This document outlines a defensive philosophy focused on simplicity, clarity, and aggressiveness. It lists 5 key principles: 1) applying intense ball pressure, 2) limiting defensive tasks to pressure, deny, help, and recover, 3) being the aggressors to establish tempo and force errors, 4) having a clear goal of limiting easy baskets and shots in the paint, and 5) using measurable goals like forcing turnovers and stops to track performance.

1. Fast Five
Defensive Philosophy

2. Simple is Better

3. Teaching Principles
• Clarity
• Specificity
• Priority (what is most important)
• Emphasis (know how to execute)
• Process informs results

4. 1. Ball Pressure
• Crawl up into them
• Hoosiers “what flavor gum are they chewing?”
• Smell their breath
• Breathe fire onto them (fire-breathing dragon)

5. 2. Limit Tasks
• Pressure the ball
• Deny on the strong side
• Help and recover
• Trap and recover
• Force people out of their comfort zone

6. 3. Objectives
• Be the aggressors
• Establish and control TEMPO
• Wear opposition down
• Force errors
• Turn defense into offense
• Win every possession

7. 4. Clear “End-State”
• What will good defense look like?
• No Easy Baskets (Hard 2s)
• Protect the paint (own blocks and elbows)
• No direct drives
• Contested shots without fouling

8. 5. Measurables
• Opponent should have > 25 turnovers
• Allow less than 1 point per minute
• Get > 75 percent of defensive rebounds
• 372 (3 stops in a row, 7 times a half, each half)