Have a Problem Defending the Flex offense? Shut It Down!

Flex offense can give you trouble if you don't follow the simple defensive rules. If your players sleep in D, Flex will be a problem. Let us how Coach Chris is dealing with this offensive play and what are his players trained to watch for.

The flex offense setup is like this. 2 guards in the front court, a wing on the ball side, and 2 interior players.

In every defense, you players must stand the right way.

The first line of defense should be an effort to stop the ball from reaching the guard on the side with 2 players in offense. If you read the blog, you will find that is the good way to do this: The defender on the passing line not hugging his player + pressure on the ball.

In this case, the player in offense who can't receive the ball will have a chance to cut toward the basket. Your defender that is on the weak side of the defense (marked as red X) needs to be positioned like drown, so this way he is defending both the pass and a cutter. If he is HUGGING his man, the cutter can receive the ball, or if he extends the help toward the ball, his player can be open for a lob pass.

And in the situation that the other guard makes a pass, the defender on the wing must take a position inside the paint area, so he denies the wing offense's intention to come either over or under the screen and get an easy bucket.

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