Zone offence

Zone offence
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This zone attack keeps 1 at the point and 5 inside, the other players move on the perimeter. It incorporates overloads, cut and fill behind, attack from behind, attack through the high post, and dribbling defenders out of their area then filling behind.

The entry set is 1-4 into 1-3-1. On a wing-entry pass, the opposite wing cuts to the ballside corner and 4 fills the wing, keeping 5 inside.

Here the entry pass is on 5's side, 4 backs out to the wing.

For other entries see Zone offences - Hurley cutters vs match-up, Maryland Women.

Also see China, Pistons motion, and Coach Mac - Milton Zone Attack.

On an entry pass to the other side, 5 crosses the lane to the mid-post and 4 curls to the opposite wing.

On a pass back to 1 at the top, 3 cuts through the zone and 2 replaces.

Maryland - 5 is on the post line, and stays on the post line (coming up to the foul line on a pass to 1).

Hurley - 5 follows the ball on a pass to 4.

Milton - 5 is at the high post.

3 keeps going to the corner on a pass to 4 and high-post 5 changes sides.

Milton - 1 can exchange with a weakside wing after ball reversal, e.g. to get a shooter out top.

If instead 1 passes back to 2 filling the wing, 3 circles to the basket looking for a pass, fills the short corner, and can then go out to the corner.

Maryland - 3 goes to the short corner on whichever side the ball is passed to (cuts are to short corners).

Hurley - cut to short corners or corners, based on shooting range.

On a pass to the corner, 2 cuts behind the post and 3 dribbles off the baseline, trying to drag a defender away from his area of coverage. If there is no pass, 2 can cut through to the other corner or come out to the ballside short corner.

Milton - 2 cuts to the far corner, 5 dives to the low post from the high post. 3 dribbles out, passes to 1 and holds, 5 comes back up to the high post.

Hurley - 2 replaces 3. On a pass to 1, 3 cuts to the middle, 2 fills the wing, 3 follows 1's next pass (continuity).

Maryland - 2 replaces 3. On a pass to 1, 3 screens for 2 or gets screened by 2.

Bauer 4-out-1in zone motion - dribbling out of the corner can be enhanced with a pin screen by a low post.

On a pass to the high post, 2 cuts to the basket, 3 fills the wing, and weakside 4 slides down.

Maryland - 3 changes sides of the floor (from the short corner), and see China, Kermit Davis zone motion.

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