Basketball Plays--1 Up Man to Man | Motion | Delays | Continuities | Zone | Inbounds | Transition     This play is from the Arizona Basketball Newsletter.. This play is designed to be run against a man to man defense. It features three opportunities to get the ball inside. Here is a link to download the newsletter if interested: September 2010 Arizona Basketball Newsletter 1 dribble hadoffs to 3. 3 sprints the ball toward the inital set. 4 and 2 interchange. 3 passes to 2, 5 backscreens for 3. 2 looks for 3. If that is not there, 3 clears to wide corner. 5 sprints into a ballscreen for 2. 5 rolls to the rim. 4 comes high to the opposite elbow. If 5 is not open on the roll, 2 passes to 4 and 4 then looks for 5 on a duck in.

We have posted several other diagrammed plays, animated basketball plays, and videos of basketball plays to run against a zone defense. You can see them by clicking here: animated basketball plays-zone

Here are a few examples of the plays that we have posted on the Zone Plays page:

Here is a segment of a clinic on zone offense given by Dave Odom.  In the segment he discusses a way to distort a zone defense. Dave Odom Zone Offense.

Five--Set play to run against a zone defense. The link will take you to a page on the Championship Productions web site. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video of this play. The play forces the zone to guard three movements--a basket cut, a flex type screen, and a staggered double for a shooter.