Short steps and didn't overcommit. Overcommits kill young players defensively.

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Dec 16, 2024
12:00:01pm

Adwight All-American

Short steps and didn't overcommit. Overcommits kill young players defensively.

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Adwight

Previous username: tebowned
Bio page: Adwight
Joined: Apr 4, 2009
Last login: Dec 16, 2024
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Share with your youth basketball teams to teach how to play on-ball defense:

cougfanblue Assistant to the manager

9:52am

BYU has Catchings that looks like he is 12 and Mags that looks like he is 65.

Rusty Crab Daddy

9:55am

Mags just might take a spot on the BYU all-old timers team...

NOCAL_YFAN

10:34am

Mag looked really good against Wyoming, that D was nice

Projectoor

9:56am

My favorite thing about this is the joy from Trevin, Kanon, Eli

Mitty

9:58am

Yep. Good to see a team get excited about defensive stops.

thirdgencoug

11:20am

Also I don't understand why Idaho's guards etc were just blasting past him a

Mitty

10:00am

he did a lot more standing flat footed in that game and wasn't getting down...

icecougar

10:14am

gotta bend knees and move feet.

Avery

10:01am

This is the kind of defense you see in closeout drills at camps/practice, but rarely see in a live game.

cougfanblue

10:11am

first time we've seen that kind of effort, focus and energy from him on D

icecougar

10:08am

honest question ... why was his defense so much better this last game?

runnincoug

10:11am

My guess is it stems from a conversation about wanting him on the court, but needing to trust his defensive effort.

cougfanblue

10:13am

Hopefully he got the message that his minutes are tied to exactly that. From my

NWCoug

10:21am

All the young kids need to notice... he never left his feet...

Adwight

10:33am

What points you call out in that clip to help youth basketball kids?

11:02am

Active feet, active hands (but don't reach), legs bent, stay on your feet.

cougfanblue

11:24am

Short steps and didn't overcommit. Overcommits kill young players defensively.

Adwight

12:00pm

I watched his feet only for about 10 replays. Amazing.

j20

12:14pm

Mags best game of the year.

TADOW

11:19am

He's earned more minutes in my opinion

GMGlenn

1:39pm

Yep stay down stay down stay down

baishel44

2:48pm

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