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Below are general descriptions of different types of offenses that are used in basketball. This list is not meant to teach the specifics of a particular offensive system but to provide an overview of how each system operates. There are countless iterations, combinations, and modifications of each offensive philosophy making it impossible to precisely describe each offensive system.
Regardless of your team’s offensive style, here are some universal keys that every Great Offensive Team practices.
1. Share the Ball
The great offensive teams get everyone on the team involved in the offense. This doesn’t mean that each player has to take the same amount of shots, but that each player plays an important role in the offense. Bad offensive teams tend to isolate their best players which causes the rest of the team to stand around and watch those players make a play. Great offensive teams move the ball, bad offensive teams hold the ball. Even teams that feature talented 1-on-1 players and offensives that encourage dribble drives, the ball should move from player to player until they find the matchup or shot they want.
2. Play to their Strengths
Great offensive teams know their identity and stick to it. The composition of the team should determine the style of offense. If your team is full of great shooters, then the offense should be designed to create open shots from the perimeter. If your team has quick, athletic players then your offense should create opportunities for driving lanes to the basket. If your team has a size advantage over most teams, you should focus on getting the ball inside to the post. Great offensive teams understand what makes them good and stick to it.
3. Limit Turnovers
The more shots your team gets up the better chance you have to score. You can’t get a shot at the basket when you turn the ball over. Turnovers kill offensive efficiency and lead to easy transition buckets for the other team. If your team can get a shot at the basket every time down the court, you will dramatically improve your scoring totals and limit the number of easy buckets the other team gets.
4. Take their shots
Similar to #2, great offensive teams dictate the types of shots they want to shoot. For example, a team with talented post players will make sure they shoot a majority of their shots close to the basket. A team with great post players will accentuate their strengths by feeding the ball into the post before they take outside shots. Great offensive teams don’t allow the defense to force them into taking shots outside of their comfort zone.
Check out these highlights of the Miami Heat from the 2012 NBA Finals and notice how they share the ball, use their defense to fuel their offense, and take what the defense gives them.
Spread Offense
The spread offense usually starts with some kind of big-little screen (big man screening for a guard). This is often a down screen in which the 2 or 3 guard catches the ball on the perimeter to initiate the offense. After the point guard initiates the offense there are usually a series of screening actions away from the ball set by the 4 and 5 players. Coaches who run the spread offense value spacing, good screen setting, and ball movement. They would prefer to score after several passes and screening actions that lead to an open shot or driving lane. If the post-players set good screens they not only free up the guards, but also create space for themselves to score on slips to the rim and post-ups.
Continuity Offense
The continuity offense operates exactly as it sounds. This offense has a pattern of cuts and screens that a team can run through an infinite amount of times without having to reset the offense. Continuity offenses are popular with high school coaches who want to give their players a simple framework to play in. The offense simplifies the game for players and helps them make better decisions on offense. The continuity offense forces the other team to play defense for an extended period of time, slows the game down, and takes time off the clock. You don’t see as many teams running continuity offenses in the NBA or College because of the constriction of the shot clock.
Motion Offense
Basketball purists love the motion offense because it allows players to make reads and play off their teammates. A true motion offense does not have predetermined plays but has guiding principles for players to use. There may be rules about what you do after certain actions (ex. after you feed the post you have to pass to the corner or swing the ball, etc) but the majority of the offense is based on screens, movement, and reads. Motion offense gives players a lot of freedom to use their abilities and smarts to make plays. This offense can be difficult to defend since there is no set pattern that players follow; if you have enough smart, unselfish players who enjoy playing together, this is a great offense.
Run and Gun
The Run and Gun philosophy values an up-tempo style of play, high number of shot attempts, constant fast-breaking, and intense defensive pressure. The Run and Gun was a more common with NBA teams in the 1960’s when the scoring average was 20 points higher than it is today. Various teams have popularized this style such as the “Showtime” Lakers of the 1980’s, Loyola Marymount’s college teams in the late 80’s early 90’s, and most recently Grinnell College. Grinnell College is a division 3 school in Iowa that is an extreme example of the Run and Gun philosophy. The Grinnell men’s basketball team regularly scores in the high 100’s and had a single player score 138 points in one game.
