It is designed to involve all players in short corner, high post. Beating the zone 75 set plays to score against zone defense. Once 4 gets the ball, 5 steps to the short corner looking for a shot. The ball side wing 4, quickly hedges, giving 2 time to rotate over. You might want to use a spot in the short corner or in the midpost. The best part is that it creates quality movement, puts pressure on the middle, gets players to the short corner, and allows us to overload any zone. Defense wants the ball out of the middle of the floor. In fact, offenses like this one are the main reason that the shot clock was introduced to the game of basketball. High post short corner zone offense vs 23 zone defense duration. But probably the main reason this offense works is because it attacks the zone from the short corner, and below the zone, which is where it is weakest. While this action is occurring on the ball side, 1 and 2 find the gaps in the zone looking for a possible pass from 3. In a 23 zone defense, you always want to keep the ball as from the basket as possible. However, dont let this fool you, the constant movement of the two interior players creates serious matchup problems for any zone, especially matchup zones. In motion offense players are taught how to read defenders, cut, read screens and.
However, it does require having a player with special ballhandling skills and one on one capability. Basketball offense 1 zone offense, coachs clipboard. Shortcorner skip pass by basketball coach weekly in basketball drills and skills, basketball plays, offense drills move the ball into the short corner against a zone, then look across the court for a shooter moving into an open spot on the weakside wing. Effective zone offense principles marist basketball club. O4 follows the pass, cutting to the ballside elbow diagram 5. The passer becomes a screener, making two screens and ending up in the opposite corner. Basketball zone offense basketball playbook hoops u. Not only is it a coaches dream, players love operating in the offense.
Return 1 3 4 5 2 1 passes to the ball to 2 and loop cuts around 5 to get the ball back from 2 3 cuts to the short corner 1 4 5 3 2 4 sets a down screen for 3 to pop to the wing 4 looks to slip on the screen if his defender helps on the screen. Basketball offense stanfords motionzone offense by dr. Zone offense with strong focus on utilizing the short corner. Wheel offense vs 23zone this progression is designed to use. The two forwards are in the short corners behind the defense. Zone offense with a strong focus on getting the ball into the short corner. O5 will run the baseline from short corner to short corner and we will try to pass the ball to o5 from the wing o2 or o3, usually after reversing the ball once. The short corner is a weak spot of the 23 zone because the wing defender temporarily leaves it unguarded while bumping up to the wing. Align and space your players between specific wing spots, corners, and short corners to create indecision within the defense. Sean miller arizona wildcats zone set plays zone offense. This offense is similar to that of the golden state warriors a small ball offense relying on 3 point shooting, spacing, ball movement, that is less dependent on tall low post players. Jay wright 4 out 1 in motion offense a complete guide. Any good zone sets force the zone and specific defenders to make a decision on who to guard, and this set does exactly that. Zone offence kermit davis zone motion hoopsplaybook.
Ncaa tournament sets oregon 5 out zone offense against dukes zone, oregon plays a 5 out offense with the three guards working the wings, high post, and top of key. Stretch the zone with 1 and 4 high and wide, 2 and 3 down far enough to force baseline defenders to guard them. In short, they learn how to play and not how to run plays. The ducks do a good job of penetrating into the middle of the zone and kicking. The play starts with a ball reversal and a pass to 4 in the corner. The 23 zone defense involves two players across the top of the zone near each high post. The 23 zone defense is by far the most common zone in basketball and is more than likely the specific formation that will come to a coaches mind when they hear the term zone relating to basketball. Basketball defense 23 zone part 2 by coach brian williams on april 15, 20 these notes and diagrams on jim boeheims 23 zone defense are a follow up to an earlier post i made about the syracuses zone. For this reason it is necessary that the basic zone offense modifies depending on the. The highlow zone offense can readily be initiated out of almost any alignment or entry.
It ended my search to find the right offense for my team every year. The goal of this set is to make x3 decide if he is going to take away the corner, stop the ball or defend inside when 4 cuts behind him. This pass triggers our short corner post o5 to basket cut. Complete breakdown of the baylor bear s 1 zone defense. This basketball article discusses 4out 1in zone offense including a patterned 4 out set, a corners 4out set, and several zone plays. Coach chris breaks down the high low action of a high post and short corner vs a 23 zone defense in basketball. You can run this out of a 3out, 2in motion offense, or a 1. If 5 isnt open, 4 dribbles up to the wing bringing the zone defender up with him. Simplified swing offense for high school basketball. Zone defense in basketball zone defense, as well as alternative basic defense after defense mantoman. Coach dean smiths patent four corner offense has been a trademark for the university of north carolina over the years and is probably the most recognizable of all the spread offenses.
