Zone Offense: Short Corner Lift and High-Low vs 2-3
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Zone Offense: Short Corner Lift and High-Low vs 2-3
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1-3-1 against the 2-3 with 5 already in the right short corner. Why 5 starts behind the zone: the forward and the middle are looking at the ball, and a player they cannot see is a player they will not guard until he has it.
1 passes to 3 on the left wing to move the zone; X3 comes up, X2 over, X5 to the left block. Why the first pass goes away from the short corner: it tilts the zone left, so the forward on the right is already a step behind when the ball comes back.
3 reverses the ball to 1 at the top and the zone slides back to center. Why reverse before the entry: Coach's Clipboard says the wing-to-short-corner pass is easiest after reversing the ball once, because the zone is still moving.
1 dribbles to the right wing to engage X1 while 2 slides down to the corner. X4 drops to cover 2, X5 to the block. Why the dribble instead of the pass: a dribble makes X1 guard the ball himself, so the guard is pulled out of the lane he would otherwise sit in.
1 passes to 2 in the corner. X4 comes out to guard him, X5 slides toward the block, X3 to the rim. 4 drops into the gap below the elbow. Why the corner pass is the setup and not the attack: it pulls X4 out, and the next move decides whether he can get back.
The lift. 2 takes two dribbles up the sideline, and X4 has to come with him. The read is X4's feet: the moment he steps up, the short corner behind him is open. Why the lift opens the short corner: X4 is the only defender who can reach it from the outside, and he has just been walked away from it.
2 passes to 5 in the short corner, and 4 dives from the gap to the ball-side block at the same time. Why they go together: the dive puts X5 in a two-on-one before he has decided whether to leave the block.
4 arrives on the block as X5 steps out to take the short corner. The read is X5: out on 5, so 4 is open at the rim. Why this is pressure the zone cannot answer: X5 has to guard two players, and the forward who should help is still up the sideline.
The zone's adjustment: X3 sprints across the lane from the weak side to take 4's dive, the help a coached 2-3 drills. Why it is an adjustment and not a fix: the moment X3 leaves the weak-side block, there is nobody behind the zone on that side.
The counter: 3 reads X3 leaving and cuts from the weak wing to the weak-side block behind the pinched zone. Why 3 cuts now and not earlier: a cut before X3 commits is a cut into a defender; a cut after is a cut into empty space.
The counter's payoff: 5 passes across the lane to 3 under the rim. Why the pass is there: all three low defenders are on the ball side of the lane, and the zone has nobody left to rotate.
3 lays it in. Score. Why this play beats a coached 2-3: the lift pulls one forward out, the dive pulls the middle out, and the help pulls the other forward across, so the fourth player the zone forgot is the one who scores.
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