Check out these Phoenix Suns highlights of a Run and Gun style offense.
Princeton Style Offense
This offense is predicated on timing, cutting, motion, spacing, and smart players making reads in the flow of the offense. The Princeton Offense keeps most of its players on the perimeter and has one post player that operates in the high post. Each possession features a series of passes, screens, and back cuts. Every player needs to have the ability to pass, shoot, and dribble in order to take advantage of mismatches. Teams will use this offense for a variety of reasons including; slowing the tempo against a more athletic team, spreading the floor to open driving lanes, back-cuts for layups, and forcing a team to work hard on defense.
Check out this clip of beautiful “Princeton” offense by the Air Force Men’s Basketball Team
The following are general descriptions of commonly used defensive philosophies. This is not meant to teach the specifics of a particular defensive system but to provide an overview of how each system operates. There are countless iterations, combinations, and modifications of each defensive philosophy making it impossible to precisely describe each defensive system.
Regardless of your team’s defensive style, here are some universal keys that every Great Defensive Team practices…
1. Communicate
The greatest defensive weapon against any good offensive team is your voice. Teams that open their mouths and communicate on the floor erase a multitude of defensive errors through the course of the game. Communication helps eliminate open shots and gets players in the right position on defense. Teams that talk on defense also tend to play with more energy and effort because they are a united team instead of a 5 individuals. Offenses hate playing against defensive players that are constantly communicating as opposed to a team that keeps their mouths shut.
2. Love Getting Stops
Great defensive teams love getting stops and shutting down their opponent; these teams feed off their defensive energy throughout the game. A great defensive team is never content with getting a few stops, they are never satisfied and get angry whenever their man scores on them. Good defense always leads to easy to offense but bad defensive teams view defense as inconvenience that prevents them from playing offense.
3. Are Selfless Defenders
Great defensive teams approach defense as a team not as individuals. Players are less concerned about whether they are guarding “their man” and more concerned about helping the team get a stop. They buy into the notion that players score on the whole team not on individuals.
4. Perfect their Style
Great defensive teams buy into their defensive philosophy and perfect their defensive style. Regardless of the style teams choose to play, the entire team is on the same page and committed to getting stops. If a team plays a “build the wall” defense they will not try and become a high pressure defensive team at random times.
5. Effort
Great defensive teams give great effort at all times. They mentally and physically exhaust themselves trying to prevent the other team from scoring. Defense is not a place to rest, it is not a place to catch your breath, it is the place where the game is won or lost.
The Chicago Bulls consistently have one of the best defenses in the league, in 2012-2013 they ranked 3rd in the NBA in opponents points per game at 92.9. Check out the communication, effort, and positioning in this clip against one of the best offensive teams in the league.
Summary: Every player on the court has an assigned player to guard.
Havoc Style
This defense puts intense pressure on the offense by applying a range of presses and traps to disorient the ball handler and cause turnovers. This style is designed to speed up the offense, force turnovers, fatigue the other team, and force the other team to take quick shots. Shaka Smart (head coach of VCU) is a recent example of a coach who has embraced this philosophy. Teams that run this defense should have great on-ball defenders and good athletes. This is the defensive equivalent of a Run and Gun offense and the two are often used in tandem together.
Pressure/Deny
This defense is a less extreme example of the Havoc Style defense. Pressure/Deny defense tends to be more disciplined in applying pressure on the offense players and takes less risks going for steals or trapping the ball. A defender will usually deny their opponent if they are one pass away from the ball while the player guarding the ball will apply disciplined pressure so the ball-handler can’t make an easy pass. The goal is to disrupt a teams offense without giving easy driving lanes to the basket or backdoor cuts. As you can see in the graphic on the right, X2 and X3 defenders are one pass away from the ball so they have positioned themselves near O2 and O3 to try and get a deflection or steal. X4 and X5 are two passes away from the ball and are ready to help their teammates.
Build a Wall
This defense is designed to keep the basketball out of the paint and force the offensive team to take contested jump shots. Players off-the-ball will position themselves in the path of the player with the ball to discourage drives to the basket. On each pass the defensive players should realign to “build a wall” around the ball. Offenses will be able to move the ball around the perimiter but will find it more difficult to throw the ball to the post or drive into the keyway. In the graphic on the right all five players are focused on keeping the ball out of the middle of the floor. Unlike a pressure/deny defense X2 and X3 are positioned closer to the ball and away from O2 and O3.
