How to Embarrass a 2-3 Zone Defense
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- I show you my favorite 2-3 zone offense and use North Carolina as an example of how to run it. The use of high low, flare screens, and on ball-screens can be devastating to a zone.
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Pretty stressful too.
@@AmJ23 If your team sucks no strategy works.
@@B..P.. Then you have to improve their stats by developing their game
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I dont even play basketball but i like listening to people talk about things they're very educated about
im like why does he needs 9mins to explain the title. simple you just need 3 point shooters to beat zone def
I play and coach basketball and this guy definitely knows what he's talking about. This video is full of gold.
feardbro Bro there's nothing like reading a comment from someone who knows what they're talking about, and reading your comment is nothing like seeing someone who knows what they're talking about.
@@darugdawg2453 that's boring bro
feardbro Bro You also could use strong side cutters or a weak side big man off the dribble penetration or even a passing big who is a decent enough threat to make the other 4 attempt to help out on d when the 1 on 1 is to much. Rather not rely on just a 33-38% percentage shot that the outer four will be running off the line.
This video teaches you that North Carolina misses open shots
Orlando Rodriguez This North Carolina vid that this person used was 2 years ago. I'm a North Carolina fan and they only had 1 efficient 3 point shooter on the team that year. They won the ACC tourney last year and went to the NCAA championship last year to lose by 3 points
Orlando Rodriguez lead the nation in offensive rebounds tho, so does it matter
Bryson Blount would be leading in scoring if they weren't trash
mcool135 UNC is the best team ever, period.
Orlando Rodriguez this video was made 2 years ago
The key is to have 5 star recruits on the floor vs Syracuse's 3 star players.
Not exactly
Don't seem to be working
And making shots
DAHM DANIEL, BACK AT IT WITH THE DEFENSE!!
We ran this exact offense against zones. We also called it "X" There's a million ways to score, but the most effective way is to play high low between the 2 bigs.
this is more of a just go and play offense which can be effective if u have a good balance on ur team and playmakers but doesn't really work with lower leveled players
Reggie Rhoden lol we do the same thing and call it x too
It's easy to beat a zone. Overload one side. one man up top, one high post, one wing, one post, one in corner. If you got good shooters you'll get 3s galore. It works at every level
For some reason a lot of people don't realize how effective a basic overload play can kill a zone before even switching up the options you run. It gets frustrating when folks wanna play selfish against a zone
The trouble with that is the poor spacing. A good zone will have at least 4 players guarding those 5 players, with at least 2 defenders within about a step of the ball holder, plus the defender of the ball holder who is in his face.
Suddenly every pass is a pass through traffic, and room to shoot is minimal.
It works against teams with poor zone D, but better to coach to beat the good teams, rather than just to beat the bad teams.
Simon Patterson
Exactly. If you 131 with a smart 4, overload how u wish, that 4 will get playing free safety and he will his steals.
Good luck with the "just overload" on some of these modern matchup zones... the defense is gonna go with you lol
Aside from what others said, it depends on the level of play. At college and pro 3's are great, but most people at lower levels imagine themselves better 3-point shooters than they really are. Then some great 3-point shooters simply have an off day. The high-low game talked about in the beginning of the video will consistently beat a 2-3 unless your post players are trash.
Gotta give props!!!! I watched this video 5 times last night and taught my kids this offense 30 min before the game. We won. Nuff said! Thanks!
+Tee Why That's what I want to hear!
nice job on the video. very descriptive. hopefully this will step my 2k game up.
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We made it! 2 years and 1 million views later, thank you all.
Thanks coach. i have a game tomorrow. this video will surely help us
Please continue the work you do coach. All these clips have an awesome influence on young coaches like myself. Much appreciated!
Hey coach! You should make more videos like this! Like how to break defenses like half court and full court presses
I watcj this video every three months 😂
Great video and analysis. only issues I had with NC's offense was that the bigs were pulling in a few times when they should have popped to either get the shot or create space, and there were also multiple plays where the guards didn't do a good job recognizing a solid post up and essentially squandered a chance for a nice close look.
Why the fuck am I watching this I don't even play basketball
Lol
ahahahahahahhahaha fuck same here
pepzayz looool same herel
saaame
Lol one of you probably watches it tho or want to learn about it
Man to man is the real way of playing defense haha nice video
+ScepticalCynic Yeah it's not like there's Motion offense for man to man or anything...
No coincidence that no guard has ever won DPOY in the NBA to this day since zone was legalized.
Guards don't win DPOY because an offense can be designed to go away from an elite perimeter defender. Look at how the league goes away from Kwahi now when they play the spurs. Compare that to an elite defensive big man, who can be brought outside only by an elite shooting big, but even then its hard because you can keep your defensive big in if you switch to zone schemes.
