I am looking to switch to this type of defense and was wondering what the distribution for the defense should be. I already run Man so I just need to add the press. Do I need to set practice time at 20 min each, or will something else work?

I realize that my current team is not suited to run this style I have several players with sub-par speed, but I figure by the time my team is up to speed IQ wise, I will have rebuilt my roster appropriately.

I run man/press and I practice both at 15 min. I am thinking of increasing the full court press time though. I'd be interested to see what other coaches do.

I right now am doing 18 man and 8 press, but all my freshman knew press and none knew man, and none knew my offense...usually I do 20/10.

Depends on your team, how fast they learn, prior knowledge, etc..

I like to mix in press in games where my team is going against weaker ball handlers/passers/speed or if I want to try and get an uptempo game going. Therefore, since I don't use it every game, I shoot to get it to about B+/A-; while since I use m2m every game, I want to get that into the A/A+ range. To do this, I've run 20/10 most of the time, but at times even as much as 22/10 or 20/15 to get the desired result.

With press, you'll really notice a difference in total fouls the higher your rating.