Funnel Defense
This defensive philosophy teaches its players to influence the ball to a particular area of the court where the help defense is waiting. Most teams will teach their players to shade the offensive player toward the baseline and never to get beat to the middle of the court. The goal is to make defensive rotations simple and the offensive team predictable. In this graphic you can see that defender X2 is not allowing the ball to be passed back to O1 but instead is funneling the ball towards X4.
Summary: Every player on the court guards an are of the floor instead of a specific player.
2-3
The 2-3 zone features two guards at the top of the zone (usually at the top of the key near the three point line) and three players spread out behind them near the baseline. The guards are responsible to guard the ball at the top of the key and on the wings. The bottom players are responsible to guard the corners and middle of the zone. The zone defense is designed to keep the ball out of the middle and make teams take outside jump shots, whereas the offensive team knows the secret to beating the zone is to get the ball into the middle near the free throw line (either by pass or shot). Click on the graphic on the right side of the page to get an idea of where all 5 players should be positioned on the court and their traditional areas of coverage.
3-2
The 3-2 zone is the inverse of the 2-3 zone and features three players at the top and two players behind on the baseline. The 3-2 zone makes it difficult to get open shots at the top and on the wings, but leaves the corners exposed. Syracuse University is known for making it difficult for other teams to score because of their 3-2 zone. Syracuse recruits long, athletic players which makes it difficult for opposing teams to make contested threes, pass the ball around the perimeter, and drive to the basket (which are all keys to beating a zone defense). Click on the graphic on the right side of the page to get an idea of where all 5 players should be positioned on the court and their traditional areas of coverage.
1-3-1
The 1-3-1 zone has one guard impacting the ball, three players spread out along the free-throw line and wings, and a single player guarding the corners and baseline. This zone protects the middle and wings well, but leaves the corners and baseline open. The single defender on the baseline in a 1-3-1 has the difficult job of protecting the rim and the corners. The zone is also designed to give teams opportunities to trap players in the four corner areas of the half-court. Click on the graphic on the right side of the page to get an idea of where all 5 players should be positioned on the court and the areas where you can effectively trap the offense.
Matchup Zone
The matchup zone combines the principles of man-to-man and zone defense. Teams can position themselves in either a zone or man-to-man alignment that is meant to confuse the offensive team. This defense is not a ‘true’ zone because there are times when players will leave their area of the zone to follow a specific player. Each team has different principles that guide how a player operates in the matchup, but most matchup zones feature a mix of man-to-man and zone defense. One of the advantages of the matchup is that opposing teams have difficultly deciding what offense to run.
Basketball Defense
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The team without the ball is on defense and must defend their side of the court to prevent the other team from scoring. There is a popular saying in sports; offense wins games, defense wins championships. That is true for basketball as it is very important for teams to have a well-organized defense. For teams that may not have a lot of offensive talent, a solid defense can even help improve scoring by generating more fast breaks and easy shots.
Table of Contents
Goals
Basketball Transitions
Types Of Basketball Defenses
Basketball Man Defense
Basketball Zone Defense
Basketball Press Defense
FAQ
Goals
The goal on defense is to prevent the opponent from scoring, but also to get the ball back. The defense must force the offense’s players to take difficult, hard to make shots to reduce the opponent’s chances of scoring. Defensive players force turnovers, steal the ball, block shots, and grab defensive rebounds to regain possession of the ball. It is also important for the defense to limit the opponent’s transition offense and fast-break opportunities.
Basketball Transitions
Teams are constantly switching from offense to defense in a basketball game. Teams transition from offense to defense or vice versa after scores, turnovers, and changes of possession. The same five players on the court transition from offense to defense and vice versa. Staying focused on all the moving players in transition is critical to preventing the other team from scoring on the fast break.
In a good transition defense, the players closer to the backcourt will run quickly back to their side of the court as soon as the opponent gets the ball. The first thing about transition defense is hustling back to stop an easy basket. Next, one defensive player should stop the ball handler who is coming down the court, while the others stay back to protect the basket. When the ball is passed, another player will move to cover that player until all of their teammates are back. In transition, players will not always be guarding the same matchup they have during normal defensive sets.
