Today we kicked off our June focus: LockLeft Defense. 🎥 Get the full recording of today's live training HERE! Whether you’re installing it for the first time or refining it in year three, the reminder was this: 💡 LockLeft is a framework, not a script. It can be run as man, zone, matchup, full court, half court, high pressure, or more packed in. The key identifier is the main objective: ➡️ Force the ball to jail. Here were the biggest topics covered: 🏀 What is LockLeft? - It’s a principle-based defensive system built around shrinking the floor, forcing the ball into the left corner, and disrupting the offense. 👥 Who is it for? - EVERYONE. We have youth teams, high school teams, college teams, and pro examples using LockLeft principles. It looks different depending on age, skill, and personnel. ⏳ How long does it take to install? - A day to learn, and a lifetime to master. 🧭 Transition Roles vs. Half-Court Defense - Wolf, Gap, Snipe, Nail & Wall are transition roles. Once the ball settles in the half court, players defend based on their relationship to the ball. 🚨 Ball-Wall-Danger - If matchups get messy, fall back on the order of operations. 🧱 Rebounding in LockLeft - Yes, you can still crash the offensive glass. How many players you send depends on your personnel, risk tolerance, and ability to communicate in transition. 🎯 Sniping Passes - A big growth area for many teams is committing to hunting passes (especially to the right). Reward deflections and snipes in practice to build that identity. 🟢🔴 Free Corner vs. Jail Corner - In red, we’ll trap aggressively everyone. In green, we usually avoid trapping the free corner and instead work the ball back toward jail. 🚧 Common Early Problem - Many teams either give up right-hand drives or straight-line left-hand drives early in the install. The fix is training proximity and angle, as well as emphasizing that the goal is not just “left” - it’s jail.

I’m relatively new to SAVI. I coach boys Varsity basketball in Wisconsin for a D4 (will be D5 this year based in enrollment). Last year, I implemented a match up zone defense that worked very well - got better as the season went on. Teams struggled with identifying what we were running - some yelled out man to man and others yelled out zone. I really like the concept of the Lock Left defense. RBUT is a good philosophy. My question is with the limited amount of time I have to install it (in Wisconsin we get less than 2 weeks of practice before our first game and over the summer I have about 1 practice a week excluding one week), how do I go about installing this with the limited time frame I have? I’m concerned it will be overwhelming with new terminology, roles and responsibilities. From a program perspective I feel like it would be beneficial. Another question u have is how early is too early to teach the Lock Left Defense? Is Youth and Middle School too early?

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Hey all, if you've been here for a while you know, this is the platform where we primarily sell courses on our SAVI Basketball Systems. We do all our consulting, deep dives, live training, film feedback and interacting in SAVI Basketball. I'll tell you the truth, I want every basketball coach who's bought a course in here, to come join us over there. Why? It's just better for you, we talk every week, do monthly deep dives into the application not just information of the courses. The courses were always meant to be an entry point. The community and consulting are where the real relationship and transformation take place. So, here's a loom I just did for our SAVI Basketball member coaches, @Mark Cascio @Clare Murphy and I do this for them all the time, I wanted to share because I think it's really valuable teaching, and also to remind you, if you ever want to come over, even just for a month, we'll refund 100% of your course purchase $ if you just come try it out for 1 month. It's because we believe it's the best way we can serve coaches. Wanna learn more about it, jump on a 15 minute call with our team. Book the call here. Enjoy, "If no 9 = Stop on a Dime"

Do you coach youth or beginners? ⬇️ IF SO - comment below and we'll give you access to exclusive live training! With most seasons wrapping up, we’re shifting our Monthly Mastery focus. We’re moving from “Winning at the Right Time” ➡️ to YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. 🔥 What We’re Launching Starting next week, we’re rolling out: 🏀 A Youth Shooting Challenge Built specifically for developing players. 🏀 Drills Directly from SAVI Prep The exact teaching progressions we use inside our academy in Phoenix. 🏀 Clear Application Steps How to apply SAVI principles to youth players: - Simplifying reads - Building decision-makers, not robots - Installing habits that scale as they grow 🧠 NEXT WEDNESDAY = Group Consulting + Deep Dive This live session will include: - How we approach development - How to simplify skill teaching for younger athletes - The first steps of our youth shooting framework 👉 And we’ll leave time for open Q&A If you coach youth. If you’re building a feeder system. If you want your program to be strong today, but even stronger 3 years from now. BE THERE. Let's revolutionize the way the game is taught and played - together!