Drill4 phasesRuns 7.6 s
2-3 Zone Slides
Five passers around the arc move the ball without dribbling while a 2-3 zone shifts on every pass. On the wing pass the forward closes out until the guard arrives, then drops back; on the corner pass the forward stays on the ball and the guard sinks.
- Trains
- DefenseBasketball IQ
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Ages
- U12–Adult
- Minutes
- 12
- Players
- 10
- Balls
- 1
- Equipment
- No equipment: players and balls only.
Run it, tilt it, change it to fit your practice. Free to start. No account, nothing to install.
Coaching points
- Everyone moves while the pass is in the air, not after the catch.
- Hands up and active all the time: a zone with low hands is just five people standing.
- On the wing pass the forward goes on and off: closes out, then drops back as soon as the guard arrives.
- On the corner pass the forward stays on the ball and the middle man fronts the post.
- Talk: call ball, and call who has the high post.
Phase by phase
1Phase 1
Top to the right wing. X4 goes on: closes out high-hand until X2 gets there, then off: back to the block. X1 to the high post, X5 to the ball-side post, X3 to the middle of the lane.
- T passes to RW
- X4 cuts to the right wing
- X2 cuts to the right wing
- X4 cuts to the right block
- X1 cuts to the nail
- X5 cuts to the right block
- X3 cuts
2Phase 2
Wing to the corner. X4 steps out and stays on the ball, X5 fronts the ball-side post, X2 sinks to take away the pass inside, X1 covers the high post, X3 stays up the lane for the skip.
- RW passes to RC
- X4 cuts to the right corner
- X5 cuts to the right block
- X2 cuts
- X1 cuts to the high post
- X3 cuts
3Phase 3
Ball back to the wing and up to the top. The zone retraces its steps and is home in its 2-3 before the ball reaches the top.
- RC passes to RW
- RW passes to T
- X4 cuts to the right block
- X5 cuts to the rim
- X2 cuts
- X1 cuts
- X3 cuts to the left block
4Phase 4
Top to the left wing: the mirror image. X3 goes on and off, X1 takes the wing, X2 drops to the high post, X5 slides to the ball-side post, X4 sinks into the lane.
- T passes to LW
- X3 cuts to the left wing
- X1 cuts to the left wing
- X3 cuts to the left block
- X2 cuts to the nail
- X5 cuts to the left block
- X4 cuts
Variations
- Forwards only: three passers (top and both wings) while the two forwards work on and off.
- Allow skip passes from wing to wing and corner to corner.
- Add a high-post attacker: the weak-side guard denies the pass to him.