It's hard to play man to man because most teams don't have 4 good defenders who can switch on everything and/or fight through screens -- which is why Golden State is destroying the league (because they have Klay, Draymond, KD, Igoudala)
80teg Or most guards today fail to fully develop their defensive skills due to the zone.
everything
Thank you so much I showed this to my coach and we tried it out. We destroyed our rivals by 20 points. Thank you
Great video! The hi/low action will help youth team a lot. Much appreciated tutorial and I really like the game film demonstrations.
Awesome tips you give there! I lost my last game against a 2-3 zone, so i went on youtube and google to search for some ways to beat their defense next time (this saturday :/) After hours of search i finally found your video, which will probably be a good help to beat their team this weekend. Thanks alot and keep on doing these kind of videos pleasseee !!! ^^
never heard such an extensive video on such a basic thing. growing up it was automatic in my comp to play 2-3 on defense and 3 outside, high-low inside. it wasn't til we got more skilled (like a couple of years) that we started playing 3-2 or full-court presses (I always played in little teams so usually high-pressure D with a lot of switching up)
This is an amazing analysis like and sub
HurricaneJain I said and did the same thing
Probably the best tutorial for amateur players like me. Thanks for the video . From Korea
4:35 - it's imperative that there's communication, so someone gets back for breakaway defense, the whole video shows how effective 2-3 is for rebounding, and that could become a quick 3 on 1. With 3 in the paint - unlikely all 3 would be in a good position to snag a rebound, someone has to get back
all of those open threes but where did those opportunities go?
yeah man cant frigging hit them at all lol
Goat
That video was perfect. Thank you it explained alot of different plays and screen options.
hi coach, can you make a video on how to break intense full court pressure defense anytime soon? thanks
+A.I. Probably not now but I'll consider it in the future.
+A.I. Heres a simple way to break a full court trap off a basketball being made…
Have your 2 guard take the ball out and your 1 guard back to receive the pass in.
Have your forwards at the mid court line on both sides of the court best passer to the side the ball in being inbounded (ex. ball is to left of basketball best passing forward goes to that side) and he flashes to the ball, pass it to him.
Then your 1 guard flashes to the middle of the court looking for the pass if he is not available, your 2 guard (guy passing in the ball) flashes right behind him. If neither pass is available have your 1 guard peel back to get the ball and flip it.
So now the forward on the other side is in possession of the ball and have your guard repeat the same flashes.
Sorry if it hard to understand without a visual but its simple enough to figure out, great for anyone coaching middle school, high school even some colleges. Let me know if it help at all and good luck!
all you need is a ball reversal mostly with guards and a piston actions with your posts at half court
Get kyrie on ur team
Put a man in the middle one guard off ball behind ball. Have the guy with ball look center first. Push ball second then quick reversal to off guard and push opposite sideline
Playing against a zone is my favorite because the catch and shoot mid range jumper is my bread and butter. I just go to the empty spaces
any chance of you doing a video on UVA's pack-line?
+foreverunited19 Possibly in the future, I'll take a look into that. Good suggestion.
Living in Charlottesville and watching Bennett is a blessing
At my school I'm 10 years old on Thursday 8th March 2018 my team is cubs and we are going to play against ontario and Los amigos and my coach said when we had practice that we need to watch this video so that we know what to do and I watched it so yeah my coaches name is coach meraska.Shes also a good coach at cucamonga elementary school is Rancho.
This was a great video my man! Thank you so much for the KNAWLEDGE 👌
this video is awesome I'm teaching my kids this offense and it runs smoothly and it looks great. I even have beginners running it and it's easy for them. Thank you for this video
This Video Helped A lot , Really Needed The Help
Watching this in 2020 and your voice sounds so much deeper now 😅
Great evaluation! Thanks for sharing this video.
Great video!!
Could you also do a video on how to embarrass a 3-2 zone defense
Exactly what I'm looking for
My team just got ripped a new one today because of zone defense. We simply couldn't play around it (we're at the very bottom of the league :) ), so thanks for the video.
Wisconsin also put on a clinic against syracuse. Definitely helps having gifted passers tho too
Lung-dik Dawrah It's been a dark year to be a Syracuse fan. Our loss of scholarships is finally catching up to us.
North Carolina’s zone offense is EXACTLY the same offense we run as a 8th grade team. And yes it tears up offenses.
Bruh everybody Missed The THREE
watching this for IQ and it tells me why my team had a lot of close games when we couldve obliterated every team we played against
wow because of this video, i will never watch basketball the same ever again
Great job dissecting the zone
Offensive inside, offensive front, offensive distant
coach... can you give a step by step on how and when to run the x motion on a ball reversible? Running it seems like it limits the high post to one side of the court so I'm not sure when to effectively use it. thanks.
