Recently, coaches have been asking for ideas on 1-3-1 and 1-2-2 halfcourt traps more and more often. The questions seem to be split on either side of the ball; about half of the questions have been about running the defense and the other half have been focused on attacking it. Coach Mike asked for an [...]
Another Run and Jump tactic that is very effective out of a halfcourt man to man defense is trapping up.
In the same way that the run and jump is executed in a fullcourt setting, an off-ball defensive player who is one pass away from the ball leaves his/her assignment and aggressively springs a trap on [...]
Applying principles of the run-and jump defense out of a halfcourt man-to-man defense offers many of the advantages as a fullcourt run and jump In a halfcourt defensive set, with one key difference:
In a halfcourt set, the defense doesn’t have the same opportunity to force the uncontrolled dribble as it does in the fullcourt – [...]
