I’m relatively new to SAVI. I coach boys Varsity basketball in Wisconsin for a D4 (will be D5 this year based in enrollment). Last year, I implemented a match up zone defense that worked very well - got better as the season went on. Teams struggled with identifying what we were running - some yelled out man to man and others yelled out zone. I really like the concept of the Lock Left defense. RBUT is a good philosophy. My question is with the limited amount of time I have to install it (in Wisconsin we get less than 2 weeks of practice before our first game and over the summer I have about 1 practice a week excluding one week), how do I go about installing this with the limited time frame I have? I’m concerned it will be overwhelming with new terminology, roles and responsibilities. From a program perspective I feel like it would be beneficial. Another question u have is how early is too early to teach the Lock Left Defense? Is Youth and Middle School too early?

What teams at the high school level have had success with lock left defense

Recently got into a debate with a coach on using traditional numbered basketball positions for coaching 1 point guard 2 shooting guard etc. What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? Is that old school? Have we modernized to new language? Should we still use it or not? What does SAVI think?

Hey coaches, I run a bunch of NIKE Basketball Camps during the summer. Always looking to improve our curriculum. Any coaches have some camp games/activities that have worked well and athletes enjoy? Just drop a comment below with yours!

Summer install of RDS is underway. Our summer schedule is screwed up a little so I have had 5 games and 2 practices. Unfortunately, due to baseball at practice we had to repeat a lot of the transition rolls and explanation so I feel as if I've had 1 practice. First glance of playing games after the transition rolls of Racker and Runner, guys are freed up and starting to understand the pace we want to play at. We have doubled our scoring output from the first game of summer to now. I have only given them the fingers and follow action/ghost if we are neutral. I'm a believer and am excited to continue digging into this. I'm trying not to overwhelm them with stuff so we are just racing at this point! Thanks SAVI