowing, zero contact offensive sets woukd break down and old school basketball would reappear. Don't believe me just look at how iso heavy and ordinary the Americans in the Olympics looked. Just a little more physicality and old school mindsets had them out of sorts. I am not saying 3s are bad but if you live by 3, you got nothing to fall back on when it isn't falling. Having different roles which aren't maths based but offer flexibility start to make sense then. Look at the rockets missing 27 straight for instance.
The post style only works when your has a threat of 3 point shooting. If a player has no 3 then the player is only a threat in the the paint leading to the other team having the no 3 atrr in the corner while they play 5v4 ballq
The switching defense is good when you have 5 guys at similar height who can all defend 1-5 but if not it will become a mismatch situation for post ups. I dealt with this coaching aau one season and we have a 4 out motion with pin down screens and flex or back screens but they would switch on us and it threw us for a half. I later figured out to screen your own defender or walk him down to the elbow and have the corner pop up behind him since it became a zone of sorts. Sadly I didn’t figure that out quickly enough
raptors are a team that has been running 6'9 guys 1 through 5 in scottie barnes, og, siakam, boucher and precious for their switching defense. probably the only team thats been doing that this year in the league and its been doing well for them while playing siakam or scottie pg minutes and getting a really good number of assists on the offensive end
Man. Years ago we loved playing defense in the 3x3 intentionally as a missmatch just to make the switch when the "other guy" goes for a drive. And it worked miracles
This content is gold. This channel analyzed how teams has been modeling defensive schemes over time, passing, screens, fast breaks, dribbling, etc. Old heads are recycling old fallacies. The sad truth is : the game of basketball isn't getting better or worse. It's changing.
That triple switch seems like the basketball version of quarters defense in football where they man match the zone they're in based on depth of the receivers routes.
I think it has a lot to do with who players grew up watching and pattering their games after. Back in the early 2000s a lot of the bigs had mostly post up maestros to look up to and shooting wasn't as developed for guys 6'10 and taller. But they had amazing post games so you wouldn't dare switch a 6' tony parker into 7'1 shaq. You'd love with the 3 from derrick Fisher coming off that screen with parker recovering to him. Also it comes down to height of players. The pg position in today's league is on average taller than the pg position back in 2004 and before. And vise versa for centers. The average center back in the early 2000s was taller than the average center today. So switching a 6'6 guard onto a 6'9 center is a lot easier than switching a 6' pg onto a 7'2 post dominant scorer. You'd have to send double teams every time. Now what you'd have to do is put a shaq like player in today's league and see if you'd still wanna switch.
Exactly. Thats why I say defense is easier now. It easier to guard a guy forcing up a 3 then a expert in the paint who hits at 70% or having to send a double or fouling him. Post play causes more issues
Yo literally you da best at dis why da fuq culdnt any of my coaches break game and film down to me like dis wen i was younger and played every day got me motivated to get bak into it everyday
Ben Taylor calls the Triple Switch 'The Shift' but instead his version involves about 3-5 players and usually involves a big hedging to the ball handler for a few seconds THHEN switching and then every1 else switches as well.
Excellent breakdown. Here’s my question: Teams are utilizing the switch (instead of going under or hedging) largely to prevent open threes for the ball handler or off ball players. Many of the teams who are doing this most have excellent defensive Efficiency. However, to make up for the weaknesses of on ball switches they are switching off the ball as well in the triple switch. This video shows that these triple switching teams are actually giving up high volumes of three points attempts which is exactly what The on ball switches were designed to prevent. Yet they still have high defenses efficiency. So what is the actual advantage of switching? And is it possible that it has other defensive benefit that are more important than stopping threes which would explain why it can still provide high defensive efficiency?
@@drewfleming5584 I’m a Liberty fan and I believe we use the same scheme and it works very well (albeit against lesser competition). I’m not insanely knowledgeable about schemes but I think we use it to some degree since Coach McKay was an assistant at UVA at one point!
