Category: Zone Offense
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ZONE: RUNNER / HAMMER
This is a base offense that we ran versus an odd front zone. With 2 post players on the block we felt like we could exploit the defenses ability to cover the block and the corners effectively. This action is a wrinkle off of this set up where we attack the baseline and try to…
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ZONE: SOUTH CAROLINA WBB BASELINE CUTTER
The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks are one of the nation’s three best teams heading into the conference tournament play. Coach Dawn Staley has a terrific interior presence so her teams see a lot of zone defense. Here is a set that they ran against Auburn to get an easy bucket. [private] ZONE SOUTH CAROLINA [/private]…
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ZONE OFFENSE: LOOP SKIP
Having an array of entries into your zone offense is important. Here is an idea that is simple, but can put the defense at a disadvantage. [private] Basic idea that Coach Don Meyer used to talk about with zone offense is “Throw into 3” The last three frames show this concept well. Zone Offense Loop…
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ASK COACH HEMI: ZONE DEFENSE IS NOT THE PROBLEM
Coach Branden Mayweather of Central Gwinnett High School uses zone defense combined with man principles to keep opponents off balance. Photo cred – Ty Freeman Zone defense was a curse word as I learned how to be a coach during the mid to late 90’s. I studied great teachers of pressure man to man defense…
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PROGRAM FEATURE: UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-2016
Senior wing Nirra Field has helped the Bruins into the AP Top 25 rankings. Photo cred – @UCLAWBB Head coach Cori Close enters her fifth season at UCLA. Last year the Bruins won the NIT championship and are currently (mid February) ranked No. 12 in the AP poll. Close and her staff have worked hard…
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ZONE: FINDLAY PREP OVERLOAD
One of the nice things about my job is that I get to watch not only the best individual players in the nation, but also some of the most well coached teams. Findlay Prep is loaded with talent, but also have a coaching staff that gets their players in positions to make plays. I picked…
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PROGRAM FEATURE: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 2015-2016
Alabama Women’s Basketball won their SEC Conference opener versus LSU on January 3rd. Photo cred – @AlabamaWBB/Twitter The Crimson Tide are known as a football powerhouse. However, expect a lot more talk about the rising basketball programs in Tuscaloosa. In her third year at Alabama, coach Kristy Curry has the women’s program headed in the…
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ZONE OFFENSE: MONTVERDE SLICE
Montverde Academy is traditionally one of the top high school program nationally. They have Division-1 talent year in and year out. However, Kevin Doyle does a great job of putting his players in position to succeed. This year I had a chance to watch them play at the City of Palms Classic, which is often…
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ZONE: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN OVERLOAD
This is a different look vs. a 3-2 or 1-2-2 zone that exploits that type of zone’s ability to cover it’s weak points. [private]SFA OVERLOAD [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is the owner of Coach Hemingway Basketball, Inc. Hemingway is on the Board of Selectors for the Naismith Trophy. He has worked within the basketball community since 1995…
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ZONE OFFENSE: STACK AND LOOP
This was a go-to quick hitter that we used verus a zone at the end of the quarter or a half to get a quality shot. Timing, solid screens and accurate passes are the keys to this action. [private] Stack and Loop [/private] Jonathan Hemingway is the owner of Coach Hemingway Basketball, Inc. Hemingway…