Double Defence

Focus

Defensive Systems.

Skills

Defensive Moves.

Purpose

If there is a dominant opposition shooter, a tactic to use is to have 2 circle defenders surrounding them, rather than one. Another situation where this tactic can be used is [C+WD] perform double defence against [WA] (or any other regular target) at the centre pass .

Difficulty

Medium

Players

8⁺

Balls

Cones

Opp. tops

50%

Visible opposition strip: 50%

Setup
Assign players as per the diagram and assume starting positions. [C] has the ball.
Step 1
To start, we'll demonstrate double defence on the opposition [GS], who has proven to be really hard to stop. There are 2 main ways to double defend - both involve "sandwiching" the player between 2 defenders.

a) Stand left+right of the [GS], slightly staggered so one defender covers straight leads, the other covers dropping back

b) Stand directly in front+behind the [GS]
Step 2
Other players help out by:-

Sagging in front of the [GA]

Feeders play deeper to limit the space of [GA]
Step 3
Don't allow [GA] and easy shot by being responsive when double defending. Take a step towards [GA] if they've moved to a dangerous scoring position.
Step 4
Repeat several times, starting from different points on the court.
Step 5
Now let's practice double defence from an opposition centre pass, as follows:-

[C] drops back to double defend the [WA] instead of pressuring the opposition [C]

As soon as the first pass is complete, [C] must scramble to cover the opposition [C], to avoid a double play.