+Marlon Bravo The goal of it is to rotate both interior big men so both get high post opportunities. Simply put when the ball is reversed they perform the X. It does limit what a side a big can be but they can always communicate to mix things up. Meaning a big can run baseline once and call for a reversal to switch the sides. Hope this helped :)
Keep the ball moving a zone defense can't react fast enough if you move the ball. And use penetration and ball fakes.
This is exactly what my offense runs we call it overload and it's killing teams
My high school team ran this type of offense against zone a lot, as a big, I played at the high post and got so many assist from passing to the big on the block and had got so many easy mid range jumpers
Never heard anyone call it the slot before? is this a common term?
Heard it from Coach Nick at bballbreakdown so I think it's pretty common.
basketballprodigy12 All the coaches I've played for call it "short corner"
i know it as block all same shit though
basketballprodigy12 usually called the gap
It's called short corner ~ never heard of slot...
Your good and clear at explaining coach!
He is making it seem difficult. Get to the free throw line between the elbows then you have three passes/ High low, short corner or cross to the wing.
Funny cause we run a play called gaps to combat a 2-3. With the post switching between high post and on the block. Same exact concept and it works
nice video. nice breakdown. quite useful !!
MJ used to do this on a daily basis to zone defenses in general!
Thanks coach
we really need this...thanks bro!
Or just play 4 out 1 in ?
Coach. Can you analyse the offense of the philippine team in fiba asia 2015. My team is not that tall but we finished 2nd to china. It must be interesting coach.
+Bert Sesame I probably should and maybe in the future but not now because of the NBA season.
+Coach Daniel ok coach. Btw superb analysis. I learned a lot.
philippines kills on the fastbreak.
oo Proud Filipino here
Thanks Coach. This is great.
@6:20, it's what I run against 2-3 zone as a quick-hitter. very effective.
If the refs were calling 3 seconds in the key then this offense would not work. Did basketball get rid of more rules to get highlights?
I completely agree, 3 seconds in the key should have been called many times...
when executed properly the perimeter players will always be moving around, causing the bogs to keep rotating in and out of the paint
tim miles needs to watch this video
Damn good video. Very helpful!
this is great stuff... any chance you could bring the pace of the video down one notch for slower learners like myself? It's rly comprehensive but I gotta rewatch a couple of times to get a feel of the plays that are being explained
In fairness, watching it over and over again probably secretes it in your memory a little tighter
dude's voice dropped so hard over the years
He sounds like a whole different person
I think just he got it new mic it sounds like
At the 6:02 mark if the player who inbounds the ball stays in the corner he will not be open for the corner 3 because the defense will not move. Thoughts?
+Danilo Pinnock I think he would have been as because of the screening action the defense would have been forced to shift as I mentioned.
Roy has been running this offenses for 20plus years
Why were all his 3 point clips bricks? 😂
my coach love😍😍😍😍😍 this video so much and she is assigned it for my basketball team for homework
usually we attack the middle off a pick and roll or something then the three other players rotate back to a 3 2 offense and the roll will pass out for a 3
How are you adjusting this offense for a 1-3-1? I find it the second most common defense in youth zone basketball. Most trap the corners out of it. Thanks.
+Monika Susko I'm not too familiar with attacking a 1-3-1, but moving the ball well of course would be effective. Have shooters in the corner along with a big at the short corner.
+Monika Susko There is a simple play we call "Rover" that will pick apart both a 1-3-1 or a 3-2 defense.
Start by positioning your 4 and 5 men on the blocks down low. Then positions 2 of your remaining 3 guards above the three point line and a little wider than the post players. Finally, you'll want to have your best shooter (usually the 2 guard), run the baseline.
Your two post players will set screens for the player running the baseline, the "rover". The most important part of this play is that the two guards up top use shot and pass fakes to move the defense to get some good open shots for your rover player. Once he's taken some shots, then the two guards up top can begin faking the pass to the corner to the rover player, and begin penetrating to the middle for open shots.
You can also run one of the post players to the elbow of the free throw line, for a backdoor for the rover, or just an open shot. There are many options off of this play, and it's really simple. Try it out. Please ask questions if this isn't clear enough.
This is an amazing video
6:42 it seems like a man to man defense in this play but I believe it's a good idea to post up early because they might foul problem
Pause at 3:40 and it looks like the Virginia Tech player has one leg😂😂😂
Lol
rarely will I do ISO & i always score against a zone. i never even thought about approaching it differently. i just do the same thing i always do. move without the ball. catch & shoot quickly mainly from baseline, run on fastbreaks, and shoot off of screens. and i dont even really shoot threes. either its no different with my style of play, or their zone just sucks.