Types Of Basketball Defenses
There are lots of defenses in basketball. Each of them has its strengths and weaknesses, and some coaches may prefer some over others. However, all types of defenses can be used during the same game, as coaches can adapt defensive systems to players on the opposing teams, movement of the game, and game trends. Here is a list of the types of defenses you should know.
Zone Defense
Man Defense
Press Defense
A good defensive player will also master the following skills to help the team:
Floor Spacing
Blocks
Steals
Closing Out
Man to Man Coverage
Zone Coverage
Quick Feet
Hands Up
Traps
Pick and Roll Defense
Basketball Man Defense
Man defense is a type of defensive formation where each defensive player is assigned an offensive player to defend. This is the most basic form of defense often taught first to beginners. When playing man defense, your team should practice defending against screens and cuts. They should also practice staying with their man and being quick to close out on shots. Unlike the zone defense, a man defense is very easy to understand and teach. Teams with very talented defensive players will often use a man coverage.
Basketball Zone Defense
Zone defense is a type of defensive formation that assigns each defensive player an area on the court to defend. This means that a defensive player will guard any opponent that comes into their zone, switching off with teammates rather than guarding only one player. When creating a zone defense, you can position your players anywhere on the court, but most zones are in the wings, paint, top of the key, or near the three-point line and midcourt line. Coaches come up with different types of zone coverages, and each type will position players differently on the court.
A classic zone defense is a 2-3 zone. In a 2-3 zone, the point guard and shooting guard play up top while the small forward, center, and power forward play down low, and each of those players is responsible for covering their zones. A 2-3 makes it difficult for teams to penetrate and to get easy shots like layups.
Types of Zone Defenses
2-3 Zone
3-2 Zone
1-2-2 Zone
1-3-1 Zone
Basketball Press Defense
A press defense is a type of defensive formation where teams apply pressure either in the half-court or full-court. Press defenses are designed to force turnovers by setting traps and applying constant pressure to force mistakes.
Typically, teams pick up on defense just above the three-point line. Press defenses are different because teams start playing defense much further up the court. You may have heard of a half-court press or full-court press, which describes where on the court defensive players will start applying pressure on the dribbler. Press defenses are used when defenses want to get the ball back quicker than usual, aiming to force turnovers. They can be used both in desperation and strategically throughout a game. A press defense requires a lot physically from players, so it can’t be used throughout the whole basketball game. While a well-executed press leads to turnovers, a badly executed press defense will lead to easy points for the opponent.
Types of Press Defense
Full-court Man to Man Press
Half-court Man to Man Press
1-2-1-1 Full-court Press (Diamond Zone Press)
3/4-court 2-2-1 Zone Press
Half-court 1-2-2 Zone Press
FAQ
What is defense in basketball?
Defense in basketball is the action of trying to prevent the opposing team from scoring. Defense is one of the most important skills for basketball players to have. While scoring on offense is important, defense is equally, if not more important for teams to be successful. Basketball has three main types of defense: man to man defense, zone defense, and pressure defense.
What skills are important for defense in basketball?
The most important defensive skills in basketball are court vision, footwork, communication, anticipation, and physicality. Court vision helps you see where all of the opponents are on the court; footwork helps you stay with your defensive matchup; communication helps teams play strong defense together; anticipation leads to steals and blocks; and physicality puts constant pressure on the offense. Steals, blocks, and defensive rebounds are statistics that the best defensive players record frequently.
Where does the defense want to force offensive players in basketball?
The defense wants to force offensive players to take difficult shots as opposed to wide-open, easy shots. Defensive players should always force the opponents out of the paint and to the outside of the court, as jump shots from further away are more challenging than layups. In some zone and press defenses, the goal is to force the offense to pass the ball into a corner so the defense can trap and force a turnover.
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Attack and defense in basketball
This section is intended for coaches working with rated teams.
Summarizing our personal coaching experience, we tried to give practical, business advice to coaches and players, revealing the main game actions in attack and defense of both individual players and a group of players and the team as a whole.
General principles of attack and defense.
