Pack Line Pressure Defense Shell Drill

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This is one of the basic basketball defensive drills that can be used to teach positioning for each defense that you play, regardless of whether it is man to man or zone. Any type of man to man defense can be taught through variations of the basic shell drill.

In this case, we are using pack-line rules, so there is no denial of perimeter passing. You can modify the drill in order to include denial of permimter passes if that is the defense you play.

Once you have the basic movements and defensive spacing taught, the drill can be altered to include helping on dribble drives, playing cutters, double teaming a post feed and rotating out, defending flare or down screens, defending ball screens, and any other offensive scheme you need to prepare for.

One key basketball coaching point that is illustrated in the video is to teach the defenders to run when the ball is in the air and arrive with a closeout in their assigned defensive position when the ball is caught.

We have listed several ideas for rules for a pack line pressure defense in our defensive section of the Coaching Toolbox.