Diesel Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Anyone got any drills you can do by your self to improve your defense(specifically perimeter defense) or just tips in general. I already got some stuff in mind, but I'm curious what you guys say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerGuy Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Play Dance Dance Revolution...and I'm dead serious. Once you get into the higher difficulties, your legs and feet will be moving all over the place. It'll improve your eye-foot coordination, your lateral quickness and stamina, and it'll tone your legs. Trust me on this, it helps out tremendously. A major part to playing defense is being able to stay in front of your man, using your legs and body to guard instead of just your hands, so having that lateral quickness will help out a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Play Dance Dance Revolution...and I'm dead serious. Once you get into the higher difficulties, your legs and feet will be moving all over the place. It'll improve your eye-foot coordination, your lateral quickness and stamina, and it'll tone your legs. Trust me on this, it helps out tremendously. A major part to playing defense is being able to stay in front of your man, using your legs and body to guard instead of just your hands, so having that lateral quickness will help out a lot. Haha never heard of that. Unfortunately I sold my DDR pad along with the game for my PS2 last year as I was hardly ever using it. That's a cool idea though. I guess it's similar to jump roping in that regard. My legs are pretty strong the way they are, but I'm not the quickest guy. Thanks for the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AboveLegit Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Play Dance Dance Revolution...and I'm dead serious. Once you get into the higher difficulties, your legs and feet will be moving all over the place. It'll improve your eye-foot coordination, your lateral quickness and stamina, and it'll tone your legs. Trust me on this, it helps out tremendously. A major part to playing defense is being able to stay in front of your man, using your legs and body to guard instead of just your hands, so having that lateral quickness will help out a lot.Wow nice idea, I definitely need to try that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revis Island Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just keep trying to move your feet, In one drill we did in High School, we would have to have a defensive stance and move diagonally all over the court. Oh and in scrimmages, whether it's 3 on 3, 5 on 5, whatever, always guard the best player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcstarheel Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Play tennis. I play tennis every chance I get. Tennis will help your defensive movement in every area, especially if you're playing against someone with some game. Trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted September 30, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Play tennis. I play tennis every chance I get. Tennis will help your defensive movement in every area, especially if you're playing against someone with some game. Trust me.Haha, beat me to it. Even if you're terrible at tennis (like me), just go get dominated and play your best. It doesn't really matter how good you are at the sport. As Aaron noted, you gain that quickness and defensive movement, as well as endurance and even awareness. Play until your legs fall off. Also, if you want something that very few do, take a chair with four legs (such as a dining room chair) and sit it in front of you. Take a few pieces of tape and put them around the chair...one really low on a leg (near the floor), one up by the top of the chair, one at the end of the seat (three will do). Then, get in a defensive position and circle around the chair, swiping at the piece of tape down by the leg (side swipe, if that makes sense) and at the other on the seat (down swipe). Each time you pass the piece of tape up high, put your hand right beside it, as if you're face-guarding. You'll get tired pretty damn quick...but trust me, it helps. I decided to do something weird when I was a sophomore back in high school, and I've stuck with that idea ever since. If anyone else tells you they made that up, tell them they better answer to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Even certain football drills had made me better at defense when I played from time to time. Just a matter of finding what works. Everyone's method is different for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Yeah Smitty I was doing some defensive back drills at one point to try and help. I like Real Deal's drill though as it incorporates the hands as well. I'm going to do a little of both though. And I would play tennis, but I really have no idea where I would play. Does Racquetball count lol? Thanks guys appreciate the input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Billionaire Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 (edited) Like Kairu said, focus on your lower body not upper body. Focus on legs movement, not hands movement. Staying in front. Bend your knees, but from your waist up you should stand up straight/ 180 degrees from the floor. In this posture, try to move forward or side ways to practice your lateral movement. It tires your legs quickly but this is imo the most effective defense. This is when you guard perimeter players like guard/ forward. Extend your arms but most important is to stay between your man and the rim. But if you guard center/ PF who post up? I have no idea... Edited September 30, 2009 by Snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I never thought of these things, lol. The DDR thing sounds really helpful but too bad I don't have my DDR pad anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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