How to Install a Switching Defense Playbook Download

Switching Defense Subj:  The fastest way to kill offensive rhythm This playbook details the #1 trend in basketball defense. Here we go… Let’s state this right up front: Old school logic called the switching defense “soft”.  (It was actually Bobby Knight who led that charge.  He HATED it.) Yet, here we are. Why? Because the game and the players have changed significantly since the days of getting the ball to the low post where a Patrick Ewing or Shaq was waiting... Honestly, how often do you see that style of play anymore? That approach has been slowly – but surely – displaced by a game of speed with (arguably) more versatile players. Switching can kill the rhythm of the offense and cause the ball to become sticky.   Offensive players and the ball become stagnant.   So far, so good.  Right?   Much of the success on offense stems from having great player and ball movement to break down the defense. The switch can slow this down.   Now it becomes easier for the defense to position themse