1-3-1 Full-Court Press (Traps)

Keys to success: Encourage the first pass into the corner, trap the ball and quickly deny the pass back to the inbounder. Ball pressure is a must to ensure the ball handler cannot make an easy or direct pass over the defense. Defenders in the trap cannot let the ball handler beat them up the sideline or down the middle (split the defense).

I like to go back to a half-court man to man defense – here’s a great tutorial to help your team become a cohesive defensive menace.