How do you improve personal defense in basketball?

I need some help in improving my defense on basketball. What are some hints and tricks ?


- Thanks for any help.|||It takes commitment and dedication. You will have to put your heart into it, you have to want to rip the other guy's heart out and stomp on it, and still be able to sleep at night [Don't do this literally, but you get what I mean]. Be hungry, if you get posted up, hold your ground, don't back down. If he tries to utilize screens to get open, run through the screens, stick to him like glue, be a pesk, be annoying, be anything that'll get under his skin, and the ultimate reward is to see 0 pts from the offensive player you were guarding in the boxscore at the end of the game, and of course the W you helped to earn for your team.|||Do a lot of sprints and somehow get really quick feet. Be really aggressive but not over-aggressive, don't commit many fouls, and only try to steal the ball when you have a good chance of stealing it. Stay low and always keep your hands out and moving. Basically, just stay in front of the person you're guarding and don't let them get by you. If you don't get burned, you're already playing pretty decent defense.|||1) Improve your lower body. Do wall sits and run for durability.





2) Improve footwork. haha I do not know how to improve your footwork, but you could find out via internet.





3) You have to have a passion for playing defense. If you think defense is just a certain amount of time of rest before you go back on offense, that is the wrong mentality.|||first of all be beastly. want to play defense. look for steals and always keep track of your man. box out. keep in mind of the shell drill. if u dont kno what this is google it.


also im very good at one on one defense. first of all try not to bite on any fakes. this includes shot and body fakes. try to keep your space. if he gets to close to u and starts to come in contact while dribbling past u just let him go because if u keep on sliding it will be a foul. try to force him one way. if u dont he will have both ways to go and will shake u silly. bend your knees. u may think that is something you already learned but many kids have still failed to bend lower as to almost sit in a chair. sliding your feet is key but many kids will slide almost like their hopping or bouncing. this is fairly slow so i advise you that when your sliding to not move up and down so much. if your a guard never swat at a shot. just put your hands in his face but keep ready just in case it was a shot fake. a hand in the face at the 3 point line is very hard and coaches do not recommend that shot anyway. unless your a good defender i do not recommend reaching for steals except when they crossover or mess up. if they pick up their dribble get up in his face agressively. also whenever being approached by a dribbler try not to slide backwards for you will trip and if your old enough the other kids will go oooooooooooooooooooooo and say u got shook. one mroe thing on the forcing is that u can force them to their bad hand or you can force them to the outside.|||For me it was just being quick, quick with your feet and quick with your mind, watch their eyes see the different directions they look, i did all of this and i was our best defense player.. Run a lot, be in shape, WANT to get that ball from them.. Dont be nice, you have to be Agressive, lift weights, i was like the skinniest person on the team but i lifted weights all the time %26amp; i always got the ball. Always be one step ahead of them %26amp; if they're going for a shot stay flat footed and DONT move, obviously.. So they can get called for Off. foul.. People do different things, thats what worked for me, But Good luck! :)|||first off, defense is desire, you have to want it.


with that said, here are some tips that should help: stay low. stay on the balls of your feet. hands are out wide, with the palms up. watch their waist. play with your feet, not your hands. don't reach. force them to one side, and keep them there. work on you're lower body. especially your hips, and abs. good luck!|||Try keeping your hands off of the opposing teams junk. Hands on dongs will get in the way of your dribbling and what not. Try not to swallow so much semen before a game.|||fob defense