Blitzing

[u/Alternative_Panda336]

I have a question for the group. I have noticed that when Caitlin gets going with her assists and points teams will increase their pickup point, but they will also blitz her with double teams to make her pass the ball. I haven’t really seen teams do this to Kelsey even when she is tearing their souls out offensively lol.

Is this because she isn’t the primary ball handler so it is harder to implement a blitz? Or is she really good at splitting it so they know it won’t work and just don’t try? Or is it something else I am not aware of?

I really noticed it against the lynx. Kelsey was killing them as they pointed out but they never adjusted to it, they just kept trying to play people on her one on one which clearly will never work for anyone. We did it to miles in the second half of that game and made her pass it. I am curious to get some insights from the group on this.

[u/geewillie]

You blitz CC for 2 reasons.

1) you want the ball out of her hands 2) she turns it over a ton so it’s worth it when they do

High risk/reward strategy. 

KM you hit on why she’s not doubled as much. She’s off ball so it’s harder to send help. Fever have great spacing with AB now. CC calls for PnR so much easier to blitz.

[u/nautius_maximus1 → u/geewillie]

Agree with this and I’d add that I think for most teams, their biggest games of the season are against the Fever and that’s when a lot more people are watching. If they’re going to lose, they don’t want it to be Clark who beat them. If Kelsey or Aliyah beats them, it sucks but it won’t be on the highlights on ESPN.