Shells
Shells are a great way to drill your team on defensive principles in a controlled yet game like situation. Many coaches use them to help reinforce certain topics that the coach feels are important. They are particularly effective when trying to teach your team how to play defense together. It brings all of those defensive drills that you put your team through all year long together. It promotes cohesiveness and shows how to rotate. It is effective because you can control how you attack the defense thus allowing the defense to focus on the specific actions you want to cover with your team. The question is are shells worth adding to your plans as a coach? I think they are. My belief is that the teaching process is broken into 2 different categories. The first one is skill acquisition and the second is skill application. The difference between teaching offensive skills and defensive skills is that regardless whether you are teaching on ...