• Stop your opponent from creating an offensive flow
• You can direct the ball to areas that are easily protected.
• Your offense will be more efficient if you take better shots.

Forcing the action and bringing an aggressive mindset to every game!

Vance Downs, a two-time state champion coach, shows you how to increase game tempo and neutralize post players. He also shows you how take your opponents out of offensive sets and create better opportunities for your offense.

Coach Downs provides a thorough breakdown of each player's defensive responsibilities and the skills required at each position to make defenses effective. Downs emphasizes the importance of player rotation and trapping in order to prevent your opponent from creating an offensive flow.

You will learn how to keep your ball in the right areas so that you can apply maximum pressure to the offense. Learn how to direct the ball in these areas and how you can keep it there. There are three different rotations and traps that can be used to trap decision-makers and take the ball from them.

Downs contains 10 drills to help with defense, trapping and rotation out of traps. There are also "what-if" drills to simulate game situations and how you should react.

Coach Downs demonstrates how to apply as much pressure as possible on your opponent and increase your chances of winning through diagrams and an on-court demonstration.

70 minutes. 2010.