Zone Offense play
Zone Offense: High Post Flash and Hi-Lo vs 2-3
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 12 steps
About this play
The high post is the 2-3's soft spot and the hi-lo is how to use it, from a 3-out 2-in set: on the wing pass, the ball-side post flashes from the block to the gap near the elbow, catches, pivots to face the rim without dribbling, and the opposite post slips in under the zone, gets his body on the middle, and catches the drop for the layup. The read is X5: if he steps up to the flash, the duck-in is open; if he stays, 4 has the fifteen-footer. Why it works: a player who catches in the middle of a 2-3 faces the basket with both blocks below him and both wings open, which is why I treat that catch as the first thing to teach against this zone. The counter is for the zone that denies the wing entry so the flash never gets fed: 1 brings the ball to the wing on the dribble, 2 drops to the corner so the forward has to stay with him, and once 4 catches in the gap X5 has to step up alone, which leaves 5 behind him with the inside spot for the drop and the layup. Common mistakes: the flash catching and dribbling, the duck-in going before the catch, and the clumsy big at the high post instead of the best passer. Most of this comes from Coach's Clipboard's 3-out 2-in zone offense, with HoopsKing's high post and short corner video filling in the footwork; give them a look.
