Comments on: The Seven Principles of Zone Offense” http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/ get more game Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: jim v http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-90 jim v Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:37:59 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-90 when i'm playing pick-up and someone suggests playing zone my stock response is "zone is illegal in this gym" when i’m playing pick-up and someone suggests playing zone my stock response is “zone is illegal in this gym”

]]> By: Steve Bzomowski http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-60 Steve Bzomowski Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:10:43 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-60 When I played (and play) pick-up, I am, admittedly, insufferable. You know, "Okay, who's guarding me? You're in for a nightmare. Alright, who wants a headache today?" Stuff like that. If the other team or my team suggests zone defense, I stop play and humiliate them by suggesting, correctly, that the reason they don't want to play man-to-man is that they're lazy. "Don't you want a workout? Don't you want a sweat? Let's go, we're not playing zone". That's only part of the problem. The rest of it is players have less of an idea what to do in zone defense then they do in man. Not to mention the offense which is, as you suggest, fairly clueless, which results in a bad game. And, really, who wants to play in a bad game. Might as well make the game as good as it can be. When I played (and play) pick-up, I am, admittedly, insufferable. You know, “Okay, who’s guarding me? You’re in for a nightmare. Alright, who wants a headache today?” Stuff like that. If the other team or my team suggests zone defense, I stop play and humiliate them by suggesting, correctly, that the reason they don’t want to play man-to-man is that they’re lazy. “Don’t you want a workout? Don’t you want a sweat? Let’s go, we’re not playing zone”. That’s only part of the problem. The rest of it is players have less of an idea what to do in zone defense then they do in man. Not to mention the offense which is, as you suggest, fairly clueless, which results in a bad game. And, really, who wants to play in a bad game. Might as well make the game as good as it can be.

]]> By: John Klein http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-58 John Klein Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:47:03 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-58 When I played in that 40 and over league back in NY (actually, CT), 2 things about zones really surprised me: 1. How much old guys liked to play zone defense 2. How little I knew about zone offense When I played in that 40 and over league back in NY (actually, CT), 2 things about zones really surprised me:

1. How much old guys liked to play zone defense
2. How little I knew about zone offense

]]> By: Steve Bzomowski http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-51 Steve Bzomowski Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:14:37 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-51 Say the ball is on the right wing and there's an offensive post player on the right hi post and and an offensive post player on the right lo post. The ball gets reversed to the left wing via the <a href="http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2006/07/12/“the-skip-pass”/" rel="nofollow">skip pass</a> or simple reversal through the point guard. The hi post player from the right elbow then dives to the left low block then the lo post player from the right lo block flashes to the left elbow (or hi post). That's the x-cut. (Principle 4,5, and 7 come into play.) Say the ball is on the right wing and there’s an offensive post player on the right hi post and and an offensive post player on the right lo post. The ball gets reversed to the left wing via the skip pass or simple reversal through the point guard. The hi post player from the right elbow then dives to the left low block then the lo post player from the right lo block flashes to the left elbow (or hi post). That’s the x-cut. (Principle 4,5, and 7 come into play.)

]]> By: Dan Ziminski http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-50 Dan Ziminski Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:52:58 +0000 http://hoopstips.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/the-seven-principles-of-zone-offense/#comment-50 "Post players in both scenarios should exchange using an X-cut pattern almost every time the ball is reversed." What is the X-cut pattern? “Post players in both scenarios should exchange using an X-cut pattern almost every time the ball is reversed.”

What is the X-cut pattern?

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