Overload - Against Zone Defenses

Keep that 2 1 1 set. Just have your two guards be patient and stay calm. Swing the ball back and forth as they edge up to half court. Always have the guard without the ball stay behind the ball handler so that he can throw it back easily. Since they are trapping up top, have middle flash right away and have the corner guys flash up to free throw line extended. Hit middle with a bounce pass, have your best shot creator/playmaker in the middle. From there you just play basketball, once the ball is in the middle of the zone it''s over for the defense. Also, make sure that the guards up top are cutting to the basket but not crowding up the court.

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I''''m a fifteen year old boy and my dream is to coach high school basketball, and/or college if the opportunity presents its self. I just wanted to say that this page has been very helpful in helping me get started towards my dream. This is a very useful page for anyone with the same aspirations as I have.

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I play national league basketball, and I have a really tough game this season with my u16 girls team. We are playing a team that only plays zone defence. I'll show this to my coach tomorrow. Even though I think we have done this before, thanks

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Craig,

There is no easy answer other than improving your players skills, fundamentals, decision making, etc.

One thing we do from the 2-1-2 set is have the guard attack the wing defender to get a good passing angle and make a snap pass. It helps if you can get good angles and make quick passes instead of the high and slow passes that the 1-3-1 defense wants. If the pass is quick the D doesn't have as much time to rotate and there are bigger gaps.

So for example, your right wing could attack the right defensive wing, get the defender on his heels, make and inside/out move and create a good passing angle to the corner.

Sometimes this helps us get things going. But this alone won't solve the problem.

It's tough at this age against a good zone. They need to get better at spacing, pass fakes, driving, fundamentals, creating angles, etc.

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We face a 1-3-1 trap that is quick and has a very tall player at their 5 spot. Once we pass half court they trap and load up at the top. At middle school the boys can't toss it over to the block or corner without it being stolen. We know the middle is weak and have tried a 2 1 2 set. We are getting crushed on the traps up top.

How do we beat this?

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Take a look at this... you can do this with a chair instead of a pass.

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/drop-step.html

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Mike -

Break it down for him - one step at a time until he understands it... then tell him to go home and practice it 25 times a day without a ball for a couple days. Once it becomes second nature
he will feel more at ease.... in practice, have someone feed him the ball (without a defense) and do that several times.
Have him catch it, chin it, then head fake to the middle and drop step to the basket with a power dribble between his legs and lay it in.

Let us know if this helps him.

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We do this play all the time.

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thanks for the plays you posted, it really helps my team, after 3 weeks of running those drills we won the championship. thanks a lot! hope you could publish some new plays. i mean brand new ones.

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i have a big man for 8th gr. who doesn''t get the drop step or keeping the ball up away from the pesky guards.any good drills

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Top of key (high post) is were the 5 player is in the third picture
Set a screen - when a player sets his feet and blocks a defender from going through a particular spot on the floor (without moving once set)

If your ever not sure just type it in in google, these are basics so they will definately come up

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i saw the kansas city alley cats do this set play.. there amazing

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:^ ) says: 1/25/2017 at 8:55:14 AM You're illiterate. Like     login   register

I would use this play if I knew what it meant. "Top of the key?" "Set a screen?" Do you have anything for people with normal-size brains?

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like i said before on the overload for man defense; it doesn't stop, there are too many things you can transform through useing an overload. i have used it lately as a base to hide the ucla high post. i use this because i have a 6ft 8in sophomore that has quick feet and quit powerful. this overload with a few variation has created numerous one-on-one down low situation that result in a trip to the charity stripe. coaches; a big man that can hit 90% free throws is a blessing. just to put it out there. we took third in state (previous years they have never been pass the first round) - second in the power rankings and third overall (previous years 5th and 6th place) - and we had three players in the all-star game which was a milestone and major triumph in my coaching career; to coach my first all-star game after having a great season. thank to the help of this website forcing me to think and stay on the creative vibe. thanks so much.

Coach JD Hill CPT., CSCS.
HERITAGE ACADEMY
Mesa, AZ.
480-278-3870

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This play helped us when thankyou.

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I like this play, it makes my kids fart really loud. The center rips a massive wet ass bomb to clear the paint!

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wow!! loved thid one .. seasy simple .. my gilrs loved it. i am a new coach, old player .. and this drill was easy to teach as well and for them to understand!!

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Sweet!!! Easy and optional moves lot listed but easy to see.

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i really like this play. im a player and im going to show this to my teammates. its really a nice and simple play.

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Thank you for all of your great advice and for an awesome playbook for a young, rebuilding team. I have already taken many ideas and implemented them into my offense and defense. Have a great day!!

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Thanks, your newsletter has helped me keep my basket ball team interested!(5th grade girls!)

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I like this play! Nice and Simple.

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