The Three B’s
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I learned this from my assistant coach this year, he learned it from his travel coach. On defense, you need to take care of the three B’s! They are:
B1 – Ball
B2 – Bag
B3 – Backup
The Application
What does this mean? It makes total sense. First you have to catch the ball, second you get the bag, third you backup. The practical application of this is very cool.
With a perfect throw, they really don’t come into play. But when the throw is off line, you must leave the bag and take care of the ball first. If you still have time to cover the bag so be it, but take care of the ball first. Of course, you should always be backing up.
The Process
On every play, each player should make this three step decision process . First they should go for the ball, if they have no play on the ball, they should go to their appropriate bag, if they have no bag to cover, they should backup.
How great is that???!!!!
We are using this on all our teams now and the kids understand the simplicity of it and react appropriately.
You are never too old to learn a new trick!
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