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55 Defense--C. Vivian Stringer

These notes were sent to me by Steve Smiley. The notes were taken by Jim Ponchak at the 2010 Clinic to end all Clinics

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Our Defense Never Rests! 55 Defense is a full-court half zone, half man press On ball side it is man with a hard denial On weak side it is a zone All traps are on the sideline You never trap in the middle Skills

Influence the ball from side to side Trap need 45 degree angles High level of conditioning players can usually only handle playing 5 to 6 minutes at a time

The 2 and the 3 are assigned a side of the court that they stay on If their men switch sides of the court, the 2 and 3 release them to the other side and stay on th Running 55 forces the other team to prepare for you

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Not concerned with lateral passes

The 1 can never trap. 1 is a safety, great anticipa thief, always in the ball lane, 1 never gets in front 4 relieves the 1, watch ball as you get

5 is the hardest worker, traps all over run, hands are up touching on top as he covers th inbounder, wants the ball to be lobbed, deflected

2 is on the man side of the zone (ball side), picks 1st pass to the left of the 5, responsible for trappin tracking in his lane If the 2 winds up on the weak side, behind the trap

3 is the same as 2 on the other side of the floor e starts out in zone on the weak side, responsible fo pass to the right of 5

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5 makes a C move to trap the inbounds pass

Players in the middle read eyes and feet of the m the ball Don't trap in the middle Traps are always on the side

If the 2 gets beat up the sideline, he c moves to track down the player in his lane House on fire! - ball beats the defense 5 picks up the post player on the weak side of the floor 4 picks up the post player on the ball side of the floor 1 runs to the top of the key 2 and 3 run to the ball if it is in their lane or the top of the key if it is on the weak side 1 should call for a switch if he sees that 2 or 3 is beat Players chasing the ball down from behind should slap up at it with their inside hand Drills

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5-on-5 Full-Court Have all 10 players run in a tight circle in the lane Coach drops the ball and yells, Shot! The offense picks the ball up and inbounds it, it is now live 5-on-5 The 2 must create contact on the ball side Hit the cutter with an arm bar See the ball, feel the man Check 3's positioning to make sure he can't get beat deep 3 gets closer to his man as his man gets closer to the ball If 1's man cuts to the ball, 1 yells cutter and passes man off to 3 If the inbounder runs the baseline, 3 denies in man and 2 becomes the zone defender as the ball side switched 5 C moves to the 1st pass and uses short choppy steps to slow down as approaches for the trap If 4's man cuts, he calls cutter and passes him off to 1 1 lets 4 know he has made the switch 4 drops back on deep man Emphasize talk and contact with arm bar Defense needs to get their arm over the offense's arm so the offense cannot bring their arms

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Clicking on the play a short segment of Vivian through her 55

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