Advanced Defensive Scheme Design
Defensive scheme is not chosen first; personnel is chosen first.
Team Defense
Defending Without Switching: Alternatives
Some use ICE, drop, blitz, or hybrid coverage.
Direct answer
What is Defending Without Switching: Alternatives?
Some use ICE, drop, blitz, or hybrid coverage.
Quick facts
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol5_professional_the_frontier.md |
What it is
- Some use ICE, drop, blitz, or hybrid coverage.
How it works
- ICE (In-and-Out Coverage): On a PnR, the screener's defender goes over the screen (preventing the PnR ball-handler from using the screen).
- The ball-handler's defender goes under the screen.
- The ball-handler is denied the screen's benefit, and the roller is left open.
- The defense concedes either the PnR or the roll.
- It is a coverage designed for teams with non-shooting screeners.
Bilingual terms
| English | Defending Without Switching: Alternatives |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 不换防的替代方案 |
| Traditional Chinese | 不換防防守：替代方案 |
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