Georgia Tarheel Sportse

One common denominator that all great defenses have is they are built from the inside out. In other words, once a team knows how they are going to defend the post they can start working their way out in order to defend the perimeter. If you are lucky enough to have a Dwight Howard or Tyson Chandler type player who can shut down the entire lane by himself then you don’t need to read any further. If you don’t, here are three ways that you can effectively double team an offensive threat in the post.

1. If the ball is fed to the post from the wing, the weak side low defender will double the post and the weak side guard will drop and have to cover two players. On the pass out of the post, you play scramble to get players defended. Once players are defended, you can switch back.
2. Rover- Designate one player (must be smart) to cover a non-shooter and have this player always double team. Have everyone else figure out where the rover is.
3. Piston- Cover down with the defender whose man who threw the ball in. In most cases this is the least desirable way to double the post.