How do you beat point zone defense?

Tips for Beating a Zone Defense in Basketball

Don’t Stand, Move With a Purpose Against the Zone.
Shift the Zone Defense by Moving the Ball.
Hard Cuts Through the Zone.
Play Inside Out Against the Zone.
Set Zone Basketball Plays.
Use Screens Against the Zone.

What is a 1/3 1 zone defense?

The 1-3-1 zone defense is a defensive basketball formation. It was originally utilized by legendary basketball coach, Red Sarachek. This defense is named for its formation since there is one defender at the point, three defenders at the free throw level, and one defender at the base line.

How do you attack the 1-3-1 zone?

But we have discovered that we can use “Zone-23”, our standard 2-3 zone offense, in attacking the 1-3-1 zone. The “Zone-23” offense uses a 1-3-1 set, which positions us directly lined up with the defenders, instead of in the gaps. With this, the zone defenders tend to “match-up”, almost like man-to-man.

What is a zone offense against a 1-3-1 defense?

This zone offense against a 1-3-1 comes directly from Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball coach Sean Miller. Miller presented this strategy of attacking the 1-3-1 defense at a Nike coach’s clinic in Las Vegas. This zone offense is predicated on moving the ball, attacking the defense’s weak spots, and exploiting mismatches in the low post.

How do you play zone 2 offense?

See the “Zone-2” offense. Put O2 (your best shooter) in the ball-side corner. O2 runs the baseline, always to the ball-side corner. Have both posts low on opposite sides of the lane. In the first diagram, O1 engages the top outside defender with the dribble, and passes to O2 in the corner.

What is a 1-3-1 defense in basketball?

While in most defenses you always have a player defending directly between the opponent with the basketball and the basket, the 1-3-1 instead cuts off normal passing lanes and forces the offensive team to throw lob passes over the defense, pass slow bounce passes around the defense or attack off the dribble.