I remember years ago when I was playing, most of my coaches would tell me that I was a lazy defender and didn’t put in any effort on that side of the ball, but it was actually the exact opposite. I knew most of the players couldn’t make jumpers consistently so I would always stay around an arm length away from them so that if they were to ever shoot I’d still have a solid contest, and also almost never let a guy drive on me because of my positioning. It was always the cliche “pressure the ball” bs that I refused to do that made them call me a bad defender. I always thought that was stupid because at least In my experience, our players would end up more tired from picking up full court and hugging up on their guy at all times than the other team would even tho the purpose was to tire them out. And it’s especially dumb because 95% of kids can’t shoot consistently even when they’re open. There was even one time when we were watching film where my coach called me out in front of the whole team for playing “lazy defense” when I was actually guarding 2 guys at the same time and my teammate was guarding nobody. His guy dribble drove on him and he was lazy so he gave no effort and since I was always about arms length defense when on ball and help defense (splitting 2) when off ball, I slid over and cut him off at the elbow and he passed back out to my guy at the wing. I thought my teammate who was closer to him would pick him up but he didn’t so as he drove right down the lane I slid back over and cut him off at the block. My big man for no reason slid off of their big to help even though I just cut the guy off and didn’t need help. The guy found their big with an easy pass and the layup. My coach stood up there grilling me when I was defending 2 guys and put together a high iq and effort defensive possession, and didn’t say a word about my teammate who did nothing and then the big who helped for no reason and gave up the bucket. Even tho I’m not playing anymore it brings me joy to see coaches and players have higher basketball iq now, because stuff like that frustrated me and just never made any sense to me. I felt like Gilbert arenas did, if u know that clip where he’s talking about where his coach used to force him to throw it into the post when a big had a little guy on him with a switch instead of letting him take the big off the dribble. That’s how I always used to feel, and I still don’t understand how grown men lacked basic basketball iq. Playing defense against kids like that is like hounding Ben Simmons every time he has the ball, u would want to do the opposite.
We've had this for a really long time. You have essentially described a slightly more active, slightly more complicated 2-3 or 2-1-2 zone defense. It's five-on-five, things can never really be that different over time, and cycles come and go with varying degrees of flare.
But you can also do another hedge, where you are only attacking very quick so you can get back to the big and also contest the shot until the defender got over the screen.
Here’s the thing about the stat of 3pt FGAs The strategy actually may be giving up contested 3’s and closing off the rim since the three is technically still a lower percentage shot and you usually can’t win without a decent amount of 2’s made. I know for our team we want more than half of a teams shots to come from 3.
In the LSU Auburn game there are so many missed entry passes into the post, that I feel really bad for their center fighting for position inside just for mediocre threes to be taken.
This is the type of content that enriches watching basketball live. It's so cool to be able to guess what a team is planning/thinking then watching it unfold.
Absolutely.
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🎯 the science of it does make it more intriguing/entertaining
I think it was during the Warriors-Raptors finals when I saw a play unfold and call it in the seconds it took to occur. It was “Cyclone” that Kerr took from Hoidberg and he took from college ball
As a high school basketball coach, these videos are absolutely tremendous. Really appreciate the effort, explanation, and details that go into these breakdowns. Keep up the EXCEPTIONAL work! Cheers.
Luka exploits the switch everytime I don’t think switching is the way to go
@@johntookyobish6757 luka is never gonna win nothing cuz the ball sticks
@@johntookyobish6757 in high school there aren’t players as good as Luka to destroy a defense
as a hs coach u seriously agree with these ideals about mid vs 3pt efficiency ? and ideals on defense? honestly....
All you need to know is that your 2 point shot and 3 point shot percentages need to be at 16.67% linear (meaning no matter how many shots are taken), and you'll score the same amount of points. If you have some good 3 point shooters, they'll obviously make more than 16.67% less 3 point shots than 2 point shots, thus increasing your scoring. Of course you know the analytics. Petition to change the 3 point shot to 2.5 or 2.25. Save basketball from the OP debacle of the 3 point shot. Players have adjusted to the 3 point shot. Now the rules have to adapt once again to the players. When the 3 point shot was instituted, no one even knew how to make scoreboards that could register 2.5 or 2.25 points. But now it's easy.
