My son asked me to help out again with his 7 year old team this season. Another dad who is helping out threw a phrase at the kids the other day that I had never heard off before. He told them of the
BALL, BASE, or BACK-UP
“Three B’s of Defense.”
Before getting into what that means, let me just use this as a reminder that there is always something new to learn about the game. Even if you know the concept, there is always a better way to explain it or break it down better to young kids. This is definately an example.
The Three B’s stand for Ball, Base, and Back-Up.
On every single play on defense, every player is doing one of those three things. They either go for the BALL, go to a BASE, or BACK-UP somewhere. Standing still is never an option.
Great advice and easily understood no matter how old players are.
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