In basketball, two teams meet on the field trying to beat each other. This struggle can be very sharp and requires a lot of mental and physical effort from the players.
The game of any team in basketball consists of offensive actions (attack), the purpose of which is to throw the ball into the opponent's basket, and defensive actions (defense), the purpose of which is to prevent the offensive actions of the opponent.
The offensive and defensive actions of each team must be varied and correspond to the characteristics of the opponent and the conditions in which the game takes place.
In order to play successfully in attack and defense, you need to master the technique of the game and be able to apply it in a timely manner against a specific opponent in a specific situation.
Technique is the basis of mastery.
It is impossible to play basketball successfully if a player cannot catch and dribble the ball, pass it to a partner, stop abruptly or change direction in simple or difficult situations. There are many different techniques in basketball. Passing the ball, for example, can be done with one and two hands, from behind the back and on the court, for short and long distances, etc. Throwing the ball around the basket, dribbling the ball and catching it are just as varied.
All of them are equally important for playing the game and must be carefully studied and mastered during training sessions. You can not give preference to any one technique. The more techniques the players have learned, the higher their technique, the better the team is armed. And the better the team is armed, the easier it is to fight the enemy and achieve victory.
Any, the most successful tactical idea cannot be implemented without a good mastery of the technique of the game. The actions of the entire team, all the efforts spent on taking the ball away from the opponent, may be useless due to inaccurate passes or inept catching of the ball. Every basketball player should strive to perfect his ball handling and movement technique. A technically trained and versatile player is the most dangerous for the opponent.
The coach must ensure that the players use the simplest and most rational techniques. Depending on the situation, more complex techniques can be applied, but it is not necessary to artificially complicate the technique and use a more complex and “beautiful” technique when the situation does not require it.
Simplicity, rationality of the techniques necessary to achieve the team's result is a characteristic feature of the Soviet school of basketball.
Pretentiousness and artificial complication of technique to show the player's personal capabilities always goes to the detriment of the team's results and is a feature of the players of bourgeois teams.
In addition, the unjustified complication of techniques requires a greater expenditure of the player's strength.
The art of economical use of energy and the desire to simplify various complex techniques as much as possible should be educated in players from the first steps of their training. It is better to spend more time studying and instilling in the player a sense of the appropriateness of the techniques than to correct ingrained errors later. Striving for ease of application of techniques, players should not avoid difficult positions, they should use techniques and expend no more energy than the situation requires.
The main goal of tactics is victory.
The main tactical task is to determine (choose) the means (techniques) and methods of playing against a specific opponent. This choice should be made taking into account the conditions of the game. First of all, it is necessary to take into account the qualities of one's own team and the opponent's team, as well as weather conditions, lighting, the size of the site, the quality of the ground, the characteristics of the field, etc.
i.e. determine the tactics of the team.
Otherwise, the team will play "blind", its tactics will not be able to ensure success and will benefit the enemy.
It is possible to correctly determine and choose tactics provided that the players and the team as a whole are well aware of the various means and methods of play and the various forms of their application.
Players must learn this through systematic practice.
A detailed study of tactics, testing it in practice also makes it possible to improve old and find new ways of playing the game. Knowledge of various tactical methods of defense and attack, the ability to apply them in practice testify to the tactical maturity of the players and the team.
Tactics training provides basic guidelines for the actions of players and teams under different conditions.
At the same time, tactics cannot contain recipes for all sorts of situations that may occur in the game.
Advanced tactics are incompatible with conservatism and the habit of acting according to a pattern.
Poor knowledge of tactics forces players and the team to use the same methods of fighting against any opponent, and this often leads to defeat. Template tactics become helpless as soon as the game environment changes or becomes more complicated. Standard tactics eliminate the maneuverability of actions, the creative initiative of the players and the team.
The actions of the team players on the field are determined by whether the team is attacking or defending. The team is in the offensive position when it has the ball.
Players of the attacking team, using movements and various techniques, try to overcome the resistance of the defending opponent and bring the ball closer to his backboard at such a distance and in such a position from which it is possible to successfully throw the ball into the basket. The defending team seeks, by all means permitted, to basketball rules, take the ball away from the attacking team or make it difficult for them to get to the backboard and prevent them from shooting the ball into the basket.