To me the big turning point around 2013. This was still two years BEFORE the Warriors took over the league, but you could see the change happening. The Warriors crushed the Nuggets in the playoffs in the first round, and Steph kept abusing players going under the screens by pulling up for three. It kind of broke my brain. I kept seeing it and thinking "but... that's a bad shot, right???" But it wasn't. The game had changed.
In turn, that level of shooting and spacing changed how teams covered ball screens, which led to everything you've shown here.
@Allen Ross salty rocket fans that the warriors OWN the rockets lmfao. More specifically, Steph.
I am a Gonzaga fan so ua-cam.com/video/T-aCJH_96No/v-deo.html got the advanced notice in 2008. Being able to knock down hella contested 3s is a game changer. "High arcing jump shot"... he had to drop FORTY to lead Davidson to BARELY being the last team that knocked Gonzaga out before the second round. S P E C I A L
Actually its the Suns of 2005 first then but can't defend the the post well and then its the Heat of 2012 who enhanced it that really changed the game because they can defend as well the post players because of switching and fronting bigger post players while having a stretch 5 in Chris Bosh. We saw that when Bosh got injured in the playoffs and they fully utilized it in the finals against the Thunder. Then the Warriors used that same concept in 2015 with a stretch 5 and also because how quick he is to defend perimeter players (like Bosh who is good but Draymond is elite) and then Rockets of 2018 enhanced it again by switching every screen because the Warriors were so potent in the perimeter.
@@mikeoxbig6500 Steph was 🥶 ABYSMAL in the 2019 rockets warriors playoffs. Check the stats
@@dobz746 so basically Mike D’Antoni changed the game lol
Omg those catch and shoot deep 2's shots are just absolutely painful to watch. Just amazing that it took the league so long to realize that stepping like a foot back doesn't change your accuracy much but scores more points
It’s beautiful IMO.
That’s why I always get annoyed with the ppl who are like “i miss 2000’s nba, all they do is shoot 3’s now!”. I’m just like, so u miss watching worse quality play? Because that’s all it really is lol. Taking in inefficient, contested mid range shots and feeding bad bigs the ball in the post instead of playing thru the better wing players.
I grew up watching that era and it use to drive me crazy I never understood it. But to be fair stepping back absolutely did change they're accuracy bcuz guys didn't train to do it so they weren't comfortable a ton of guys would be comfy with college 3 point range n never adjust.
Nobody says they miss 2000 nba. They miss before defense was illegal.
@@dlynchious1157 ?????
That's when you HAD illegal defense lol
I remember Barkley bashing the 2000s Mavs teams for switching screens. The game changed a lot.
Your videos are great! Keep it up!
Personnel has greatly changed.. the league doesn't have traditional 5's and 4's were now have 3's and 4's playing the forward position and 4's are playing the 5.. so now you have non traditional bigs who can switch and stay in from of perimeter players
The funniest thing about Barkley is how he absolutely hates the 3 point shot, when it was Dan Marley and Danny Ainge 3 point shooting Phoenix's way to get to the finals, only to be defeated by Michael Jordan. I really thought that was the beginning of the 16.67% shot percentage linear advantage over the 2 point shot was going to take over the league, but it took over 20 years for Stephan Curry to prove the OP of the 3 point shot. The 3 point shot needs to be reduced to 2.5 or even 2.25 points.
This (and all your stuff) is gold for coaches just starting out like myself - I've taken huge steps in my level of understanding the x's and o's of basketball thanks to your channel and wanted to relay my thanks. Cheers and thanks coach
Hope you have success coaching my guy. Study & learn the players & opponents.
This video alone just made basketball so much more fun to watch again! Thank you so much for showing how defense has evolved along with offensive playmakers! Chess is so much more fun than checkers and watching defense like this changes the perspective of basketball!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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how great is this type of information for basketball and for countries that still are trying to find the new ways and get into the new era of modern basketball...this is gold for us and thank you for it... from Caracas Venezuela coach!! im a big fan of your channel!! keep it up!!!
