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The Diamond press (also called the 3-1-1 or the 1-2-1-1 press) is suited for all levels of play. The press is designed to force turnovers by speeding up the decision making process of the offense. Your team must have quick players with good instincts for this press defense to be effective.
The 1-2-1-1 press is an aggressive full court press with many different variations that can be made to suit your team and/or to give you an advantage over the opponent you’re playing against.
1-2-1-1 Diamond Half Court Zone Press Defense is a tight press defense that has your point guard leading the opponents point guard to the sidelines to become trapped.
1-2-1-1 Diamond Press Drill: Half Court Overload. 198 SHARES. Here is a simple drill to help you improve your 1-2-1-1 diamond press. This drill reinforces the importance of covering more ground on the press by adding an extra offensive player.
This is a basic description of how to run a diamond half court press defense, as well as some principles on how to break it.
This article presents a number of half-court basketball press-breaks for attacking half-court traps, the 3-1-1, 2-2-1, 3-2, 2-2-1, 1-3-1, and 1-1-2-1 traps.
Specifically to the 1-2-1-1 diamond press though, one of the most effective drills to try is running a scrimmage with a mismatched diamond on a half-court. That is, setup the diamond, ignoring that tail safety. Launch an offense at them, building up to a 6-4 mismatch.