Zone Offense from Coach Daniel (Annotated)

My favorite book about zones is "Own the Zone," which discusses the whys and why nots of zone defense. Coach Daniel shows how to beat the 2-3.

1:05 Cut and fill
1:26 Exchange of post players
2:05 High post entry
2:22 Seal off high-low
2:40 High low working together
3:30 Attack the gaps with the dribble
4:15 Short corner attack
4:35 Opposite side corner awareness
5:04 Screens create isolations
6:00 Ball screens
6:30 Always critical to read screens
7:30 Set play stack
7:40 Weak side screens
8:15 Flash into open middle of zone

Wing goes to corner moving low defender. They then screen the middle defender and get a short hook shot.

Shooter (top corrner) goes through and

Gets screens from weak side teammates; skip pass into shot OR poor closeout with drive and dish.

Remember the acronym: DR FLAPS

- Drive into gaps
- Reverse the ball
- FLAsh into open areas
- Post up
- Screen

Distort the zone with ball movement, ball fakes, and shot fakes and keep the ball moving.