Youth Zone: 3-2 Full Rotation
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Youth Zone: 3-2 Full Rotation
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The 3-2: X1 the rover at the free-throw line fronting 5 at the high post, X2 and X3 the top wings, X4 and X5 on the blocks. Why three up top: it takes the wings away from a team that shoots, at the cost of leaving the point guard alone with the ball; the 3-2 concedes the top to own the wings.
1 passes to 2 on the right wing. X3 pressures the ball, X1 slides a step but stays on the high post, X2 drops into the key, X5 fronts the ball-side block, X4 slides to the middle. Why X1 does not go to the ball: the high post is his, and the moment he leaves it 5 catches facing the basket; the zone forces the ball to stay on the wing instead.
2 passes to 4 in the corner. X5 steps out to the corner, X4 slides to the ball-side block, X3 falls into the gap between the wing and the corner. Why the low defender takes the corner in a 3-2: the top wing has to cover the pass back out, so the corner belongs to the block, which is the trade this zone makes.
4 throws it back to 2 and the zone recovers: X5 back to the block, X3 up on the wing. Why the 3-2 concedes the return pass: it goes away from the rim to a wing the zone already has a defender on.
2 reverses to 1 at the top. X1 steps up to the ball, the wings widen to the slots, X4 and X5 pinch toward the high post from below. Why this is the 3-2's weak moment: the rover cannot be on the ball and on the high post at once, so the bigs pinch up to cover the catch he just left; the zone concedes the top shot to keep the high post closed.
1 swings to 3 on the left wing. X2 pressures the ball, X1 drops back onto the high post, X3 sinks into the key, X4 to the ball-side block, X5 to the middle. Why the picture is the mirror of the first wing pass: one set of slides, and the wing catch is contested on both sides.
3 skips it across to 2. X3 runs back out to the right wing, X2 sinks into the key, X5 to the ball-side block, X4 to the middle. Why the 3-2 handles the skip better than the 2-3: it already has a defender at each wing, so the skip is a short recovery instead of a long sprint.
2 passes to 4 in the corner again and X5 steps out, X4 to the block, X3 into the gap. Why the zone keeps conceding the corner: it is the farthest spot from the high post and the wings, which are the spots the 3-2 was chosen to protect.
4 is contained in the corner with the block filled, the high post denied, and the return pass covered by X3 in the gap. Stop. Why a youth coach picks this zone: when the other team's best players are its wing shooters, the 3-2 forced them to catch with a defender already on them all possession.
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