The "Mayhem" Amoeba-Style Defense

with Ryan McCarthy, Alaska-Anchorage collegiate level Women's Head Coach; 2016 National DII Runners-up; 97-7 over the last 3 seasons (2015-2017); Back-to-Back-to-Back Great Northwest Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament Champions (2015-17); 2x National Division 2 West Region Coach of the Year; 2x GNAC Coach of the Year Use five practice breakdown drills to implement the most important fundamentals for defensive success Learn how to position your players in the Amoeba defense to take advantage of their individual strengths Get proven strategies to defend common offensive actions to prepare your team for the rotations and responsibilities they'll need the most Coach Ryan McCarthy has created a Mayhem style of play by using full court pressure to create turnovers into points. Using his Mayhem style of play, Coach McCarthy's team has led National DII in steals per game for four consecutive seasons (2014-17) and have finished in the Top 5 in scoring defense, turnovers forced and turnover margin. Learn how to turn up the pressure with your half-court defense to create turnovers using the "Amoeba" 1-1-3 defense. Ryan McCarthy has improved upon the blueprint created by legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian to create a version of the defense that can be sustained through an entire game. This defensive style will combine both pressure man-to-man and zone principles to be as disruptive as possible for your opponents. Using chalk talk, on-court demonstration, and game footage, Coach McCarthy details the intricacies of his Amoeba defense. You will learn the responsibilities of each player on the floor, practice breakdown drills to teach the necessary fundamentals to play this system, trapping opportunities, and how to counter the primary offensive strategies used against this defense.