As a non american who didnt have much exposure to basketball tactics growing up, this video really stands out to me the way its been explained and *especially* the visuals. good work :)
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Subbed immediately after this video. This is the type of content that makes me come back for more. Cerebral basketball strategy and how offensive/defensive schemes have evolved over time.
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Such an underrated channel. Love the content here.
Love this video. I don’t remember which clinic I heard it but the rule was “we don’t switch out of convenience, we switch to take something away”.
You’re a legend for putting out this type of content. I love your videos and I always learn a lot. Thank you coach!
This channel is entertaining , clear and precise. And explanation are broken down for almost anyone to understand. That in itself is underrated. Thank you!
I was thinking the same thing about the LSU defense. When I saw them play earlier this year, I called it a matchup zone.
to me a switch everything defense is almost zone . watch in the video , the players on defense in a point switch everything man are basically just defending a zone
It's funny looking back that my coach, when we were 10, taught us to switch and closeout, that year we won the chip moved up into a older league and made it to the semifinals
That 18/19 Warriors Rocket series was such a unique and exciting series to watch bc both side constantly use very well trained switches to avoid screen based tactics and lead to the most 1 on 1 reliant and slow paced series I have seen in the last decade, it was epic
That series was a joke literally just devolved into a 3 pt contest mixed with a flop off
No it wasnt
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One of the best videos illustrating a defensive concepts. A must watch for any basketball fan.
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I love watching old videos of the midrange wizardry from the 90s and early 2000s. I think the fact that some players were good enough to be able to turn and fade, deliberately taking off balance shots to score was amazing. I wanted to model my game after a Kobe or Demar type player, but it’s a hard pill to swallow when you learn that only the best of the best can make midrange shots worth it, and matching the efficiency with a 3 is much more advantageous.
I think it's interesting to compare this to Belicheck/Saban's match coverage concepts in football. Both blend concept of man to man and zone to create favorable positioning for defenders. So much of it is where and when the help comes in both defenses
Are there good video references for those football examples that you could share? Thanks.
great video. glad u mentioned how the switches basically become zone at a certain point
It’s funny watching all the comments talking about how bad basketball was in the 2000s. We could make an entire video showing examples of where a player today would be better of stepping in and taking a 2 rather than stepping back and taking a 3. We could also talk about the horrible post play in today’s game, but some of you are so convinced this is so much better that no evidence would convince you. Basketball was different. Not inferior, just different.
Good analysis. From a coaches perspective(at the college and pro level), teaching, practicing then drilling into muscle memory switching defense takes time. Generally(IMHO) far more time is dedicated to offense because of the timing needed to be successful. The sense in the past has been that to play standard defense is more about individual positioning and effort than team timing. I think that the challenge for many coaches is that focusing enough time to make this type of team switching defense work, takes away from the time spent on creating offensive synergy. That said, with the explosion of 3 point shooting, less timing for plays is needed offensively, and more time can then come back to focusing on defensive schemes. In other words, I think the two are connected from a coaching perspective.
you deserve every one of those subscribers, your content its in other level, its amazing. I hope i could find a channel like yours about NFL. Much love from Brasil!! Keep going on the incredible work
In the games that I have played, I switch when it is smart to do so and I fight thru the pick when it is smart to do so. It all depends on how good my teammate is.
I don’t usually leave comments this wholesome and simply but this is a wonderful video and please continue putting out great stuff like this
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0:00 DAAAAAAMN, that brings memories!!!! I bet almost no one today remember or cared about who they, but they were a classic when i was a kid and teen.
Great content, I've seen every single video on your channel, keep the good work up. Only one thing, I don't understand why is nobody talking about rebounding after switches? While the triple switch allows the three-pointers (sometimes) but it takes away the opportunity for the big to just outpower the guards for the boards, and simple switches can lead to iso ball and all that, but if there is a big with a guard on him under the basket, that can lead to a lot of second-chance points skewing the efficiency data on those isolations, they might be producing points indirectly. Just a something to think about, other than that, I absolutely love your channel
First time seeing a video from this channel and I already learned a lot. When watching live games, I didn't notice what they are doing on defense but I will give more attention now.
