Practicing Man to Man Defensive Responsibilities With Bob Huggins

Below are 2 nice drills that Bob Higgins uses to train his teams in the different phases of a man to man. These drills cover everything from on ball defense, to how to defend one pass away, to how to defend 2 passes away, to how the defense collapses on a dribble drive.


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