(Music Playing)
Male1: The defense of responsibilities for a center are to make sure to force their man out side the paint area also to be there to clog up the inside on penetration and keep others from getting to the basket easily. It is also important that on the shot they make sure to make contact and put themselves in good rebounding position.
Male 2: Your center is your last line of defense. He is the intimidator, he clogs the middle up and he is also typically your best shot blocker. You got a five back here on defense somebody drives down of –pain. You take a 6’7 guy with your small school take a 6’11 guys to your big school with the wing span that goes from here to the wall creates some problems. That is where the intimidation comes in because you have to shoot over the person. Even if you have center they cannot get to the ball and block the shot you know the center is there. They know they are there creates problems for it.
Now typically, you do not want your center to try to block his own opponents shot. You understand what I mean by that? That is where you hit a foul trouble. If you are going to block your opponents shot or were going to work on this most player want to turn baseline is opposed you always want to take the baseline away and create a wall. If the player is right handed you can test with your left hand stand out here your star. Players right handed he goes to shoot with his right hand going to shoot with your hands. And I can test here even if I am 6’11 I can turn my self in 7’6 by contesting here instead of leaving my feet because players have to shoot off their shoulder pad or right above their head.
Now, if I only contest with my right hand can you get the shot off. Yes, major problem with most post defenders is they contest with their right hand because they are right handed. And most pulse offensive players shoot with the right hand because they are right handed. So the intelligent thing to do is learn to contest with both or with your left hand you get a lot of tip lacks which is a kind you want on your own man to man opponent.
If you are the center you definitely want to go after and contest anybody else who tries to get into this area. That is your territory you protect it and you defend it and you let people know they are not coming in there for free. That is what you have to let them know. You set a tone early on a game and then to the middle part of the game second third quarter or first part of the second half, and last part of the first half you have to be smart. Set the toner or you maybe waste to foul early but intelligently going after somebody land him out or trying to get the block and ended up quick enough for feel at least say no you can testing it because the rest of that time they are thinking about you beyond there. Is that make sense, let him know you are there. After that, this is the fact they know you there. If you even step over for your mop there are thinking about it. And that is want you want to do. Is to be in their in their head.
A center should have good post defense of skills. Should keep the opposing post player keep anybody off the blocks. You know where the blocks are, these are the blocks the rest are hash marks you want to keep people off of this area. And you stay on the paint anytime you play oppose defense and you keep your feet in the paint your are going to be in trouble. Because you let them go exactly to where they want to go and where they practice from.
The role thumb for opposed defender is if you can get to your feet even far away our of the lane that means the offense of players one, two, three feet, further out and they normally practice from you have just disrupted the rhythm have you?. That is what you need to do. That is why this is called won in the painting here. These is were all the battles are won. Same scenario for center, hold your opponent under their average this is not different for any player and any position. Nobody gets to free you right on defense.
Unlike the power forward, the center, even more so has to be the leader on defense because of five guys someone on this area sees the entire court defensively. They have to talk, they have to direct traffic, they have to call out screens they have to let the guards know what is coming. There are one that is to see the entire court for the defense of it.
Transcription by:
Scribe4you Transcription Services