Zone Offense: Swing, Swing, Skip vs 2-3
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Zone Offense: Swing, Swing, Skip vs 2-3
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1-3-1 against the 2-3 with 5 in the left short corner and 4 at the free-throw line. Why this is the base for the rhythm: the wings are wide enough to make the zone slide a long way on each pass.
Swing one. 1 passes to 2; X4 up, X1 over, X5 to the ball-side block. 5 runs the baseline to the right short corner and 4 drops to the right gap. Why the posts move with the ball: the ball side must always have the overload, or the swing is just passing.
Swing two. 2 passes back to 1 at the top and the zone slides back toward the middle on the flight. 4 lifts back to the free-throw line. Why the reversal: it pulls the zone back to center so the next pass has the longest slide to beat.
The skip. 1 throws over the top to 3 on the far wing before X3 can recover from the lane. The read is X3: he was in the lane on the shift and is late getting out. Why the skip is thrown off the reversal and not the first pass: the zone is still moving back to center and the forward is at his deepest.
On the skip, 5 cuts from the right short corner into the open middle of the lane, arriving before X5 can slide across, and 4 drops into the left gap behind him. 3 has the catch-and-shoot with X3 late. Why the cut into the middle: a skip that nobody cuts on gives the zone time to recover; the cut turns one late defender into two open players.
3 shoots the open three with X3 still closing. Score. Why the shot is taken: the rhythm earned it, and the one post touch rule is satisfied by 5 at the middle if 3 needs it.
Next trip, the adjustment: the zone has learned to steal the skip, so the weak-side forward cheats out early toward the wing on the first reversal. Reset: 1 at the top, 5 on the right block, 4 at the free-throw line. Why the zone cheats: it would rather give up the block behind the forward than a wide-open three.
Swing one again: 1 passes to 2, the zone shifts, and 5 slides to the weak-side left block this time instead of the short corner. Why 5 goes weak: the counter is a lob to the block behind the cheating forward, so he must be there before the forward leaves.
Swing two: 2 back to 1. As the zone slides back, X3 cheats out early toward 3 on the wing, looking to steal the skip, and that is the read. Why it is visible: a forward playing the pass is standing on the arc side of the lane instead of the block side.
The counter: 1 fakes the skip to 3 on the wing, X3 jumps out at the fake, and 1 throws the lob to 5 on the weak-side block. Why the fake first: the forward is playing the pass, so the fake sends him the wrong way before the lob leaves.
5 catches the lob with nobody behind him and scores. Score. Why the rhythm never dies: a zone that stays home gives up the skip, and a zone that cheats gives up the block.
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