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Key Stats For High School Man-to-Man Defense
By Kevin
Germany
From my experiences playing,
coaching, and officiating high school basketball, I have learned that a team has a great defense if they excel in the following
categories: deflections, recoveries, offensive rebounds allowed, and points in
the paint allowed (DROP). The “DROP” acronym is designed to be an indicator of
how well your team is playing on defense. Its purpose is to reduce the quantity
and quality of your opponent’s shot attempts.
Statistic #1:
Deflections
Recent Basketball Hall of Fame
inductee Rick Pitino is a staunch advocate for deflections. Pitino believes that deflections
are an indicator of how hard your defense is playing. Keeping track of
deflections for both you and your opponent can be very important. A high number
of deflections means that your team is playing the passing lanes along with
disrupting the opponent’s offensive rhythm.
Statistic #2:
Recoveries
Great defensive teams are always
able to quickly recover to the ball in order to cut off driving and passing
lanes. The Miami Heat uses their tremendous team speed to quickly recover to
the ball. The Heat often makes their opponents take difficult shots as a result
of crisp and precise rotations. Crisp and precise rotations cannot be made
without sufficient recovery speed.
I recommend tracking recoveries
to see how well your defense is playing. You will find that the quality of your
opponent’s shot attempts will typically decrease if the total number of your
team’s recoveries increases.
Statistic #3:
Offensive Rebounds Allowed
Giving up offensive rebounds is
extremely demoralizing to any defense. Your team’s hard work is completely
destroyed if your opponent grabs an offensive rebound. Allowing more offensive
rebounds causes more free throws and layups for your opponents.
Inspire and motivate your players to grab
every single rebound on defense. Allocate time for rebounding drills during
practice. Keep in mind snagging a defensive rebound is the only guaranteed way
to get a stop. Wichita State reached the Final Four in part due to their rebounding
prowess.
Statistic #4:
Points in the Paint Allowed
The easiest way to score is to
make layups. The three easiest ways to make layups are off fast breaks,
penetration, and offensive rebounds. Any great defense can be shattered if an
offense can find a way to get into the paint via the dribble or the pass.
Therefore, focus on forcing your
opponents to take shots outside of the paint. Not giving up a lot of points in
the paint means that your opponents are taking more outside shots. Teams that
rely on outside shots are more apt to undergo cold spells during the course of
the game.
Be sure to track points in the
paint for each game. You will find that teams that tend to have more points in
the paint are more consistent offensively. Ideally, you want to force your
opponent into taking long two pointers.
Concerned that your program may
not be able to keep these stats? Breakthrough has a basketball stats app that can track the DROP
statistical pattern along with countless other stats. It is far more efficient
to monitor these stats via an app rather than to assign a student, a parent or
a school official to do it by hand. You can customize the app to suit any
statistical database necessary.
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