How much time do you spend scouting and going over your opponents’ out of bounds plays?

Multiply that by 20 (or however many games you play).

What if you could get all that time back? Think of the benefits:

• Less cognitive load on your players

• More time for skill development

• Shorter, more focused practices

Not only that, but what if you could also convert your opponents’ out of bounds plays into turnovers and easy buckets for YOUR team?

In The Buzz ½ Court Trapping Defense With Kevin Furtado, that’s precisely what you’ll do! Read on to find out how.

The Buzz Zone Defense Twist That Disrupts Every Inbounds Play

There are two types of out-of-bounds plays: baseline & sideline.

In both circumstances, your goal is to force the ball to the corner. That’s when you spring your trap!

If the ball doesn’t go to the corner, you’re in your normal Buzz Defense.

Buzz Defense v Baseline Out Of Bounds

• Put one of your more athletic forwards on the ball.

• The other four players form a diamond formation, taking away any interior passes.

  

• X3 should not come up too close to the baseline. They are trying to entice a pass to the corner. If they come up too far, they take that option away.

  

• Once the ball is inbounded to the corner, x4 and x3 will immediately trap.

• x5 has to front any player on the ball side block. x1 denies the reversal pass. x2 sprints to the ballside elbow to take away a middle pass.

• This leaves only the deep diagonal pass unguarded, which a good trap should negate.

  

• If the ball is passed out of the trap, the defense resumes normal Buzz principles.

Buzz Defense v Sideline Out Of Bounds

• Line up in a normal buzz alignment. On sideline out of bounds possessions, x5 must deny any pass to the elbow area.

• X1 attempts to deter any pass to the top.

• X4 plays a little packed in, inviting the pass to the corner.

  

• On the pass to the corner, x4 & x5 trap.

• X2 drops to the ball side block.

• X3 bumps across to the weak side.

• X1 takes away the reversal pass.

  

• If the ball is skipped out of the trap, regular Buzz rotations resume.

What Could 8-10 Extra PPG Do For Your Team?

Let’s say you start playing the Buzz & using it in out of bounds situations. You can immediately cut the points you give up on BLOBs & SLOBs by half.

Then let’s say you get 2-4 steals that turn into high percentage shots. That’s potentially an 8-10 point swing. How many extra games would you win?

If that sounds good to you, check out The Buzz ½ Court Trapping Defense With Kevin Furtado.

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