Before starting with what refers to the defensive ideas of the FMB teams, I would like to thank the AEEB again for the interest shown in the work of the Autonomous Federations, especially that of the Melilla Basketball Federation (FMB), giving coverage of our work not only at the level of results, but also in terms of organization, objectives, methodology, etc. When considering the defensive philosophy of the FMB teams in a simplified, global and practically schematic way, taking into account general aspects and not so much defensive technical-tactical details, we must have the following as the basis of our work: – Defense begins with the offensive rebound.- – We prefer errors due to excess.- – We work defensively to provoke the rival error. –
Our communication as the basis of our defensive work.- All this while keeping the concept clear EVERYTHING IS TRAINED!!!! With this we refer to the fact that all the players work hard, starting from the daily 1v1 work to grow defensively, full-court 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 situations, setting clear defensive objectives at each moment of preparation and adding them to the whole, COMMUNICATION NON-NEGOTIABLE!!! (Even those who are out during matches and training must communicate), move everything to 3v3 and 4v4, the error that always comes from excess, and always contemplate the occasional use of video to improve.
All this defensive work is methodologically structured in the FMB with exercises from the simplest to the most complex, following the following structure: -Structure defensive work on court: – Defense 1×1. – Defense 1×1 ball. – On the perimeter. – In the open field. – On the pole. – Defense 1×1 no ball. – Pass lines. – Replacements. – On the pole. – Importance of close out work (individually or in combined exercises). – Defensive aids (rotations). – Defensive balance. – Defense indirect blocking situations. – Defense situations direct blocks. – Defensive rebound. – Space defenses. – Entire court (press area). – To steal the ball. – To delay the attack. – Half track.
This is a very simplified sample of the defensive work that the FMB teams have been developing in recent seasons. There is no doubt that each of these aspects entails a more extensive technical-tactical development, in addition to the adaptation to each category and competitive level of the corresponding generation.
