Get the Funnel Down Defense: https://funneldowndefense.com/Or get Championship Access: https://teachhoops.com/ The philosophy behind pin, funnel, and trap, why it shrinks the floor, and how the whole defense fits on a three by five card. Early in his career, Coach Steve Collins carried a defensive binder about three inches thick, and his players remembered almost none of it. After a loss to a team running a set he had a full page on, he asked his kids for the rule in the huddle and got blank faces. That night he started cutting, and what was left was three rules small enough to fit on a three by five card. In this series opener, Steve explains the philosophy behind the Funnel Down Defense, the system he built with Jon Morgan. He covers why pinning the ball on one side shrinks the floor and turns the sideline and baseline into extra defenders, the simple language every player needs, the Rule of 3s, the honest downsides, and why Funnel Down becomes the base every other defensive look borrows from. Part 1: Why Run It The three inch binder and the huddle full of blank faces Cutting a whole defense down to Pin, Funnel, and Trap and Rotate Shrinking the floor by keeping the ball on one side The sideline and the baseline as two extra defenders Speeding up the offense and forcing rushed shots late in the shot clock Running the same rules out of man or zone, with any kind of athlete Part 2: The Language and the Honest Truth The Gutter, Pin, Up the Line, Funnel, the Alley, the Strike Zone, and Trap and Rotate The Rule of 3s and why kids react faster with three things than twelve The downsides: layups, diagonal threes, wing drives, and baseline drives Why every weakness comes down to angles, effort, or timing Funnel Down as the foundation for combos and junk defenses Why x5 stays home in every look, and the sophomore post with one job The road map for the rest of the series Chapters 00:00 Opening hook: the three inch binder 00:50 Preroll: Two ways to get the Funnel Down Defense 01:51 Takeaway 1: Shrink the floor 04:04 Takeaway 2: The language and the Rule of 3s 05:26 Midroll: funneldowndefense.com 05:43 Takeaway 3: Honest downsides and why it is your base 07:28 The challenge 07:41 Postroll: funneldowndefense.com and Championship Access This week's challenge: Write your entire defense on one three by five card, and if it does not fit, start cutting. Format: Teaching Mode, two parts. Resources: Purchase the complete Funnel Down Defense course, with diagrams, handouts, drills, and practice plans, at https://funneldowndefense.com/, or get Championship Access at https://teachhoops.com/ and find it there. Recorded at the Fifth Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. Get the Funnel Down Defense: https://funneldowndefense.com/Or get Championship Access: https://teachhoops.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