Above all, even against a zone defense, the motion offense is a free form offense, no preprogram cuts. Let your players cut, look for dead spots in the zone and use the constant. Basketball defense 23 zone part 2 basketball coaching. Jeff bauer 4out motion is a viable secondary zone attack. Simplified swing offense for high school basketball pg.
James gels, from the coachs clipboard basketball playbook. Here is a zone continuity offense against a 1 zone defense with two variations. With this offense, there are plenty of fill and replace actions. With this in mind, we always trap the short corner post to get the ball out of there. For us, the short corner is 4 to 5 feet off the lane. Kermit davis they run zone motion against nearly all zone defences, with different set entries to maybe tilt the zone with a twoguard attacking front against a oneman zone front, but basically end up in the same system. When set play offenses complete the play with no shot, players tend to go 1on1 similar to pickup basketball. This zone offense allows us to run our transition spots 4 out1 in and seamlessly get into it when we see a zone look. Basketball offense 23 zone offense drills, the coachs. You can adapt it to any style of play and continually play to your strengths. The ducks do a good job of penetrating into the middle of the zone and kicking out to shooters. This basketball article discusses 4out 1in zone offense including a patterned 4out set, a corners 4out set, and several zone plays. Here is a quick zone hitter from wichita state used to create an open lob. Basketball offense 3 simple strategies to attack a zone defense.
The read and react is the right offense, no matter the team. Use your forwards in the short corner as feeders and scoring options to create easy scores from the low post. Motion offense comes seamlessly off transition if you dont score out of transition, you are in motion. When the ball gets into the short corner or in the post, the offensive player is trapped by the center and ballside froward. Against dukes zone, oregon plays a 5 out offense with the three guards working the wings, high post, and top of key. Take a look at what can happen when the ball is entered to the short corner. Follow along as middle tennessee state university head mens basketball coach kermit davis breaks down some of the. With less distance to cover, shooting position is better and a shot. Frame 2 zone o 1 2 4 5 3 2 dribbles upas 1 completes hisshallow cut. Effectively attack a 23 or 32 zone defense with this proven continuity zone offense. The next three diagrams below show the basic motion when the ball is passed into the corner wing. Diagrams and animation of a bones a short corner zone offense.
Syracuse counters this weakness by executing a trap here, leaving the ball handler in the short corner. The zone offense can be applied to attack all types of zone defenses. The highlows continuity is relatively simple and easy to learn. Using game footage coach chris shows you real action after the white board diagrams. The offensive player especially player on the short corners has the advantage. This zone offense is so named because the continuity is created by the point guard dribbling from side to side, pulling the defense with him thereby creating an overload on one side of the defense. Jim huber used this offense when coaching a 17u team in the nike eybl.
O5 cuts inside looking for the pass, and moves to the opposite left short corner diagram 4, as o4 skippasses to the left wing. Here, well discuss how to use it against the 1 zone. Against a 122 filling the gaps means lifting the wings above the dead corner. Best of luck to you in your coaching endeavors, and i hope this book provides you with valuable information on coaching basketball. The offense sometimes even utilizes wing players flashing into the short corner. Basketball offense stanford motionzone offense, coachs. It enables a team to control the tempo of the game. If the ball goes into the short corner, o2 and o3 should both slide down to the corners. If wide open, the short corner player can take one step to the basket for a lay up. In basketball there are more types of zone defenses. The four corners offense was most commonly used as a delay offense before a 45second shot clock was introduced in the 19851986 season. The first offensive motion is initiated when either guard dribbles toward the ballside wing.
Understanding defense is the key to running good offense. Encourage your wing players to wait until the 5 man is established in the short corner before reversing the basketball. O2 and o3 clear out to the left corner and short corner. This is a simple fiveout zone continutiy offense vs. There are several built into the play many more that will present themselves as the d over reacts to the movement.