Tony Bennett's pack line defense complete guide 

My middle school 7th and 8th grade team runs this and we went undefeated and we took out a lot of aau teams with this defense

Bennett is the best defensive coach in Basketball. His kids hedge better than anybody that I have ever seen.

I’m an assistant coach at Bishop Chatard High School. I’m trying to convince our varsity coach to adopt this as our primary defense. And adopt the Villanova 4 Out 1 In Motion as our primary offense. We’re an undersized team with a deep and talented backcourt. We also have a lot of good shooters at positions 1-4. Hopefully I will succeed.

This is not the way I was raised on basketball, coming from a UCLA high post offense and 2-2-1 press defense backing into m/m or 1-2-2 zone, and with up-tempo pressure, but the last few years as a coach, I have come to see this (pack line d and blocker-mover o) as the most sensible way to teach the game to 21st century players. We scrimmage a lot without allowing any dribbling, and that helps us attack other packline defenses while strengthening our blocker-mover offense. Also, we are actually averaging more steals this year with this half-court defense than in past years with a full-court press and tight pressure defense and without the gamble of giving up crips when they defeated the pressure. Until the dribble-penetration trend dies a little, this is the defense to consider first as a coach.

Best description of the Pack Line D I've seen. Love the Horns and Nova 4-1 Breakdowns as well. Great learning tools for young coaches like myself!

very detailed description of the packline. well done

Your videos are great. Thanks for the shares. Helping with the intricacies of the game.

Never understood what this Def actually was till this video thank you.

Great work

Excellent breakdown and explanations, but Virginia rarely, if ever switch the on ball screen. They for sure hard hedge, but the big always recovers to his man. They are the best, in my opinion, of defending the on ball screen.

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Great stuff, thanks !

Thanks for the upload.

Awesome video, high quality lesson. Thank you.

Nice video

THANK YOU FOR THIS COACH :D

Excellent Video

good vid bro

nice breakdown.... but I at the end, I don't think they switch on every screen. Bigs will hedge out on screens to disrupt the ball, but then sprint back to their man.

Can you do one on Bob Huggins press?

Defense wins ball games

Thank you for this! this defense is what my coach uses. Excellent vid!

I was wondering could this work in the pros. This breakdown was so comprehensive that it answered my question!

They don’t switch they hedge hard and recover.

I go to miller grove

tony bennett defensive vs a john beilien offense would be interesting to see !!!

This defense is very personnel dependent. You will need a team of long athletes that move well for this to be most effective. And honestly any defense works if you have that

This is the best defense against this generation of drive and attack offense. But teams like Gonzaga and teams with multiple shooters will give it problems. I think it is an excellent defense at the high school level..

Question for yall. Why wouldn’t you switch ball screen, dho and pin downs? If you go over them the will curl/drive and surely it means a paint touch… or if they tag the curl/drive we get in rotations and an open 3. Can someone sell me on the “over” the pin down/ball screen to still protect the paint and cover kickout 3s. Thanks

In Mr Bennett's 9 years as UVA head coach, he has only taken them to one elite 8 match. The pack line falls apart quickly against a good outside shooting team (Michigan) UVA always does good during the regular season, but falls apart fast in the championship.

This is great except better shooting teams will kill you on the ball side corner 3 is free to shoot when 1 pass away is helping.

They didn't switc on the hard hedge. They hedge and recover.

I don't understand why maintaining contact would supposedly make you harder to screen. If you stay in contact with an offensive player, he can manipulate your position to make you far easier to screen. If you keep space with your head on a swivel, you're far harder to screen.

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Does anyone understand Chris Mack's philosophy, "Do not get beat through the elbows?"

This is called a shell drill.

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so if a team has shooters they will kill virginia?

All denial is 3/4. Low post fronting is NOT denial, it's fronting this has been the case since Clair Bee invented "pressure" man to man.

i like when teams play this against me. easy to score. :)

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People boo zone defenses but applaud this?

UMBC!!!

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This defense got exposed by UMBC.

This defense will take your team from rags to riches, yes, the good life. But don't leave your heart in San Francisco.

Hasn't held up well over time.

Poop

not doing her any good

The analysis offered by the commentator is elementary at best. Some people truly love the sound of their own voice.

I'll leave this right here for all the pack line nut riders........I told you so!!! Solid D and good perimeter shooting....it fell apart. UVA just didn't get beat, they got dominated. Out in the 1st round!!!

I would rather watch paint dry. Horrible basketball, sets the game back to the 1920's. Garbage.

Excellent Video