Andy Landers Full Court Defense

Legendary Coach Andy Landers shares his full court defensive philosophy and presents seven practice drills he utilized to implement this defense. He finishes by explaining the 2-2-1 press and the run and jump.

Quotes

• “You want your team to want to press and not need to press.”
• “No one person can defend the full court. It takes a team effort.”
• “Run and Jump is not run and trap.”

Winning Thought

• In these notes, legendary Coach Andy Landers shares his full court defensive philosophy and presents seven practice drills he utilized to implement this defense. He finishes by explaining the 2-2-1 press and the run and jump.

Identify Emphasis Tags

• Defense
• Practice Drills

Knowledge for Coaches

• Pressing allows you to control the tempo and force turnovers.
• There will always be a time in the game where you may need to press due to time and score. 
• Play through the lines – stop a sideline dribble with a foot outside of the line.
• The on ball defender should be square to the ball until it gets to one side of the floor – then he should cut the floor and not let the ball back to the middle. 
• The backside defender should be as far from his man as he can be and if the ball is thrown to his man, he must closeout on the catch. 
• Off ball defenders must always be ready to rotate over to stop the ball.
• In the 2-2-1, the front men pressure the ball and send the ball handler up the sideline where it will be double teamed near half court. 
• In the run and jump, the defender coming to jump the ball must yell “Blitz” so his teammate knows he is coming to make a play.