Team Defense
The shell drill is a 4-on-4 positioning drill without live defense.
Direct answer
The shell drill is a 4-on-4 positioning drill without live defense.
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
| English | Shell Drill: The Framework for Defensive Positioning |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 壳式训练：防守站位框架 |
| Traditional Chinese | Shell Drill：防守站位框架 |
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The foundational off-ball positioning rule: a defender guarding away from the ball sits on the ball-you-man line in an open (pistols) stance so they can see both the ball and their man at once, forming a flat triangle…
On-ball defense is the defense of the ball handler.
One-pass-away defense is the defense of a player one pass away from the ball.
Two-passes-away defense is the defense of a player who is unlikely to receive the next pass.
Defensive roles are functional assignments that define what a player guards, what help they provide, and what they sacrifice to specialize.
Priority Order (for most NBA defenses)
The "gap" is the space between an off-ball defender's man and the ball