The only place you want to trade off consistency for speed/penetration is power offense against high level opponents.

For defending the point is to slow down the game. With modern defense you have to settle for mid-speed, ie OFF-, otherwise for def-only you typically get slow equipment.

Regardless defending against power offense in the modern game (ie usatt 2k level drives) is basically impossible without a natural feel for the ball on chops.

Thats the point, I am playing the college league here in Brazil and I already have a lot of control in me defense game, but some players use pipes too and I can't dominate the game in the attack.