when you have an excellent shooter lined up in a shooting
by DBCSMITH (2022-01-24 11:28:45)

In reply to: Good Points and Really Valid Concern  posted by dillon77


location, even though it is highly instinctual and tempting to drop down to stop a driving player, you just have to trust that the interior players will handle it and not leave the shooter alone to help out. This is a difficult temptation to master. Takes a lot of self-discipline.


Kind of like defending the option in Football
by cbiebel  (2022-01-24 19:32:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

To properly do that, you assign a specific defender to a each ball carrier. It often results in defenders actually running away from the ball carrier during a play.


Excellent point and involves
by nd67  (2022-01-24 11:48:53)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

team/help defense, good
communication and experience
playing together which we
don’t have. In the words of
Muffet, “they are a lousy
defensive team”.


Good Point....
by dillon77  (2022-01-24 11:46:53)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...sometimes Sonia and 'Liv will overcommit out of their designated areas and try to hurry back. The primo zone years came with very disciplined athletes....