Who is watching this before a game
This is a very good video....very good for young coaches
Your voice really changed dramatically!
the biggest thing I learned from this video is NC can't shoot XD
Gray Lewis The biggest thing I learned is that people are dumbasses.
That time when everybody went for a layup now everybody goes for 3s
god I love the tar heels
What about now in 2020 after Georgia Tech just handed our asses to us and we didn't get a field goal until 14 minutes in? I know we got injuries but this team sucks so bad...
I been a Heels fan for 60+ years and now I finally know what mediocrity is and how all the other teams feel that we been whooping up on.
Look out Heels, Clemson's coming to visit and the "0 for Chapel Hill" streak is in jeopardy!
Alright we just lost last night and the team played a tight 2-3 because we have 2 Allstate posts they basically let us shoot 3's we ended up 2-21 for 3's. How do you suggest you play against a 2-3 when they're letting you shoot and you can't hit?
+angelboy1488 Well if they really pack it in and you still can't make it that's tough. Try the high low actions with your posts. Also on outside shots have your bigs really crash the glass hard. That would be my points of emphasis.
Do a lot of shooting in practice. I could shoot better with my eyes closed.
this shit had me haha you get a sub for that comment
what a sick video
say if your on the wing and you try to drive but the defenders come and snatch the ball everytime you do, what can you do to prevent that from happening?
+Jamar Eddings If drive with the intent of getting to the basket but if another defender pinches in and goes for that steal, you must pass it out to an open shooter. Good spacing will also help with that.
Thank you
I dont understand...... NBA like to play man on man but most teams score with ease and would go way over 100 points.... I dont usally see zone gets blown out like this
nice video coach, can i request for offense on 3-2 defense? thank you =)
Thanks, and probably not now but maybe in the summer.
Coach Daniel its summer
joshua rodriguez I would, but I don't think may teams in college run 3-2 zone defenses. I would not know where to look for tape of a 3-2 zone offense. I think the same offense I showed in this video could work against a 3-2 as well.
Coach Daniel okay thanks for response
@@coachdaniel8163 what about man to man coach
I feel like the more space there is the better the zone gets...like couldn't you make the guards screen each other and essentially play 2 on 2 ?
If the offense is designed to keep rotating wouldn't the best thing be to keep your players close by to each other so when they rotate you automatically get penetration
Thank you very much this helped a lot
learning how to beat a 2-3 zone because of NBA2K21 :$
I really want to run this offense with my middle schoolers. This plus the flex would be just about all I need. I've watched this video about 12 times
No idea what he's saying but still watching is this the new bee movie but every time it says bee it speeds up
The best coaching doesn’t beat bad players …
Everybody runs zone against Carolina... perfect example
Syracuse runs zone against everybody that's what they r known for
This is not what embarrassing 2-3 zone means. Embarrassing 2-3 zone means getting open layups and close shots and actually making the defense start playing man to man. Offence with playmaker going on the same side as where he passed, and where to big men are also on the same side leads to better scoring. There you have basically man to man defense, and on the other side fully open shot you can open over post-man.
this is good mv
How to embarass a 2-3 zone? 4 players at one side.
No wonder our young highschool team lose. We uses a 2-3 zone defense and this is almost why we lose.
"Power move" at 2:07 was a charge. D should have flopped.
Are the high post and slot player on the same side or opposite sides?
Nice video thx.im coaching 10year olds tomorrow.we have no subs all game.any tips on def etc dealing with tired players
Coach Daniel, will this work similarly against a 3-2 zone? Thanks.
It can still work yes. Haven't researched a 2-3 zone defense tho.
Nick Ward and Jackson from MSU are going to eat up the zone by the orangeman on Sunday
This is our "X" we run it on all zones
my team is not very good on offense but i am their best player so i was wondering if when they play a 2-3 zone how can i beat that individually.
+andre jones Well you have to give me more info than that. What kind of player are you? Big man? Guard? Are you a shooter?
+Coach Daniel i am a point guard who can shoot but prefers to drive.
Well your teammates can screen for you all over the floor even against the zone. Off ball often to get an open 3. If they run out on you then you can drive. Try some set plays with screens and also basic flare screens as seen in this video. On-ball more screens to let you create.
One more thing you can try is putting yourself at the high post. This can allow you to get the ball in the middle of the floor. Teams will try to take that away which can free up open shots for your teammates. Hope this helps!
+Coach Daniel thank you so much for help u gave perfect advice and i hope it works too