You make basketball so easy to understand. You’re amazing dude
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Great job on this channel my man I’ve had people asking me to break down film of Indiana’s games and your video def one of the best I’ve seen at breaking this down.
Man watching this year's NBA Finals would be a treasure trove of X's and O's with this offensive/defensive topics
I've always been into basketball and I have some decent knowledge but I put more into learning soccer, this just blew me away, love this video
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As usual, amazing stuff, you deserve way more subscribers.
I am learning so much when I watch your videos.
Hopefully you'll soon get a NBA featured video like ElGee.
This is insanely detailed loved every second of it 🔥🔥
Big props on the editing, that text over players looks easy, but it takes a shit ton of time to do. Keep after it, love the channel
One of my favorite channels on UA-cam
Love to see Euroleague and NBA clips! Great vid.
Great vid, as someone trying to get more into the X's and O's of basketball you had really good explanations and visuals.
Need more uploads! I love content like this where basketball film/strategies are broken down!
I'm not even a huge fan of basketball and this was fun to watch. I am enough of a fan to understand the basic positionings but to see that in action with commentary overlayed was eye opening.
Omg this was a GREAT VIDEO! Love how you dissected how it works, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to beat it.
By far the most well explained and informative bball vid I have seen
As someone who routinely coaches middle school age basketball just keeping it simple and switching on screens is so good as it allows us to not really have to communicate with everyone about how we’re going to go about how we’re defending said screen. It saves time and allows us to focus on other things like ball movement, box outs, and creating shots not just for yourself but for your teammates as well
THANK YOU! MORE DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN VIDEO PLEASE!
Honestly my favourite basketball channel on UA-cam
Your the only channel that makes sense . Good job
My favorite UA-cam channels, you and Coach Daniel
Ran a defense in hs called point, which was a man-zone mashup where switching occurred all the time. It resembled a 1-3-1 zone, but the positions swapped depending on the ball. Took a lot of talking, but I can kind of see it in the way LSU's defense is set up, though I'm sure it is helped by a lot of the 5-man-out offenses.
Well done sir, I'm still watching coaches having players face guard opponents AWAY(in high-school) from ball let alone switch or help side...your man D should look like a zone and your zone a man, with folks like you putting out Great content its bound to have a positive effect on those well intentioned individuals who give their time but simply don't have the necessary knowledge, and just as importantly this great sport..well done
You’re already blowing up as a channel, but you deserve even more! Keep it going man, amazing thoroughly-made content 👌
Another fantastic video. As a Purdue fan I've become very familiar with the weaknesses of switching 1 through 5 this year lol
Great video- instant sub. 20 years ago i would shove guards over/through the screener as a center- the idea of switching wasnt even a thing. Which was weird because more often than not the point couldnt hit 20% from 3, even if he wanted to shoot- which they didnt unless they cut or got to the elbow. Amazing how offense and defense evolved in a short time.
INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!!! I just want to thank u so much for making these vids, u've given me so much knowledge on the game
this is another amazing video!!
You gotta do a game breakdown of FSU VT from last week and how Leonard Hamilton absolutely refused to go a little smaller at the expense of his offense when Cattoor and Padulla couldn't miss a three over Mcleod. It destroyed any comeback they had. Interested to see how he comes back tonight against Clemson.
Excellent breakdown analysis. Love it! Learnt a lot! Thank you!
Delicious basketball content, crazy how high level the game is right now and it’s only gonna get better
Its not and it wont. B0z0
The issue with this analysis is that it explains the reality and implies that the game is superior now because 3 is worth more than 2 but the real reason is that there are no positions or roles in basketball now. The game has been completely watered down to the point where switching often doesn't produce mismatches because the bigs are all lean and long. They actually prefer to pop than post and have no post moves anyway. Often smaller guards with a lower center of gravity can do a good job on them and are often stronger. I promise you this, if teams of the past with elite bigs played teams of today they would destroy them in a series. Yes the 3pt team would win a game or 2 but they would be worn down and fouled out by the punishment dished out in the post by real bigs. All these pretty free flowing, zero contact offensive sets woukd break down and old school basketball would reappear. Don't believe me just look at how iso heavy and ordinary the Americans in the Olympics looked. Just a little more physicality and old school mindsets had them out of sorts. I am not saying 3s are bad but if you live by 3, you got nothing to fall back on when it isn't falling. Having different roles which aren't maths based but offer flexibility start to make sense then. Look at the rockets missing 27 straight for instance.
