This is the first defensive disruption principle that we like to use. It is denying the ball. If you have an outstanding offensive scorer or shooter, the worst thing that you can allow to happen is let him touch the ball as often as he would like to. So we have our players deny ball. It is a very simple principle. The way that I like to have the ball denied, is to go to the offensive players inside toward the basket so that the defensive player takes his outside toe from the basket.
We call this toe to toe, and again, when we deny we will not have the hand low. Drop your hand low Anthony, because that does not discourage the pass or the passing lane. We will take the hand high almost the face level and we will keep it there at all times. And the head level is always going to be one head below the offensive player at all times.
On the teammate for the offensive player, we are trying to get them freed up. Anthony is playing tight defense on denial. You notice his footwork is exactly the same. He is keeping his hand high, his head level is lower than that of the offensive player at all times. And what he is doing is ending up forcing a pass to where the offensive player or my teammate receives the ball far out from his perimeter and he cannot be effective out there because he can only drive or pass the ball.
Now, we are working on denial, if offensive player cuts through the lane, we are not going to open up. All we are going to do is turn our head once we get under the rim. You notice again, the footwork is always the same and he is keeping his head level lower and he forces again the offensive player to receive the ball outside of his perimeter.
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