A while back, I wrote a post entitled The Keys to Effective Transition Defense and as the basketball season approaches, I thought it relevant to revisit this topic since transition defense seems to be one of the most ignored aspects of defensive philosophy and one that is considered by many as simply, “getting back.”
Thoughts on Transition Defense from Kevin Eastman
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By now, most of you know that I am the proud father of an almost two year old baby girl. You may remember her from my post last week when she had to hang with me at one of my group strength training sessions and started doing pushups with the high school guys. Honestly, I never taught her to do them, she just happens to see me do them quite often and started to do them herself.
The Keys to Effective Transition Defense
Transition defense is an incredibly important aspect of defense in basketball, but it is also the most overlooked. Basketball coaches almost take for granted that their players will simply get back on defense and prevent their opposition from scoring. However, this is not always the case and there is a significant amount of strategy and technique that goes into how transition defense should be played.