The post style only works when your has a threat of 3 point shooting. If a player has no 3 then the player is only a threat in the the paint leading to the other team having the no 3 atrr in the corner while they play 5v4 ballq
So glad you're back, love these videos.
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The switching defense is good when you have 5 guys at similar height who can all defend 1-5 but if not it will become a mismatch situation for post ups. I dealt with this coaching aau one season and we have a 4 out motion with pin down screens and flex or back screens but they would switch on us and it threw us for a half. I later figured out to screen your own defender or walk him down to the elbow and have the corner pop up behind him since it became a zone of sorts. Sadly I didn’t figure that out quickly enough
raptors are a team that has been running 6'9 guys 1 through 5 in scottie barnes, og, siakam, boucher and precious for their switching defense. probably the only team thats been doing that this year in the league and its been doing well for them while playing siakam or scottie pg minutes and getting a really good number of assists on the offensive end
Awesome video! Thank you for all your effort you put into this channel 👏🏻🤝🏻
Man. Years ago we loved playing defense in the 3x3 intentionally as a missmatch just to make the switch when the "other guy" goes for a drive. And it worked miracles
This content is gold.
This channel analyzed how teams has been modeling defensive schemes over time, passing, screens, fast breaks, dribbling, etc.
Old heads are recycling old fallacies. The sad truth is : the game of basketball isn't getting better or worse. It's changing.
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That triple switch seems like the basketball version of quarters defense in football where they man match the zone they're in based on depth of the receivers routes.
I am enjoying the break downs and the content on you channel. keep up the good work .
I think it has a lot to do with who players grew up watching and pattering their games after. Back in the early 2000s a lot of the bigs had mostly post up maestros to look up to and shooting wasn't as developed for guys 6'10 and taller. But they had amazing post games so you wouldn't dare switch a 6' tony parker into 7'1 shaq. You'd love with the 3 from derrick Fisher coming off that screen with parker recovering to him. Also it comes down to height of players. The pg position in today's league is on average taller than the pg position back in 2004 and before. And vise versa for centers. The average center back in the early 2000s was taller than the average center today. So switching a 6'6 guard onto a 6'9 center is a lot easier than switching a 6' pg onto a 7'2 post dominant scorer. You'd have to send double teams every time. Now what you'd have to do is put a shaq like player in today's league and see if you'd still wanna switch.
Exactly. Thats why I say defense is easier now. It easier to guard a guy forcing up a 3 then a expert in the paint who hits at 70% or having to send a double or fouling him. Post play causes more issues
@Happen not really. Recency bias.
Man this content is amazing. Really enjoyed the video
Yo literally you da best at dis why da fuq culdnt any of my coaches break game and film down to me like dis wen i was younger and played every day got me motivated to get bak into it everyday
You're really really good at this, bro
Ben Taylor calls the Triple Switch 'The Shift' but instead his version involves about 3-5 players and usually involves a big hedging to the ball handler for a few seconds THHEN switching and then every1 else switches as well.
Thank you for such quality content!
Excellent breakdown. Here’s my question:
Teams are utilizing the switch (instead of going under or hedging) largely to prevent open threes for the ball handler or off ball players. Many of the teams who are doing this most have excellent defensive Efficiency.
However, to make up for the weaknesses of on ball switches they are switching off the ball as well in the triple switch. This video shows that these triple switching teams are actually giving up high volumes of three points attempts which is exactly what The on ball switches were designed to prevent.
Yet they still have high defenses efficiency.
So what is the actual advantage of switching? And is it possible that it has other defensive benefit that are more important than stopping threes which would explain why it can still provide high defensive efficiency?
Such awesome content. Always enjoy watching your breakdowns
Changing the rules was the biggest defensive change to date. They went from playing real defense to whatever it is now lol. Some call it no defense.
