RE: Game Week 1/3 Bowling Green and 1/7 CMU Men's Hoops
[quote='RamyEMU' pid='18715750' dateline='1673382595']
I agree with you all on the defensive pressure. Why let the opponent comfortably setup a half court set when we are really bad at defending the half court set. I think there is concensus here.
As for fouling, I lean towards Jerry’s thoughts rather than Miggy’s. Our frontcourt defense is bad, so why not risk a few fouls being a little more agressive. Our frontcourt is deep with 5 players sharing minutes of PF/C almost interchangeably. Foul trouble should be less of a concern than poorly contested layups.
I also agree with Jerry, I’d like to see more minutes for Lovejoy- he is not a liability on offense by any means, yet is a very disruptive to opponents both defensively and with rebounding (despite being short). Let’s give this kid more minutes.
Ramy: My apology for not adequately explaining what I meant about interior defenders not committing fouls. As interior defender can defend aggressively without fouling.
The choice for front court defenders are not between defending agressively and thus having to commit fouls.
As an inside shooter usually does one of two things. Takes a 6-10 football jumper or drives around his defender to the hoop and makes a lay -up.
I teach interior defenders that their primary duty is be ready for the offensive player driving around them and making a lay-up. To prevent
that to try to get defender to take a jump shot instead, I tell them to stand 2-feet back from opponent with weight back and forearm straight- up so the would-be shooter can't see the hoop.
The defender is in this position to force his opponent to take a jump shot. If he does so the defender goes straight up keep his forearm so the shooters eyes can't readily see the hoop. If the defender does this, the shooter will not likely make 45 percent of his jump shots as he doesn't see the hoop. Without seeing the hoop, the offensive player's brain( the key to making any shot) can't calculate distance nor exact flight path the ball must take to go in.
There should be no fouling on opponent's jump shot as the shooter can't see the hoop as the defender's forearm is covering the shooter's eyes.
The shooter will also be dissuaded from driving around the interior defender as they defender is playing off him 2-feet away with his weight back.
If the offensive player tries to go around him, the defender should move with him, staying between him and the hoop, and make him release ball 4 feet or so from hoop, with the defender keeping his hand 2-feet in front of the would-be shooter's eyes so he can't see the both the hoop's distance, and angle the ball needs to travel. Still no reason to foul as defender has forced offensive play take a low-percentage shot.
By standing between the shooter and basket with weight back and moving with offensive player, the offensive player will rarely release the ball near hoop for a lay-up, and the defender is in position to block or deflect pass away.
For me, all fouls are bad and unnecessary if defender are taught properly. I say that from experience working with a former Seton Hall player who cut his foul rate in half while vastly improving his defense.
I also don't believe in interior defensive players ever straying from the hoop, and especially not guarding offensive bigs when they set up in the high post. For me they can shoot to their hearts delight unless they're a deadly shooter from such distant.
EMU interior defenders do everything opposite of what I suggest above, as they have their weight going forward, and don't have forearm up. So bigs both hit jump shots, get fouled, and easily go around EMU defenders as their weight is forward, and this they make easy lay-ups.
For me, fouling is both costly and a sign of poor coaching. In the end, EMU can only hope that opponents don't know how to defend without fouling.
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2023 06:28 PM by Miggy.)
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