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Ep 1946 Are You Teaching Summer Defense… or Just Letting Kids Play?
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Summer league is where defensive habits are either built… or destroyed. If you let kids “just play” in June, you’ll spend all winter trying to fix the same issues: no talk, lazy closeouts, no box outs, and zero urgency. This episode gives coaches a simple, repeatable way to teach real defense in the summer without turning workouts into misery: One Rule Defense.
You don’t magically become a good defensive team in-season.
You become who you are in June.
Whatever you allow now becomes your identity later.
Players gamble and reach instead of containing
Nobody communicates…
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