Most teams will attack a 1-3-1 with a 4-out alignment like pictured here.

• 3 and 4 trap the ball in the corner
• 2 drops to be diagonal of the ball and prevent skip passes to the rim (a vulnerable area)
• 1 makes the read between helping protect the rim and taking away the corner pass to 4
• 5 covers the high post

• The trapping defenders need to make sure that the offensive player doesn't split the trap.
• Ideally the defenders get the offensive players to pick up the ball.
• We want for force a weak lob pass out of the trap that we can pick off

1 skip passes to 2.

Now, the defense has to rotate accordingly - on the air of the pass and in a sprint.

• 2 and 3 trap
• 2 cuts off the easy, quick reversal to 3 first and THEN comes to trap
• 1 covers the block and corner
• 4 drops to cover the rim and diagonal pass
• 5 covers the high post

Same as Phase 2

• The trapping defenders need to make sure that the offensive player doesn't split the trap.
• Ideally the defenders get the offensive players to pick up the ball.
• We want for force a weak lob pass out of the trap that we can pick off