On keeping the arms down on defense...

[Ima Alien]

I have seen many posts complaining that our players always defend with arms down. I thought that this was due to Pope's coaching mandate in order to increase lateral speed on defense.

 

[LmdCat]

I have seen many posts complaining that our players always defend with arms down. I thought that this was due to Pope's coaching mandate in order to increase lateral speed on defense.

Have you ever played basketball? Of course not because if you had, you would understand when hands should be raised and when they shouldn't.

 

[Fox2monk]

I have seen many posts complaining that our players always defend with arms down. I thought that this was due to Pope's coaching mandate in order to increase lateral speed on defense.

I hope he didn’t teach that because it’s not good. Hand out keeps the defender honest with a hand in the face. It also keeps the defender balanced in a good stance square to the offensive player to guard them better. We need to really focus on guarding as a unit. These guys should know how to talk by now and guard in a stance. We also need to get about 2 feet closer on the ball. Too many open 3’s. I don’t care if they beat us off the dribble because we can do it as of now. I’d rather beat them making 2’s all game rather than 3’s. We can outscore teams if we hold them to 2’s and don’t foul much.

 

[sportspm]

Have you ever played basketball? Of course not because if you had, you would understand when hands should be raised and when they shouldn't.

I just got a funny visual of players running around with their arms straight up 🤣