The success of the team in defense and attack will be achieved if all five players participate in the struggle.
Therefore, the main condition for a successful game is the active and skillful actions of all team players in defense and attack.
According to the rules of the game, the ball goes to the other team if it takes the ball directly in the game, in case of technical errors of the opponent (jogging, double dribbling, etc.) and after the ball hits the basket. Each team during the game many times is in the position of the attacker and defender.
The frequent change of these positions requires all players to be able to quickly change their game from attack to defense and vice versa.
Successful offensive actions produce results directly, while successful defensive actions reinforce them. They complement each other, and the imperfection of one of them negatively affects the overall result of the team. If the attacking team skillfully threw many balls into the opponent's basket and, poorly defending, conceded the same number of balls into their own basket, the result of the whole game is reduced to zero.
All actions of attack and defense are divided by their nature into collective and individual. Individual actions include independent actions of individual players without the help of partners. Collective actions, depending on whether all or several team players participate in them, are divided into team and group actions.
All five players participate in team actions, while only a part of the team players participate in group actions. Command actions are carried out by using attack systems. Group actions - by applying combinations. The success of these systems and combinations depends on the timeliness and correctness of individual actions.
For individual actions, the player can be given various tactical tasks aimed at the full use of the individual characteristics of his technique, tactics, physical characteristics against the opponent's weaknesses. Such tasks are given before the game, if there is an idea about the enemy, and during the game as a result of information obtained by reconnaissance during the game.
From this we can conclude that the main tasks of the team in the game are as follows: Collective and individual actions of all team players overcome the opponent's resistance and throw the maximum number of balls into his ring.
By collective and individual actions of all team players, eliminate the actions of the attacking team and let the balls into your basket as little as possible.
Basketball defense technique and tactics, zone and individual defense
Danila Chezhin
Basketball is a game consisting of attack and defense, and the one who scores the most points wins. To beat the opposing team, basketball coaches go to a variety of tricks. In this article, we will analyze what elements of defensive work are most often found in basketball. Needless to say, protection is one of the key success factors!
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Technique of defense
In basketball there is no division of players into those who participate only in attack or only in defense. All 5 athletes who, according to the rules of the game, can simultaneously be on the court as part of one team, are equally involved in both halves of the court. At the same time, the defense technique in basketball directly depends on the position of a particular player. In the classic game system, 5 roles are distinguished:
point guard;
shooting guard;
small forward;
power forward;
center.
Basketball also uses numbers to designate positions - first, second, and so on.
Defenders number one and two are usually the shortest players on the team. And if when playing in the attack their functionality is significantly different, then in defense both are engaged in approximately the same thing, namely, work on the perimeter against the defenders of the opposing side. To complicate the ball as much as possible, to prevent passes, to prevent a long-range shot from being made - these are the main aspects that are required from the "small" ones in defense.
Small forward is versatile in attack and just as versatile in defense. The tasks of the third number include both helping the "small" ones on the perimeter, and belaying the "big ones" near their own ring. Basketball players of this role must simultaneously be able to move quickly around the court, and be physically strong and resilient in order to impose a fight on the shield if necessary.
"Big", fourth and fifth numbers, power forward and center, especially in modern basketball, often duplicate each other in defense. The task of the players of both positions in defense is to prevent the opponent from taking the rebound (rebound) and to make it as difficult as possible for the opponent to attempt shots from the field.
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Man marking
Position marking in basketball is called man defense. This tactical pattern implies that each player guards a basketball player of a similar position from the opponent. This approach, however, does not mean that the players simply run after each other. A positional attack, for example, often offers defense exchanges - when, due to setting up a screen, the “big” with the ball remains one-on-one against the “small” and vice versa. The goal of defense in this case is to neutralize the unequal exchange. Either not let it take place at all, or by doubling it, when a teammate joins the custody, throwing his player for seconds.
There are many such schemes in the personal care system. Defense in basketball is no less variable than attack.
Zone defense
Another important defensive tactic in basketball is the zone. Its difference from the "personal team" is that the players adhere to a clear arrangement in their own half. The fundamental goal of basketball players playing zone defense becomes, accordingly, the preservation of their possessions, and not the neutralization of a particular player, as in personal protection.
