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Basketball Plays: Slip vs. 2-3 Zone

By Brian Williams on October 9, 2016

Basketball Plays: Slip vs. 2-3 Zone

These two actions to run against a 2-3 zone defense are some notes from Chris Mack, Head Men’s Coach, Xavier University

You can see the archives of their basketball coaching newsletter at this link: Xavier Newsletter

Xavier runs these sets out of their secondary break, but you could use them as quick hitters or after timeout sets as well.

Diagrams created with FastDraw

 

 

 

 

Screen Backside

zone-slip1

1 dribbles toward 2.

5 and 4 screen in the forward and the top of the zone.

2 cuts off the stagger.

 

 

zone-slip2

1 passes to 2.

2 dribbles toward 3.

 

 

 

zone-slip3

5 and 4 X Screen

5 screens in the defender at the top of the zone.

4 screens in the forward.

 

 

zone-slip4

2 can skip pass over the top of the zone to 1.

Or, 2 can pass to 5 slipping the screen.

 

 

 

Break Hand Off Pairs

zone-slip5

Out of Xavier’s Break Alignment

1 passes to 2.

 

 

 

zone-slip6

1 sprints behind 2 to receive a hand off.

3 and 4 interchange on the opposite side.

 

 

 

zone-slip7

5 screens in the bottom of the zone for 4.

3 screens in the opposite guard for 2.

1 sees both 4 and 2 cutting.

3 and 5 can slip.

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