Episode 108: John Patrick, Full and Half Court Defensive Concepts

Episode 108: John Patrick, Full and Half Court Defensive Concepts

Guest: John Patrick, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg and Basketball Bundesliga Head Coach

In this week’s basketball coaching conversation, MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, and Basketball Bundesliga, head coach John Patrick joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss full and half court defensive concepts. Coach Patrick is one of the few pro coaches who has used a pressing style of play in the full-court, and balances it with a more conservative half-court defense.

In January 2013, Patrick was hired as head coach by struggling MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg. Patrick guided the team to playoff berths in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. In the 2017-18 season, Patrick's Ludwigsburg team reached the semi-final stage of the Champions League, where they fell short to Monaco. He was presented with the Best Coach award for the 2017-18 Champions League season. In Bundesliga play, Patrick guided Ludwigsburg to a semifinal appearance, where his team lost to Alba Berlin in May 2018.

Breakdown

1:00 - Talking about Defense

5:00 - High level of detail on Defense

8:30 - Pressing

13:00 - Importance of Character in his System

17:00 - Movement oversized

20:30 - Taking the Ball out of the Point Guard's Control

23:30 - Denying the Point Guard

25:30 - Aggressively Subbing Players

27:30 - How Coaches Connecting to Half Court Defense

29:30 - Emphasis on playing 1-on-1 defense and Adjust to Team roles

33:00 - Defending Horns