Forcing left shell
 | 1 Ian MacKinnon Forcing-left shell drill to work on drive-and-kick situations. See Defence - Forcing left, and Defending - 3 on 3 kick-out. 1) 3-out 2-in a) Middle drive from the (defensive) left wing 2 has the ball to start, - X2 forces left - X1 gaps - X3 and X4 are on the midline - X5 defends 5 in the low post 3/4 high side. X5 takes away a pass to 5's right hand, X2 takes away a pass to the left hand. 2 beats X2 to the middle (with his left hand), X1 is the help, any time you lose sight of your player you have committed to a help rotation. |
 | 2 When 2 passes, X1 stays with 2, X3 takes first pass (to 1 or 3), X2 (who got beat) goes opposite the pass and has leftovers, he takes whichever attacker is left open, here 3. If 2 passes to 3, X3 takes him and X2 covers 1. 1 passes to 3. |
 | 3 X2 forces ballhandler 3 left, X3 denies 1, X1 and X5 are on the midline, X4 full fronts 4 if the ball is above the line of 45 or defends 3/4 from the bottom if the ball is below 45. 3 skip passes to 2, repeat (perimeter defenders have changed positions). See Defending - 3 on 3 kick-out, Fratello 3 on 3 drive and kick. |
 | 4 b) Drive from the top 1 beats X1 with his left hand, X3 stays with 3 (a shooter), weakside X5 helps (not X4) and X2 shoots the gap (covers down) to help the helper. |
 | 5 On a pass to 2 (a difficult pass), X5 stays with 1, X2 fronts 5 (a mismatch), beaten man X1 chases the pass to take 2, the attacker left open (there is only one open attacker). X5 and X2 stay with (switch to) 1 and 5 who are close to the basket. This can be done as 3 on 3. |
 | 6 c) Baseline drive from the right wing X4 fronts 4 if the ball is above 45. As 3 drives baseline, X4 gets to 3/4 low side then traps 3 with X3, X5 takes 4 who i-cuts to the elbow on the drive, X2 sinks to cover 5 and X1 fills. |
 | 7 X1 has first pass out of the trap to 1 or 2, X3 goes opposite the pass and has leftovers. Here the pass goes to 2, X1 takes him and X3 covers 1. X2 stays with and full fronts 5 (a mismatch), X4 stays with 3 and X5 stays with 4 (a switching help rotation). There is a five-man rotation, all defenders have new checks. See the Mavs halfcourt man defence. |
 | 8 Here the pass goes to 1, X1 takes him and X3 covers 2 (a four-man rotation). |
 | 9 Progression To combine all three situations and go competitive, 1 drives from the top and passes to 2 who will then drive middle, the ball is passed to 3, play is live on the baseline drive by 3. Three attacks then switch teams, keep score. |
 | 10 2) 4-out 1-in motion The ball starts with 2 and is reversed, 4 basket cuts on the pass to 3, X4 jumps to the ball, 1 and 2 fill behind 4, X1 denies a pass from 3 to 1. On the pass from 2 to 1, X2 gaps to help defend a pass into the ballside low post, and gives up a return pass to the wing. The offence should want to swing the ball to the other side, not back to the same wing. This can be a match-up decision. |
 | 11 X4 stops on the midline when 4 clears weakside. 3 drives baseline and is trapped by X3 and X5, X4 takes 5 on the i-cut, X2 sinks. |
 | 12 X2 takes a pass to "baseline most" 4, the weakside attacker closest to the baseline, X3 takes 2 on the pass. There is a four-man rotation, only X1 stays with his man. |
 | 13 If the pass goes to 2, X3 takes him and X2 again covers baseline-most 4. If X2 were to take 2, then 4 would be open cutting to the basket. Variation - X2 can take a pass to 2 since 4 is not close to the basket. |
 | 14 If 1 doesn't fill behind the drive, X1 could be closer to 2 than X3 is and would take 2 on the pass (for a five-man rotation). Progression - rotation to and from help on a baseline drive from the wing with weakside low post, see Defence - Forcing left. Ben Jacobson - X1 is the centre-fielder, one step below the line of a pass to next player 2 (not 1). |
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