Basic Offensive and Defensive PrinciplesFollowing are some basic offensive and defensive principles that you may consider. There are volumes of literature, camps and clinics that can help you develop your knowledge of the game and your coaching ability.
Offense
Spacing: Try to maintain 15-18 feet between players to spread the defense and open lanes for passing, cutting and driving.
Ball and Player Movement: Offensive movement puts pressure on the defense to constantly react and adjust which helps create better opportunities to score. Purposeful movement (screening and cutting) further creates advantage for the offense. Eventually players will learn instinctively the opportunities gained by purposeful movement.
Passing vs. Dribbling: Passing is a quicker way to move the ball and it involves the whole team. Five players are harder to guard than one and passing also promotes player movement. Dribbling should be used for a specific purpose- to get somewhere!
Defense
Ball-You-Basket: In man-to-man defense, the player guarding the ball- "on-ball"- wants to stay between the player with the ball and the basket.
Ball-You-Man: In man-to-man defense, players not guarding the ball- "off-ball"- want to maintain position between the ball and the players they are guarding. The farther a defending player is from the ball, the more that player can shade towards the ball to provide help in defending the ball.
Man-To-Man vs. Zone: Man-to-man is harder to teach, but better to learn. Zones are based on man-to-man principles. Zones can be more effective in at the youth level, but they tend to restrict players' learning and understanding of the game both offensively and defensively.
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