How to Break a Press in Basketball

#PRESSBREAK #HOOPSIQ In this video, I’m going to show you exactly how to Break a Press in Basketball. Whether, they run a man to man press or a zone press, I’ll show you the easiest press break to run. First, we have to figure out if it’s a man press break, or a zone press break. Then we can figure out the best way on how to break a press in basketball. So, how do we recognize a zone press. Well, first of all a standard 1-2-2, a 1-3-1, or a 2-2-1 will all be easy to recognize because the front defenders on the zone will run to a spot on the floor, and they won’t be focused on chasing your guards when breaking a press in basketball. As the guards you must know how to pick and pop to break a man to man press. This means that you must meet your other guard around the foul line and set a solid screen. Once the screen has been set you, you must pop to the ball, NOT TO THE CORNER. ANGLES ARE VERY IMPORTANT AGAINST A PRESS. You don’t want to pin your
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