All right. Our next defensive task is what we call the triangle.
We're starting to get the concept of adjusting your position based upon the position
of the ball on the court and the man that you're guarding.
When you're guarding the person with the ball, you should be in line with him and the basket.
So, in this case right here, Brett has the ball, Collin is playing defense.
He's about a step or two off of his man in line with the basket, between him and the basket.
The triangle, what we're referring to is those people that are off the ball.
Yin is one pass away from the ball, from the man with the ball.
So that means Hong Min needs to be a step off his man and a step towards the ball
forming a triangle. He's the apex of the triangle, and the two offensive people are
the base of the triangle. Kyle is also one pass away. His defender also needs to form
a triangle by taking one step back and one step towards the ball forming the triangle.
Now, as the ball is moved, passed to one side... Brett, pass the ball over there.
Now, Hong Min's man has the ball, so he comes back in line with the basket in a straight line.
Collin is now one pass away, so he took a step back and a step over, has his triangle.
Now, Wade is one, two passes away. His man is. So, he took an extra step
back and an extra step open, and widened his stance so he could see the ball and his
man forming a triangle. That's why we call this the triangle.
So, every time the pass is made, the defense is adjusting. Their man has the ball,
they're in line with the basket. If their man is one pass away, they're one step off
and one step towards the ball. If their man is 2 passes away, they're 2 steps off and
2 passes to the side.
So, what we're going to have on the 3-point line here, the offense is going to start
with the ball in the middle.
And, they're going to slowly move the ball around having the defenders adjust.
Okay?
And that's what we'll be doing. All right?
Let's go ahead and give that a try and slowly right now we should have triangles set
up which we do with Hong Min, and we have a triangle set up with Wade and Collin
is in direct line between his man and the basket.
So, this is our starting position. Offense, slowly move the ball around and have the defense shift.
Ready? Go.
Okay, Kyle, you can make a long pass too if you want to.
Good.
Okay, stop. Freeze.
Now, you saw what happened. He was 2 passes away, yet he made a long pass and
everybody adjusted to their position.
Hong Min in line, Collin switched over to one step towards the ball, Wade dropped
off 2 steps away from the ball done very well. So, that is the concept of the triangle
and the object then is to move the ball around. An extension of this would be to add
a fourth pair which you could put down the corner, and then you could be 3 passes
away from the offensive person and from the ball, and that would mean another
step over towards the ball and another step back. Always maintaining when you're
off the ball, that triangle position.
All right. Good. Thank you.