Switching | Switching defensive assignments is a useful way of saving energy

Defensive Concepts: Switching by Brummie

Switching defensive assignments is a useful way of saving energy and making use of the positions of your team mates
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Switching refers to changing defensive assignments. Typically, this would be where two defenders notice that it is advantageous to them if they stop guarding their current assignment and take another offensive player; for example, where one cutter (being guarded by defender D1) has come under and is now going deep, and where another defender (D2) is already in position to stop that deep cut, D1 might call for a switch. Consider Fig. 1 & Fig. 2 (below); D1 has successfully […]

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