How Offenses Re-Hunt After Defensive Adjustments
Slasher-vs.-Off-Screen-Shooter (at the rim) is a new mismatch.
Team Defense
Switch-Everything Defense
Switch-everything defense is defined as switching nearly every screen and maintaining matchups across all positions.
Direct answer
What is Switch-Everything Defense?
Switch-everything defense is defined as switching nearly every screen and maintaining matchups across all positions.
Quick facts
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol5_professional_the_frontier.md |
What it is
- Switch-everything defense is defined as switching nearly every screen and maintaining matchups across all positions.
- Offense sets a PnR. "Screen coming right!
- No positional matchups are exploitable. A Post Scorer cannot establish a size advantage in the post because they will be matched against a Mobile Big (smaller). A Slasher cannot.
How it works
- Switching-everything provides perimeter versatility but sacrifices interior advantages.
- Advantage: No positional matchups are exploitable.
- A Post Scorer cannot establish a size advantage in the post because they will be matched against a Mobile Big (smaller).
- A Slasher cannot hunt an Anchor Big because there is no Anchor Big.
- Disadvantage: The team loses size advantage in the post.
Bilingual terms
| English | Switch-Everything Defense |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 全换防防守 |
| Traditional Chinese | 無限換防 |
Learn before and after
These graph neighbors help place Switch-Everything Defense in the larger basketball map.
The Cost of Switching: Trade-offs
The Cost of Switching: Trade-offs is a defensive strategy that switching-everything provides perimeter versatility but sacrifices interior advantages.
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2-3 Zone: Structure and Responsibilities
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Zone Defense Concepts
Do not deploy zone on the first possession unless it is a pre-planned look.
Advanced Defensive Scheme Design
This is a measurable cost of switching and must be accepted (or mitigated with other adjustments).