Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #27 Defensive Pillars

Win The Season Sponsored by Fastbreak Playbook-Episode #27 Defensive Pillars

Author: Martin Plum August 7, 2026 Duration: 25:12

If you don't know what you stand for, you don't know what you're going to emphasize, right? In today's episode, we discuss your defensive pillars, the non-negotiable, always enforced rules of your team or program on the defensive end. Directly inspired by Jim Boone, we discuss why it is important to clearly define your pillars, how to implement and I share my seven defensive pillars with you. In addition, we have another great quote from Kevin Eastman, while we discuss one of the all time great coaches (and former APAAN guest) Roy Williams.


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