2-3 Zone – Half Court Trap. Keys to success: The goal is to surprise the offensive team and force them to make decisions faster than they want to. Only run this defense occasionally to maximize the surprise factor. The trapping defenders must contain the dribble and keep the ball in front of them; trust that the rest of the team will do their Here is a 3-2 Half Court Zone Press Basketball Play, defence is a very important part of winning Basketball games. Just remember defence wins championships. For tips on attacking the full court press, see "Attacking the Full Court Press".The 2-2-1 zone press attempts to deny and trap the sideline at the half court line. This press could be the opponent's primary press, or could be an "adjustment" after you have beaten their press up the sidelines a few times. 1-3-1 offensive set vs. 2-3 zone defense. Coaches can make this offense efficient by remembering a few things. The first thing to know is that you should have a counterattack to a specific zone defensive set. 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 Ball Movement. The key to successfully using the 2-3 zone defense is to keep moving with arms extended to obstruct the passing lanes. In order to decimate this defense, the opposing team must force the defender into motion and destroy their positional advantage. A 3-guard alignment with quick ball passing and rotation can force the defenders Initially, our 1-3-1 zone was intended to serve as a half-court trap in a multiple defense package. When the trap was broken, our players were instructed to fall back into another half-court defense, such as a 2-3 or 3-2 zone. We soon found, however, that our teams played the 1-3-1 zone better than any other defense. Several principles need to be used in order to obtain the best results and they are; attack the seams/gaps. dribble and pass penetration. move the zone/distort the zone. screen the zone. skip pass and reversals/cross split line. dribble one way, pass the other. your alignment. This is often called “odd guard front”. Here is the initial 2-1-2 set. Two guards are at the top. Post player is on the free throw line. The two forwards are in the short corners behind the defense. The first offensive motion is initiated when either guard dribbles toward the ball-side wing. In this case, 1 dribbles to the right wing. 3 cuts to the corner. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/BBallSubFOLLOW ON TWITTER: http://bit.ly/BBallTwitterLIKE ON FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/BBallFBWe're not a channel, we're 5 and 4 exchange while 3 sprints to stack with 5 on the block . 4 sets screen on top o f the zone. 2 screens top wing of the zone. 5 screens bottom of the zone then sits on next defender. 1 uses screen and looks for 3 or 5 . 1 can pass t o the 3 or keep i t and find the 4 rolling or the 5 replacing the 4 5c9K.