This is why so many great coaches “force baseline” instead of “force middle” with the appropriate rotations to entice players to shoot running floaters from behind the backboard and outside the paint.
I implemented this simple man defense for my AAU teams with great success.
Unless you are a super-talented player, making that baseline floater in the “manure strip” is an incredibly difficult shot.
"Your time is never wasted if you are doing your best. If you lapse into complaining, as is so common in many pickup games, you are wasting your own time." Dick DeVenzio, Stuff
Wisdom From Coach Wooden
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” Coach Wooden
This is why so many great coaches “force baseline” instead of “force middle” with the appropriate rotations to entice players to shoot running floaters from behind the backboard and outside the paint.
I implemented this simple man defense for my AAU teams with great success.
Unless you are a super-talented player, making that baseline floater in the “manure strip” is an incredibly difficult shot.