They should bring back hand checking
Off topic but why is St Mary’s defense always so good considering they don’t have the most athletic players? What’s schemes do they use?
Effort and perseverance
Packline D. Similar to how Virginia defends.
@@drewfleming5584 I’m a Liberty fan and I believe we use the same scheme and it works very well (albeit against lesser competition). I’m not insanely knowledgeable about schemes but I think we use it to some degree since Coach McKay was an assistant at UVA at one point!
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That Orlando team with Howard, Lewis, Hedo were one of the first teams to start switching everything on D.
Watch the 1989 University of Illinois team The Flying Illini. They often deployed this defense since most of them were between 6-5 and 6-7
as a nets fan, i now see what they call defensive in basketball =D cheers from the italian alps
Was skeptical about this channel until he started showing Kentucky basketball highlights. Dude clearly knows his stuff
Terrific video. Lots of great work here.
Deserves way more views!!
I remember years ago when I was playing, most of my coaches would tell me that I was a lazy defender and didn’t put in any effort on that side of the ball, but it was actually the exact opposite. I knew most of the players couldn’t make jumpers consistently so I would always stay around an arm length away from them so that if they were to ever shoot I’d still have a solid contest, and also almost never let a guy drive on me because of my positioning. It was always the cliche “pressure the ball” bs that I refused to do that made them call me a bad defender. I always thought that was stupid because at least In my experience, our players would end up more tired from picking up full court and hugging up on their guy at all times than the other team would even tho the purpose was to tire them out. And it’s especially dumb because 95% of kids can’t shoot consistently even when they’re open. There was even one time when we were watching film where my coach called me out in front of the whole team for playing “lazy defense” when I was actually guarding 2 guys at the same time and my teammate was guarding nobody. His guy dribble drove on him and he was lazy so he gave no effort and since I was always about arms length defense when on ball and help defense (splitting 2) when off ball, I slid over and cut him off at the elbow and he passed back out to my guy at the wing. I thought my teammate who was closer to him would pick him up but he didn’t so as he drove right down the lane I slid back over and cut him off at the block. My big man for no reason slid off of their big to help even though I just cut the guy off and didn’t need help. The guy found their big with an easy pass and the layup. My coach stood up there grilling me when I was defending 2 guys and put together a high iq and effort defensive possession, and didn’t say a word about my teammate who did nothing and then the big who helped for no reason and gave up the bucket. Even tho I’m not playing anymore it brings me joy to see coaches and players have higher basketball iq now, because stuff like that frustrated me and just never made any sense to me. I felt like Gilbert arenas did, if u know that clip where he’s talking about where his coach used to force him to throw it into the post when a big had a little guy on him with a switch instead of letting him take the big off the dribble. That’s how I always used to feel, and I still don’t understand how grown men lacked basic basketball iq. Playing defense against kids like that is like hounding Ben Simmons every time he has the ball, u would want to do the opposite.
Thank you Jordan! Excellent content!
Just discovered the channel, keep going!!💪🏻
Loved the commentary of college basketball mixed into NBA
Wow This video just taught me a ton about basketball
Junkie here. I could watch videos like this all day. Grats.
Love the content! Great that you dont incorporate your face, makes it more focused on the bball
We've had this for a really long time. You have essentially described a slightly more active, slightly more complicated 2-3 or 2-1-2 zone defense. It's five-on-five, things can never really be that different over time, and cycles come and go with varying degrees of flare.
But you can also do another hedge, where you are only attacking very quick so you can get back to the big and also contest the shot until the defender got over the screen.
Great stuff. Love the triple switch breakdown
Love the college basketball content.
Here’s the thing about the stat of 3pt FGAs
The strategy actually may be giving up contested 3’s and closing off the rim since the three is technically still a lower percentage shot and you usually can’t win without a decent amount of 2’s made.
I know for our team we want more than half of a teams shots to come from 3.
In the LSU Auburn game there are so many missed entry passes into the post, that I feel really bad for their center fighting for position inside just for mediocre threes to be taken.