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April 8, 2010
 
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Competitive Closeouts

In honor of UConn's amazing run and National 
Championship, here is a competitive defensive 
drill from Geno Auriemma where the player
has to make a one on one defensive stop to get 
out of the drill. To make the drill more even 
more competitive and quick moving than what the 
short video shows, split your team into groups of 
five using as many baskets and coaches as you can. 

I think it is best to make the players in each 
group as similar in ability as you can.  The drill 
is scored like golf.  Each time a player goes on
defense, he or she gets a point.  So, if they make 
the stop the first time, they only get one point 
(hole in one in golf).  If they have to go five 
times and get their defensive stop, then they get 
five points. After 4 "rounds" where each player has 
been on defense four times, the low score wins. 

That also gives incentive for the offense to work 
to score because they are putting points against the 
players they are competing against within their own 
group. I like the setup with the two offensive lines 
so that the defender has to change sides of the floor 
if they have to go again.

Here is the video: (Scroll down the page to see it)

http://www.championshipproductions.com/cgi-bin/champ/p/Basketball/Geno-Auriemma-8-Essential-Defensive-Drills_BD-02239.html?mv_pc=CP00061


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Quote of the Day
 
 
"Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, 
or your not, and if you don't take risks, 
you'll never win big."

Geno Auriemma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno_Auriemma




Brian
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