This player buy-in will make it even more effective. If you prefer a more conservative defensive style, the Amoeba may not be for you. However, running this defense effectively does require consistent practice time. P layers W ill E xpend E nergy This is a defense that requires sprinting. How to Run the Amoeba Defense:. Basketball at the Top of the Key. The defense begins like a zone.
The top defender X1 pressures the ball-handler as they cross the half court line. Your two best defensive guards should play in the X1 and X2 positions. The high post should be denied, so X2 fronts any player who comes to the middle. Basketball on the Wing. On a pass to the wing, X2 takes the first pass to either side. X5 must front the low post with the ball on a wing. If the wing player dribbles the ball, X3 comes up to trap along with X2.
The defense takes away all dangerous passes by fronting the low post and denying the high post. Basketball in the Corner. Here is where the defense becomes unconventional If a pass is made to the ball side corner, X5 rotates out to cover.
When the offense sees X5 leave the post, it will immediately look to get the ball inside. X3 should anticipate this pass and get a steal. Skip Pass to the Top. If the ball is passed back to the top, X1 takes it and the defense resets. Skip Pass to the Wing. X2 now takes away the high post, and X1 denies the reversal pass. X3 comes across the lane and guards the post. Now, X5 and X2 have skip pass responsibility.
Two-Guard Front. Many teams will attack the Amoeba using a two-guard front. This creates another unconventional aspect of this defense: A potential triple-team in the high post. X2 denies the pass back out to the wing. X1 and X4 have back-side and topside, skip-pass responsibility.
Defending Skip Passes Diagram E below shows the skip-pass from the corner. X4 closes out on the ball O3. X3 slides across the lane to become the post defender. X5 drops inside and becomes the hoop defender. X2 covers the high post, and X1 gets into the passing lane to O1. Now X2 and X5 cover any skip-pass going back to the right side. Here, X1 and X2 match-up with the two guards.
X3, X4 and X5 always use the same starting alignment when the ball comes across half-court. In this 2-guard set, X5 will usually play either at the high post or the ball-side low post will not usually have to defend the corner. If the offense has someone O4 at the high post, X5 slides up to defend, but will play behind and will not deny the pass. We actually want the ball to go into the high post.
Once the pass is made to the high post, X1 and X2 clamp down and O4 is triple-teamed diagram G. Hopefully, O4 will panic and either turn the ball over, or make a bad pass. Notice in diagram F, X3 and X4 are looking to steal a hasty pass to the corner. From the triple-team, the ball could be passed to either wing, or corner. If the ball is passed to the corner diagram G , the defense immediately resets.
X3 closes out on the ball in the corner, X5 drops and becomes the ball-side post defender, while X4 is the hoop defender. X1 defends the high post, and X2 denies the pass back out to the wing.
X1 and X4 would again have skip-pass responsibility. The gamble here is when the corner offensive player gets the ball and X5 is sprinting toward him or her, the player with the ball will see the low-post player open, not knowing that X3 is on the way to that area. Many times, in a panic, the corner player instantly passes to the seemingly open post player and X3 comes up with a steal. XI and X4 are still responsible for the weak side of the floor.
X2 denies the reverse pass back to the wing from the corner. Any attempt to pass to the point will be picked off by XI. The rule on any skip pass to the other side of the floor is that the closest player covers the player with the ball. The pass is complete from the corner. X4 would be the closest defender to the ball, so he or she would cover the receiver.
X3 goes from low post to low post and X5 would become the hoop defender. X2 retreats to the middle to provide any help that is needed and XI would deny the pass to the point.
This diagram shows the initial entry pass as seen in Diagram 2, but here you have an offensive player on the high post. In this case — just as in Diagram 2 — when the ball is passed to the wing, X2 sprints out to defend and XI drops down to play the offensive player in the high post.
If the offensive wing player with the ball takes a dribble, X3 comes out to defend and double-teams with X2. At this point, if the ball is passed from the wing to the corner, X5 sprints out and plays the corner player.
X4 and XI are responsible for stealing anything thrown cross court from the block area and higher. This may seem like a lot of area to cover, but Tarkanian believed that if your defenders are playing good, hard-nosed defense, the only pass that will be thrown is one high in the air that X4 and XI have a great chance for a steal.
If the offense plays a two-guard front, XI and X2 match-up with the guards. If the offensive team puts a player at the high post, X5 comes up and guards behind. This encourages the offense to make a pass into the high post, which is what you want to happen. If the ball is passed into the high post, XI and X2 immediately double down and create a triple team at the high post. This may cause the high-post player with the ball to panic and either give up his dribble or throw an errant pass.
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