Tim Floyd UTEP Zone Offense by Brendan Mann

Written by Coach Peterman

I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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January 18, 2015

Tim Floyd UTEP Zone Offense by Brendan Mann

This week my team was going to be facing our cross town rival. They are notorious for running arguably the best 2-3 zone in the state. They do everything right; they stay active, keep their hands up, move with the ball, and box out well. While I was picking my coaches brains for a zone attack, one suggested I look at the UTEP zone offense. After watching some film, I drew it up and it worked amazingly.

The UTEP zone offense sets up with the point guard up top, wings at free throw line extended, and bigs on the block. For our zone offense, we always have odds on the right side of the court, and evens on the left. The wings V-cut and the 1 passes to the wing(2). The point guard then V-cuts and receives the ball back. The wing(2) then takes off towards the baseline, receiving a screen from the post(4). As he makes his way to the baseline, the point guard dribbles towards the opposite wing(3). The opposite wing(3) begins to walk down towards the block like he is going to cut through and replace the wing(2) that cut back door. The defense shifts to guard ball and the wing that has been cutting back door – expecting a pass to be made to the wing for the outside shot. The other wing simply seals the middle man on the zone and the Point Guard(1) passes to the post(5) who is wide open for the layup.

In the event that they don’t get out on the wing – the 3 point shot is open!

This forces the zone to either guard the outside shot, or inside shot. In the event that they bring the backside defender over to the middle, your backside post(4) will be wide open for the lay up!

Bio:

Brendan Mann
Phoenix, Arizona
Originally from Suburban Chicago – Moved to AZ after college and have lived there 9 years
Attended Undergrad at Culver-Stockton College in Northeast Missouri
Post Grad at Arizona State University
Coaching Experience: 9 Years – Middle School, AAU, and High School experience
USA Basketball Certified Coach
Work: Curriculum and Teacher Development at inner-city middle school in Phoenix
Favorite Piece of Coaching Tech: GameChanger App – score keeping and statistic analysis
Favorite Quote: “Don’t be upset about the results you didn’t get, with the work you didn’t do!

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