Zone set plays - Ashbury
| 1 Ballscreens against a zone (or man-to-man) defence.
See Fast breaks - Ashbury break 4, Ashbury break 5.
a) Shake
1 passes to 3, who squares up (shift the zone), passes back to 1, 4 ballscreens (pick and pop).
Against pressure (denial) man-to-man defence, 1 just calls for a ballscreen by 4.
See Zone set plays - Izzo arm chop, Nash corner. |
| 2 b) Suns
5 sprints out to pick and roll back to the basket.
See Zone offences - USA, Villanova, Greece. |
| 3 c) Dive
4 cuts backdoor to the ballside low post, 1 passes to 3 and spaces away, 5 picks and rolls.
See Zone set play - Larry Brown dive. |
| 4 b) Florida
1 dribble clears 3 to the weakside corner, 4 ballscreens, for a three-point shot, swing the ball to 3 in the corner.
See Zone set play - Florida ballscreen 3s. |
| 5 This can be an entry to Duke baseline runner, 4 gets to the high post, and can ballscreen again if 3 passes to 2 and runs the baseline.
See Zone offence - Duke. |
| 6 e) Elbow
2 screens the top of the zone for 1.
Option - 5 also screens the bottom of the zone (from the short corner). Variation - 5 screens the bottom, shooter 2 goes to the corner, then 5 posts inside. |
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