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Originally posted by teamball
I'm the coach of a 5th and 6th grade girls team. Our league has a "no double team" rule. Defense must play man to man within six feet. I ran an isolation play that put all my team in the two bottom corners and ran the dribbler up the middle to the basket. When the dribbler beat her defender near the top of the key, another defender left her man in the corner to guard the dribbler on the low side with the original defender trailing to guard on the high side.
I called this a double team, they (including the only ref) called it a "switching defense".
Who's right?
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You haven't bench coaching long, have you?
That's not a double team. A double team is when two defenders are guarding one opponent simultaneously.
Is the other team just supposed to let your girl waltz in and score because she beat one defender? What is she gets by her in the backcourt? Is the defense just suppose to let her go in for an uncontested layup?
Sorry but that makes no sense whatsoever.