Defense

Playname : 3-2 Zone

1 The 3-2 zone defense has good rebounding,and good lane perimeter coverage.The weak spots are the open lane,and the attack from the corners if not used correct. I like the 3 at the front,with the 1 & 2 at his/her sides.The 4 is weakside forward and the 5 is the strongside forward. The 4 and 5 step up a small step from low block and allways front (get in front)the low post players. The reason the 3 is at the top and not the 1 is the 3 usually has a bigger body and longer arms while being reasonably fast.The 3 covers the free throw line keeping a pass from the offensive 4,with help from 1 & 2.

2 When the offense has a pass to either wing,shift like this,and allways pressure the ball,allways.It`s harder to pass.Notice the 5 fronts the offensive post player.If you don`t pressure the wing,they can drive in and shoot or pass.

3 Another popular way of attacking the 3-2 zone is the corner attack. Most coaches will have their 5 pop out to the corner and recieve a pass.If the defense keeps the 3 high on the lane,the 4 is wide open for a pass,if the defensive 4 covers the offensive 4,then that leaves the off 3 open for a break to the basket and a pass.Let me explain,the blue 3 stays high on the lane,the red 4 drops low,5 passes to the red 4,the blue 4 covers the red 4,the red 3 drops dowm to the low weakside lowblock and recieves pass from red 4 for a score.. the key to defending this is to have your blue 3 cover the low block area in case the 5 pops out to the corner and recieves a pass.Your blue 4 must stay in lane,no futher than basket to the strongside.

4 use the same principles for either side

5 wing attack is a favorite too. You must keep constant pressure on the wing player with the ball,here the red 3 drives and looks for the red 4 down the lane for a easy pass,but the blue 2 pressures the red 3,and stops the pass to the red 4.The blue 3 stays with the red 4.The blue 1 must cover free throw line area when this happens.

6 If the blue 2 and blue 3 don`t cover their man correctly,this happens,a easy score from the lane. Most coaches attack from the corners,and attack the lane using the wings.Defend them good,and have players practice this every practice.

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