Jan 02, 2018 · 2-3 Zone Attack Concepts By Coach Brian Williams on January 2, 2018 Army Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Zak Boisvert has put together some short clips with some concepts for attacking a 2-3 zone defense.
A 2-3 Zone Defense involves two players at the top of the zone around the free throw to top of the key area, two players a step outside of each block, and a player in the middle of the lane. In this article, we’re going to focus on the 2-3 Zone Defense and its strengths and weaknesses, who might use this zone, and go into more detail of The 2-3 zone is the most popular zone defense played. It can be a very effective zone defense, because it still covers the 3-point arc as well as the inside game. Many teams will use the 2-3 zone against athletic teams to limit their drives to the rim and force them to take shots from the outside. The 2-3 zone defense is a type of basketball defense and one of the most common zone defenses employed by various teams.. The main objective of the 2-3 zone (and zone defense, in general) is to keep the ball out of the high/low posts and influence the offense to take (usually contested) perimeter jump shots. Jan 06, 2014 · I recently reviewed a very practical DVD on implementing a 2-3 zone defense. It is Al Marshall's 2-3 Zone. Following are my notes as I studied. I have also included a link to a PDF of the notes. This has been a very practical defense for us to utilize depending on the situation or the type of team we are playing.
Dec 06, 2013 · The 2-3 zone defense (2-1-2) is the most common zone defense used in basketball. It’s set up so that the team can pack it in and stop the opponent’s inside presence. The 2-3 and the 2-1-2 zone defenses are pretty much the same thing, except for the fact that middle-low defender is placed a little bit higher in the paint in the 2-1-2 zone
Mar 06, 2019 · The zone can’t be “figured out” any less than man defense can be “figured out,” but it does have unique and distinct weaknesses to go along with its strengths. These are the three most common complaints about Boehiem’s 2-3 zone. The Zone doesn’t defend the three-point shot; The Zone gives up too many offensive rebounds
Our 12 points of an effective Match-Up Zone Defense 1. You must use both man to man and zone defensive principles. 2. Each man has area responsibility and man responsibility. 3. Each player must use man-to-man defense, area defense, and help defense. 4. Two defensive men must constantly defend three offensive men. 5.
Jul 21, 2020 · The 2-3 zone can then cover up for Miami’s mediocre defenders like Goran Dragic and Tyler Herro by preventing them from being put in 1-on-1 defensive situations. This is an introduction to coach Al Marshall's aggressive 2-3 zone defense, and his excellent two-DVD set, "Al Marshall's 2-3 Zone".Coach Marshall has 42 years of coaching experience and has been a very successful head boys varsity coach at Cascade HS in Cascade, Iowa. I have several teams that run zone. For years the 2/3 was all that was played, but today, with the right players the 3/2 is very effective. For several reasons, the 3/2 works much better today than in the past. For example, against a 2-3 zone defense you should utilize a 1-3-1 designed zone offense. This gives the young point guard three passing options without too much difficulty. The player behind the zone should run baseline-to-baseline, so that your team can create a short-corner shot opportunity. This 2-3 Zone Quick Hitter was contributed by Jordan Peterson to the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library. Jordan is the Founder and Director of Positionless Basketball, is the Varsity Assistant at Stillwater High School (MN), and a Former Graduate Assistant at MSU-Moorhead.