Try a Stack Zone Buster!What to do when a zone defense starts pressuring your best shooter Coaches who are continually con·tin·u·al adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. having their best shooter taken out of the game by a special zone defense would do well to take a look at the zone buster we use to do two things: free up our best shooter and stop our other players from rushing their shots or taking bad shots. At the high school level, shot discipline is a vital concern against good zone defenses or junk junk Classic Chinese sailing vessel of ancient unknown origin, still in wide use. High-sterned, with a projecting bow, the junk carries up to five masts on which are set square sails consisting of panels of linen or matting flattened by bamboo strips. defenses such as the triangle and two and the box and one. To ensure a high-percentage shot and a good look at the basket, we run the special stack shown in Diag. 1. It has been very productive because it guts gut n. 1. a. The alimentary canal or a portion thereof, especially the intestine or stomach. b. The embryonic digestive tube, consisting of the foregut, the midgut, and the hindgut. 2. the zone by forcing it to play honest rather than concentrating on our best scorer [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. 2 OMITTED]. It also enables #2 to get a very good shot whenever the defense makes a mistake. As you can see in Diag. 1, 3 and 5 stack on the right side and 2 and 4 on the left side. #1 initiates the offense [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM 2 OMITTED] by dribbling off and passing to 3 in the corner. #2 then cuts through to the opposite block as 2 replaces 1 and 4 replaces 2. With the ball in 3's hands (in the corner), all zones tend to become the same. We keep the defense honest by having 1 look for the ball as he cuts through the lane and having 3 look at 1 as he cuts. Diag. 3: As 3 rotates the ball to 2 from the corner, 5 steps out and back-screens the man guarding 3. #2 then rotates the ball to 4 (who may have to L cut to get open) and 3 and 5 pick and roll. If the defense doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. switch, 3 will be wide open under the hoop. With the defense concentrating on stopping the 5-3 pick and roll, 2 will fade toward the corner and look for a 3 shot. Diag. 4: If no shots are taken, we will balance the floor and keep the continuity going. We will also practice game situations by having the defense vary its coverage and force the offense to make the right options to get the best look at the basket. For example, we will have the defense trap the ball in the corner or deny the ball to the corner, or both. We drill the offense to stay with the continuity and to make sure the shooter observes his clearly defined shot discipline. F.C. Sandlin, Basketball Coach, Greenwood Greenwood. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,265), Johnson co., central Ind.; settled 1822, inc. as a city 1960. A residential suburb of Indianapolis, Greenwood is in a retail shopping area. Manufactures include motor vehicle parts and metal products. (SC) Christian School A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion