I just took over Virginia Union in Phelan and they're set up for a FCP defense. I've never run that before and was going to start practicing the man to man defense and run that when the IQ's caught up. I was wondering if some of you could take a look and let me know your thoughts? Much appreciated.

Paul

Personally I like the press way more than man.

Looking at the team I think it just depends on the way you recruit.  The team really isn't built specifically for man or press and won't be great at either the way you are.  If you do keep the press maybe shift a bit more focus onto speed since its very important.

Posted by the0nlyis on 11/5/2015 5:44:00 PM (view original):
Personally I like the press way more than man.

Looking at the team I think it just depends on the way you recruit.  The team really isn't built specifically for man or press and won't be great at either the way you are.  If you do keep the press maybe shift a bit more focus onto speed since its very important.

Thanks. Appreciate your thoughts.

I love both lol, only 2 defenses I play in my worlds.

Well, press is more a set it and forget it type defense .. and it causes more fatigue so you need more depth.  You have no way to try to impact an individual scorer on the other team.  With enough SPD, ATH, DEF on the team, you can get lots of turnovers.

With Man, you have lots more coaching options.  You can double team and/or play a better defender against an individual scorer.  Also, less fatigue, so your starters can get more minutes (when compared to press).

If you can get 10 players who can all play equal minutes and score with them, press is great.   If there is more differences between your starters and backups, then Man is best.  That is why I think really good Div-1 teams are mostly man and there are more really good press teams in Div-2 and Div-3.  In Div-1, the really elite players are limited and your starts are usually significantly better than your backups for the really good teams. In Div-2 and Div-3, the backups are usually much closer to the starters on good teams, so press can be more effective there.

Posted by hughesjr on 11/6/2015 8:58:00 AM (view original):
Well, press is more a set it and forget it type defense .. and it causes more fatigue so you need more depth.  You have no way to try to impact an individual scorer on the other team.  With enough SPD, ATH, DEF on the team, you can get lots of turnovers.

With Man, you have lots more coaching options.  You can double team and/or play a better defender against an individual scorer.  Also, less fatigue, so your starters can get more minutes (when compared to press).

If you can get 10 players who can all play equal minutes and score with them, press is great.   If there is more differences between your starters and backups, then Man is best.  That is why I think really good Div-1 teams are mostly man and there are more really good press teams in Div-2 and Div-3.  In Div-1, the really elite players are limited and your starts are usually significantly better than your backups for the really good teams. In Div-2 and Div-3, the backups are usually much closer to the starters on good teams, so press can be more effective there.

Thanks hughes, that helps a lot. Appreciate it.