Are you playing a lot of slow paced teams? Do they slow the game down and try to run sets every play? Every basketball player has faced a team like this. It’s usually because they aren’t that good or they don’t want your team to get the opportunity to score that much. They just stick to their game plan and see how it goes.

This causes so many problems for the opposing team they face. It gives the other team less possessions to score the ball because they just run plays and wait until the last ten seconds of the clock to score. They will obviously have the ball longer than the other team for the duration of the game. It also forces the other team to try to score and get more points fast on the other end since they don’t have the ball that often. This may cause them to force shots, make mistakes and hurt themselves even more.

A few solutions to this problem is to try to get in transition when you get the ball. Force the other team to keep up with your defense. Force them to sprint up and down the court. This will tire them out which will allow the bench players to come in. The bench players aren’t usually as good as the starters so you just exploit their bad habits. Another solution is to just play smart and capitalize on their mistakes. Every team makes mistakes and when you score from it that puts a lot of pressure on the opposing team.

I recommend that you press the team. Force them to make quick decisions and put them in uncomfortable situations. It’s not always going to result in great things happening but when they start turning the ball over and making mistakes it will benefit you. Full court pressing will speed them up to try to get the ball over half court. But a 2-3 zone will force them to make quick decisions, will make them take unwanted and used shots. Which helps you in winning the game.

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