Man-to-man defense: the art of basketball from individual pressure to system coordination

People are targeting people to defend, as the name implies, that is, every defensive player is responsible for defending an offensive player during the game.

The purpose of preventing offensive players from scoring by putting pressure on the ball holder, interfering with the ball shooting, blocking the passing route and disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm. The execution of man-to-man defense requires the five players on the field to have strong communication skills and stadium awareness to adapt to the continuous movement and changes of offensive players.

1, put pressure on the ball holder: When the man is staring at the defense, the ball holder's defender must be aggressive in defense, making it difficult for him to pass the ball or break through to the basket. Stop the ball holder from attacking the center to the greatest extent. Force it to the edge position. This cuts off the connection between the ball holder and his teammates. The picture above continuously puts pressure on the ball holder, which eventually causes an offensive foul.

2, Block the pass line: After the ball holder on the line is forced to stop by the defense, the strong side of the ball defender must grab the position, block the pass line, and block the ball catcher's chance to catch the ball.

In the picture above, after the ball holder was forced to stop, the strong side's off-ball defender stuck in advance and broke the pass from the sideline.

The high-pressure pressing of the ball holder and the restrictions on the off-ball catch route, the steal in the picture above finally came.

3, the assisted defense that improves the error tolerance rate. The person-to-person tolerance rate of a team is determined by the team's assisted defense ability. The amount of defensive pressure applied by the ball defender on the ball holder depends on the team's assisting defense ability. The stronger the team's coordination ability, the more active the defense on the ball end will be. When the ball holder is forced to the sideline by the defender, the defender on the weak side (far) can retract and be ready to defend the inside at any time.

In the picture above, after the defender on the left bottom corner chose to converge and assist in defense, the ball holder on the right gave up the breakthrough and passed the ball to the left bottom corner. Because it is a large-scale transfer, the counter-attack at the left bottom corner will be sufficient to apply reset.

or above are also commonly used by the Thunder this season.

The picture above, after Alexander put defensive pressure on the ball holder from the outside, Isaiah Joe on the weak side came up in time to complete the steal and hit a counterattack.

In the picture above, Barnes broke through the basket with the ball and was hit by Chet's basket, and chose the bottom corner of the pass. As a result, Jayne Wei had already seen through it. Afterwards, Jayne Wei completed the steal and quickly launched a conversion attack to help Alexander complete the score. The Thunder have a number of outstanding individual defenders such as Caruso, Dort, Wallace, and Jaylen Way, and each of them has extremely strong mobility. In addition, this team also has excellent communication skills. The excellent team atmosphere, rich defensive resources, and efficient communication skills have created the historical level of defense that the Thunder played this season.