Today’s basketball coaching clinic notes are on Gene Evans and his 2-3 Match-Up Zone Defense.
We have a complete breakdown of the 2-3 Match-Up Zone Defense in these notes. You learn how to build up your zone defense and the drills to do it. I hope that you enjoy these basketball coaching aspects of the Match-Up Zone.
According to coach Evans the main purpose of the Match Up Zone Defense is:
- To eliminate open shots from the point and wing areas.
- Provide immediate coverage to the ball when it gets to the post area, high, medium or low.
- Provide man defense dimension to the zone by always having one defensive player responsible for covering the ball, wherever it is.
- Zone offenses are predictable –you always know what you will see.
Some general principles that should be followed are the following:
- Do not give up a shot anywhere –either a defensive player is on the shooter or coming at him.
- Encourage passes to go to the outside –on the perimeter of the zone. Play perimeter players on the inside.
- Make every attempt to keep the ball out of the post area.
- Any defensive man covering the ball is responsible for the ball on a man to man basis as long as the ball is in his zone –he must stop penetration.
- Defensive men next to the ball are responsible for the next pass into their zone –they should also use “help and recover” technique if necessary to stop penetration by a dribbler.
- Anticipate passes to your zone but only move to cover the receiver of the pass when the pass is made.
- Treat the dribble from one zone area of responsibility to another as you would treat a pass.
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