Pack line is a popular man-to-man defense that forces the offense to score from the perimeter. No team runs this defense better than the Virginia Cavaliers. In this breakdown, we will take an in-depth look at their pack line defense.

Drop coverage is becoming one of the more popular ways teams defend ball screens. In this breakdown, we will cover what drop coverage is, how to use it to defend against ball screens, along with the advantages and disadvantages of this coverage.

Despite the rise in popularity from coverages like Drop and Ice, hard hedging is still a staple of many high level defenses. In this breakdown, we will cover how to hard hedge ball screens, along with the advantages and disadvantages of doing so.

Icing ball screens and forcing the ball to the baseline has become extremely popular in recent years. In this breakdown, we will cover how to use ice coverage to defend against ball screens, along with the advantages and disadvantages of this coverage.

Like its name suggests, a sprint stop closeout is when a defender sprints out to the player receiving the pass and rather than chopping his feet and breaking down, he comes to a sudden one-two stop with a high hand within arm’s reach of the ball.

The “peel switch” is a protection plan defenses are implementing within their defensive system to prevent having “2 on the ball” whenever the primary defender gets beat with dribble penetration. In this breakdown, we will cover the basics of peel switching.