The Best Time To Play Defense In A 3-2 Zone Is Against Teams That Like To Score By Shooting 3s Or Teams That Are Not Particularly Good At Scoring In The Paint
The Goal In A 3-2 Zone Is To Prevent 3 Point Shooting.
3-2 Zone
This Is Where Everyone Will Be In A 3-2 Zone. Notice How Each Zone Overlaps Into Another Zone.
Centers
Centers, You Are Going To Cover The Top Of The Three Point Line. If The Ball Is Anywhere Within Your Zone, You’re Going To Pressure.
PGs & SGs, Be Alert Wherever The Ball Goes, But We Do Not Want To Ball Watch To The Extent Where You Accidentally Let Someone Cut To The Basket. Keep Your Heads On A Swivel!
Centers (Continued)
PFs & SFs
SF’s & PFs: Your Responsibilities Are To Defend The Corner 3, As Well As Contain Any Drives To The Basket.
PFs & SFs (Continued)
SF’s & PFs: Your Responsibilities Are To Defend The Corner 3, As Well As Contain Any Drives To The Basket.
Centers Slide To Stop The Drive
Centers, If You See A Drive From The Left Or Right Wing, You Will Slide Over & Contain That Drive.
In This Example, The Player Is Driving From The Right Wing. In This Situation, The Center Slides Over To Contain The Drive, While The PF Comes Up To Contain As Well.
Same Thing On The Opposite Wing
In This Example, The Player Is Driving From The Left Wing. In This Situation, The Center Slides Over To Contain The Drive, While The SF Comes Up To Contain As Well.
Imposter!
While In A 3-2 Zone, If The Coach Calls “IMPOSTER”, Then The PG Will Immediately Leave Their Spot & Pressure The Ball.
The Center Will Then Slide Over To Replace The PG At The Spot She Initially Came From.
SG Watches The Passing Lane
Shooting Guards, When We Run Imposter, The Ball Handler Will Try To Pass The Ball In Your Area, So Be Alert And Get Into That Passing Lane!
