We are implementing Lock Left this coming season and drilled in layer 1 during our summer sessions. During that time, it was evident who our Wolf should be every possession, and we want him locking it left every time, make or miss. My question becomes, how do others go about teaching getting into their defensive roles off of a missed shot? We are going to incorporate tagging up, and our Wall will often be one of the closest players to the basket, as he will be our porch player as well. Does this give anyone fits when it comes to their transition defense?

Lock Left D -- coaching 6th grade boys. Does anyone have thoughts on how the wolf should address 2 guards on the inbounds in the full court? I'm tempted to have him sit back and wait to see which guard advances the ball and just force left as usual...but the guards could simply pass it back and forth as they advance, exhausting my wolf. Alternatively, I could bring up the gap/snipe for the 2nd guard but that could result in my gap/snipe player becoming wolf (less desirable from a personnel/skillset perspective).

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