Our steals don’t come from the trap, they come from the trap forcing the player with the ball to throw a lob pass to the teammate that gets picked off. Once the ball makes it to the middle of the floor it becomes very hard for the press. Both teams must be willing to play their bench plenty of minutes. When your team is running a press the opposition never has time to relax.
It’s physically and mentally tough to play against a press. For whatever reason, I can confidently say that players play much harder when your team is implementing a press. When there’s a steal using this press it’s because everyone put in the hard work. When players are in a team press like the 2-2-1, it means you have to trust your teammates and work as a unit. Man-to-man can be seen as an individual defense to some players. Since the 2-2-1 has great trapping opportunities, if your players trap correctly it will lead to the opposition turning the ball over. On one end of the floor they’re forced to be slow and deliberate to bring the ball up the court, but once it’s been advanced it often leads to the opponent taking tough and rushed shots.īy taking away long passes and forcing the offense to be deliberate with the ball and make smart passes and ball reversals, it’s going to wipe a lot of time off the shot clock and potentially force a backcourt violation. The 2-2-1 press forces the opponent play at an uncomfortable pace. On the sidelines we set traps and our goal is to force the passer to make a tough pass over the top of our trap that we can intercept. To put it simply, the goal of the press is to keep the ball out of the middle of the court and force the opponent to play down the sidelines. Players running the 2-2-1 press in older age groups have to play smarter in order to not allow the pass over the top and easy layup. The 2-2-1 floods the front court with 4 players and forces the offense to beat the press with smart cuts and passing (which is hard for most youth players to do). It’s also fantastic for getting the ball out of the point guards hands and into the hands of a player less confident dribbling and bringing up the basketball.įor better or for worse, the 2-2-1 press is very effective in youth basketball because it takes advantage of most players lack of strength to pass over the top of the press.
Like all presses, the 2-2-1 press is best run against teams that lack a true point guard and aren’t great dribbling or passing teams. It gives your team great trapping opportunities while being a good press for containment and not allowing easy scores on the other end of the floor. The 2-2-1 press is traditionally a 3/4 court press.
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