Switch Everything SSG
Master switch defense in a small-sided game — communication, positioning, mismatches.
- Duration
- 20 min
- Steps
- 4
- Equipment
- 2 items
- Difficulty
- Advanced
How to run it
- 1
Play 4v4; defenders switch every screen and action.
- 2
Defenders must call 'switch' and immediately take the new assignment.
- 3
Offense attacks the mismatches switches create; defense recovers and helps.
- 4
Play to 11; switch offense/defense each game.
Coaching points
- Call the switch loudly and early — before contact.
- Take a wide stance on the switch to deny the roll.
- Help the helper — if a switch creates a mismatch, the nearest defender helps.
Equipment
- Basketball
- Half court
Why it works
Switch defense neutralizes screening actions but creates mismatches. The nugget: training both the switch execution and the mismatch-recovery teaches the full switch-everything system. In a game, switching kills screening actions, but the team that recovers to mismatches wins — a kid who switches and helps is part of a defense that can't be screened into an open shot.
Switch Everything SSG
Purpose: Master switch defense in a small-sided game — communication, positioning, mismatches.
▶How to run it
- 1Play 4v4; defenders switch every screen and action.
- 2Defenders must call 'switch' and immediately take the new assignment.
- 3Offense attacks the mismatches switches create; defense recovers and helps.
- 4Play to 11; switch offense/defense each game.
✓Coaching points
- ✓Call the switch loudly and early — before contact.
- ✓Take a wide stance on the switch to deny the roll.
- ✓Help the helper — if a switch creates a mismatch, the nearest defender helps.
▢Equipment
★Why it works
Switch defense neutralizes screening actions but creates mismatches. The nugget: training both the switch execution and the mismatch-recovery teaches the full switch-everything system. In a game, switching kills screening actions, but the team that recovers to mismatches wins — a kid who switches and helps is part of a defense that can't be screened into an open shot.