If you watched the UConn Huskies win the National Championship this season, you saw a lot of Zoom Action. If you watched the Denver Nuggets over the past couple years, you saw a lot of Zoom action.

The Zoom Action has taken basketball by storm. Why? Because it works.

However, does it work at all levels? That's a major issue with many of the strategies we see at the highest levels of basketball.

They might work great for elite players, but will they work for the players you coach? Often, the answer is no.

But that's not the case for the Zoom Offense that 2x State Champion Coach Nate Steege has put together! One of the great things about the offense is that it works at all levels!

Coach Steege's offense is adaptable to different personnel and different levels. This means you can run it well no matter your level or talent!

The Zoom Offense can be run with either 1 or 2 posts. The 2 Post Flow is simpler to teach and is a great way to introduce the offense.

2 Post Flow can be run as a semi-continuity offense, which makes it easier for younger players to understand.

Watch here as he covers the basics of the 2 Post Flow.

Simplified 2 Zoom Flow Offense

In 2 Zoom Flow, you arrive with a rim runner and 4 players spaced around the perimeter. In these frames, the triggers players are 2 & 5.

At all times, there should be a 2 side (2 players) and a 3 side (3 players). Spacing is crucial.

There should be a player in each corner. The point guard brings the ball down one side. It doesn't matter which side.

The trailer (your inbounder) comes down the opposite side of the 1. Your 5 runs to the rim.

If you can't score in transition (always the first option), 1 should reverse the ball to 2. This starts the action.

The two triggers (2 & 5) always work in tandem. In other words, when one is moving low, the other is moving high.

Anticipating 2's movement, 5 starts to move up. 1 widens out.

Player 2 dribbles at player 4. Player 4 sets up their cut and then explodes towards player 2. They receive the pitch/handoff from player 2.

If the defense collapses and prevents 4 from getting to the rim, they can pass it out to player 5.

Not pictured here is player 2's roll after the handoff. They should roll to the front of the rim. If the ball is passed to 5, 5 can look for a hi-lo pass to 2.

Conversely, you can have 2 pop after the handoff if they are a good shooter.

After passing to 5, 4 pops out.

5 then initiates Zoom Action on the 3-man side. This is a more traditional zoom action.

It involves a pindown (1 screening for 3) into a handoff or pitch with 5 & 3.

3 receives the ball with the same downhill mentality. 5 rolls. 1 lifts behind the action.

4 and 2 space on the weak side, ready to catch and shoot.

3 can look to 5 on the roll.

If 1's defender helps on 5's roll, 3 can hit 1 lifting up behind the action.

1 can look to shoot or can enter the ball to 5 sealing on the block.

In this scenario, 5 has received the pass but doesn't shoot.

Instead, they pass to 4 who goes back into a two-player action with 2.

As 4 & 2 execute the handoff or pitch, 5 lifts.

3 & 1 space.

Sometimes the ball will not be reversed through the trigger. That's okay!

Here, player 2 passes to player 3.

If 3 is open, they should look to shoot.

In this scenario, 3 is not open and 5 immediately goes and sets a ball screen.

At this point, the action looks the same as it did the first time through.

3 attacks with a downhill mentality.

5 rolls.

1 lifts.

In this scenario, 2 passes to 1 after their drive.

Again, if 1 is open, they can shoot.

Here 1 is not open.

3 cuts through to the opposite side.

5 sprints into a ball screen.

An alternative to the 5 & 1 ball screen is for 1 to pass to 5 and then chase the pass to receive a handoff.

After the handoff, 5 can roll or pop as 1 gets downhill.

There's one other positive of the skip to the corner. It changes the 2 side and 3 side. Doing this from time to time keeps the defense off balance.

Key Teaching Points

The Tip Of The Iceberg

2 post flow is a great starting point for teaching the Zoom. That said, it's only a tiny bit of what The Zoom Offense With Nate Steege offers.

Check out the whole product to learn:

• 1 post flow that gives you the option to use various players as Zoom "triggers."
• How to flow from transition immediately into the Zoom offense.
• How to attack defenses that switch or blitz the handoff.
• The breakdown drills and small-sided games that teach your players the reads of the offense.
• 5 options besides the traditional Zoom movements that keep the defense guessing and make the action impossible to predict.
• How to keep the advantage once the Zoom action creates one.
• Game footage from Coach Steege's program that shows you what the offense looks like in action.

More Zoom Action Basketball Resources

Zoom Offensive System

• The Zoom Offense With Nate Steege
• Zoom Action Implementation Guide

Zoom Offense Articles

• Pistol Action Vs. Zoom Action - What's the Difference?
• Zoom Action Basketball - Is It Better Than Ball Screens?
• How I Know The Zoom Offense Is Right For Your Team - Without Ever Seeing Them
• The Zoom Offense - Creator Of The Big Advantage 
• How The Zoom Offense Defeats Denials 
• Grade "A" Offense: Why the Zoom Beats Ball Screens for Middle School & High School Teams
• Why Holding The Corner Is Critical To The Zoom Offense

Zoom Offense Videos

• 3 Zoom Offense Drills - Drive Kick Swing Series
• The Zoom Offense Action That Improves Any Offense

Zoom Offense Drills

• 3 Zoom Offense Drills - Improve Unselfishness and Ball Movement Off Dribble Penetration

Zoom Offense Plays

• UConn Zoom | Purdue Zoom - Zoom Action Offense
• Multi-Option Quick-Hitter: Pistol
• Man to Man Basketball Plays: Zoom Action Offense from Toledo & Pitt
• 2 Creative Zoom Action Plays From A 1-4 Set

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Comments Most Likes First   Oldest First   Newest First Godlisten Msuva says: 7/21/2024 at 12:30:29 AM The drill is good Like     login   register

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