YES… Pressing is uncomfortable for YOU! It makes you nervous. You can have a feeling of game control loss and that you might be putting your players at a disadvantage. I GET IT COACHES!
However, UNDERSTAND this… The PRESSING COACHES are smiling. They know they have an advantage over you. They do not operate out of FEAR. They operate out of BELIEF, REPETITION, and COMMITMENT. They ball pressure, rotate, and rebound. They have STOLEN your practice time and impacted some of your habits. They have weakened some of your strengths and taken some of your COACHING “out of the game!”
The RUN & JUMP PRESS is easy to teach and a flexible defense. It creates turnovers and forces opponents to play more 1-1 basketball. It creates and cultivates a COLLECTIVE MINDSET.
When you become a PRESS COACH you enter the world of CHAOS. Your defensive mantra will become an ACTION- NOT a reaction. Your team will learn how to help early and often as the press becomes a STAPLE of your program.
As a TEACHER, you will learn how to accept AGGRESSIVE mistakes. You will teach your players to go as HARD AS THEY CAN for as LONG AS THEY CAN! There will be NO defensive frauds in your program as your team will learn how to PLAY HARD WITHOUT FOULING!
As a DEVELOPER, your team will have great TRUST and COMMUNICATION! Your players will understand that now, more than ever, IT IS ALL ABOUT US and NOT the opponent.
As a LEADER of young people, you will be EXCITED, knowing that you have found and shown a pathway to great SUCCESS!
COACH EDDIE ANDRIST 