Abstract

As for the defense of basketball games, the method of practice and/or detailed contents is introduced in many technical books or coaching books. However, only few books are published describing or mentioning the specific contents of “the period division” for a season. Therefore, in this research, we examine some examples how the successful team defense is built, and the detailed contents by using the analysis method of both “the annual play” and “the period division”. Our aim is to show the guidelines covering the method of making the good team, and to make them the best use of teams in the future.
By carrying out this research, the following suggestion is presented:
(1) It was effective to vary the defense such as “Zone Press”, “Trap Defense”, “Half Court Zone Defense”, based on “Full Court Pressure Man-to-man Defense”, etc.
(2) The “Pressure Man-to-man Defense” became strong by making “Ball Press”, “Deny”, “Help” the well-balanced ones. Further, the priority to build the defense was made as “Off-ball Defense”, “On-ball Defense” and “Both Sides Balance”; and strengthened step-by-step lead to success.
(3) As for the defense, both to divide the period, and to decide the theme, by each cycle for the peak season, are found to be important and effective.