Zone formations come in many varieties - coaches often use zone variations as a plan B in a bad match. But the most common arrangement is 3-2. Three players are located on the back line - two wingers, whose roles are most often played by light and heavy forwards, and a center between them. Two players are in front, it is clear that these are “small” defenders. The tasks of the first line are to interfere with the movement of the ball, prevent throwing from afar and, if possible, make an interception. The second line is responsible for the opponent's passes under the basket - it is customary to meet them tough in basketball.
Effectively playing zone defense is hard team work. Mutual understanding between athletes should be at the highest level - the five should be like a mechanism. Therefore, personal marking is much more common in basketball. Although there are a lot of mixed options, when elements of the zone fit into the “personal room”, or vice versa, there are also quite a few.
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If your team can get a shot at the basket every time down the court, you will dramatically improve your scoring totals and limit the number of easy buckets the other team gets.
This is often a down screen in which the 2 or 3 guard catches the ball on the perimeter to initiate the offense. After the point guard initiates the offense there are usually a series of screening actions away from the ball set by the 4 and 5 players. Coaches who run the spread offense value spacing, good screen setting, and ball movement. They would prefer to score after several passes and screening actions that lead to an open shot or driving lane. If the post-players set good screens they not only free up the guards, but also create space for themselves to score on slips to the rim and post-ups.
The continuity offense forces the other team to play defense for an extended period of time, slows the game down, and takes time off the clock. You don’t see as many teams running continuity offenses in the NBA or College because of the constriction of the shot clock.
The Princeton Offense keeps most of its players on the perimeter and has one post player that operates in the high post. Each possession features a series of passes, screens, and back cuts. Every player needs to have the ability to pass, shoot, and dribble in order to take advantage of mismatches. Teams will use this offense for a variety of reasons including; slowing the tempo against a more athletic team, spreading the floor to open driving lanes, back-cuts for layups, and forcing a team to work hard on defense.
Good defense always leads to easy to offense but bad defensive teams view defense as inconvenience that prevents them from playing offense.
Defense is not a place to rest, it is not a place to catch your breath, it is the place where the game is won or lost.
Teams that run this defense should have great on-ball defenders and good athletes. This is the defensive equivalent of a Run and Gun offense and the two are often used in tandem together.
The goal is to make defensive rotations simple and the offensive team predictable. In this graphic you can see that defender X2 is not allowing the ball to be passed back to O1 but instead is funneling the ball towards X4.
The single defender on the baseline in a 1-3-1 has the difficult job of protecting the rim and the corners. The zone is also designed to give teams opportunities to trap players in the four corner areas of the half-court. Click on the graphic on the right side of the page to get an idea of where all 5 players should be positioned on the court and the areas where you can effectively trap the offense.
Defensive players force turnovers, steal the ball, block shots, and grab defensive rebounds to regain possession of the ball. It is also important for the defense to limit the opponent’s transition offense and fast-break opportunities. 
When the ball is passed, another player will move to cover that player until all of their teammates are back. In transition, players will not always be guarding the same matchup they have during normal defensive sets.
This is the most basic form of defense often taught first to beginners. When playing man defense, your team should practice defending against screens and cuts. They should also practice staying with their man and being quick to close out on shots. Unlike the zone defense, a man defense is very easy to understand and teach. Teams with very talented defensive players will often use a man coverage.
Press defenses are used when defenses want to get the ball back quicker than usual, aiming to force turnovers. They can be used both in desperation and strategically throughout a game. A press defense requires a lot physically from players, so it can’t be used throughout the whole basketball game. While a well-executed press leads to turnovers, a badly executed press defense will lead to easy points for the opponent. 
You can not give preference to any one technique. The more techniques the players have learned, the higher their technique, the better the team is armed. And the better the team is armed, the easier it is to fight the enemy and achieve victory. 
Knowledge of various tactical methods of defense and attack, the ability to apply them in practice testify to the tactical maturity of the players and the team. 
Each team during the game many times is in the position of the attacker and defender. 
The task of the players of both positions in defense is to prevent the opponent from taking the rebound (rebound) and to make it as difficult as possible for the opponent to attempt shots from the field. 
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