Man to Man Strategy For Beginners in Basketball , Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 5:44 AM, in

To play a game you need to have a system which can be used effectively for smooth play. These tactics can improve your game and you can find you can try different techniques to win the game.
Strategies like Man to Man or zone are preferred in lot of the games. You can play basketball with these strategies as winning will be easy. It requires a lot of practice to make this strategy a success. Training drill is the best activity to try these strategies. If you fail you can correct your mistakes which can be avoided in the game play. You can make ample of mistakes in the training drill because it is the place where you are allowed to make mistakes. This is a platform where anything which is new is experimented. Man to Man strategy is used worldwide as it helps a lot in blocking and passing of the ball.



Running from half court to the other side is difficult if there is a Man to Man strategy deployed.
In this strategy all you need to do is cover your opponent. There are 5 players in every quarter. So 5 player of team A and 5 players of team B. In this strategy you should cover your opponent completely. This will help in blocking the opponent when he makes a move. This won't allow him to move further and he will have to pass the ball immediately. This is the time when you can obstruct the pass and take charge of the game.
Covering the opponent from start to finish is required it also requires a good stamina. This is because your opponent will be running from you to have an empty space for a pass. If he gets one then he is definitely going to shoot for the basket. In this you can increase your stamina by shuttling method. It is a sprint method which improves your running speed and stamina. Shuttling should be performed early morning after your warm up. This will boost your speed in a natural way and your stamina too.
Practicing Man to Man strategy everyday will help you in improving your game play. There are different ways where you can use the Zone strategy too. This is bit difficult and used by seniors or professional players. In this there is lot of concentration and stability required. Your defense system is your area which you have to defend.

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