DEFENSIVE ROTATION ON A BASELINE (WING) DRIVE

From the corner:
The key to any rotation is not to get beat in the first place. But if it happens players must be in their "get to rim" positions on the help (weak) side. In this situation, x5 would slide over. If 4 picks up his dribble on the baseline x4 and x5 should trap him there. x3 rotates down to protect the basket, and x1 wants to get into a position where he can see x3's man and take away a skip pass to his man. Get wide when rotating, arms extended ready to intercept. WEAKSIDE HELP-"GET TO RIM" We teach our players to "GET TO RIM" while giving weak side help. This means that x3 and x5 need to have one foot even on the imaginary line that separates ball and weak side. We do not want to be "hugging are man" on the weak side. All players should be talking when giving help. Note: we front the ball side low post. When the post player is on the block.