Zone offence - Blue Devils

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Keys to zone attack

- line up in the gaps
- drive the gaps
- freeze dribble
- reverse the ball
- skip pass
- pass fake
- attack from behind
- inside-out
- attack the short corner, high post
- overload
- screen the zone.

a) 1-3-1

Against a 2-3 zone.

5 goes short corner to short corner, 1 and 4 are not in a tandem. On a pass to the wing,
- if a bottom defender comes out on the ball, look to pass to 5 (if he is ballside) or drive baseline (if 5 is weakside)
- make a return pass to 1 if a top defender plays the ball, but also look into the high post.

Variation - 1-2-3-4 hot-potato passing, 5 moves block-to-block.

4 and 5 are partners (buddies), when one gets the ball the other goes to the basket.
 
Against a passive zone, 1 and 3 can space away on the pass from 1 to 2, reverse the ball through 4 or by skip pass.

See Zone offence - Geno Auriemma, Dave Odom 1-3-1, Grinnell.

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b) Duke runner

Also against a 2-3.

A shooter runs the baseline.

Pass fake to the corner, pass inside to 5.

4 can ballscreen to help reverse the ball.

See Zone offence - Duke, Zone set play - Florida ballscreen 3s.

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c) Two-guard runner

Against a 1-2-2 (or 2-3).

High post and low post (see 1-3-1), two guards, a shooter runs from wing to wing.

5 will cross the lane if 3 passes to 2.

If 1 passes to 4, 5 crosses the lane, 2 goes to the block, 1 and 3 slide down in vision.

See Zone offence - Dave Odom 1-3-1, also Duke, Dave Odom rover.

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d) 2-1-2

Used against a 1-3-1 (or 1-2-2) zone defence.

High-post 5 dives on a pass to a corner.

Against pressure defence, have 2 flash to the high post.

See Zone offence - 2-1-2, Offence - Wootten four to score.

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