Team Defense
The high post is a critical position in zone offense.
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The high post is a critical position in zone offense.
| Category | Team Defense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol3_high_school_team_basketball.md |
| English | High-Post Insertion |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 高位插入 |
| Traditional Chinese | 高位插入 |
High school teams sometimes need to adjust defenses in-game based on what is working: Switching from Man-to-Man to Zone: If the opponent is exploiting man-to-man (great ball movement, lots of cuts), switching to zone…
The 1-2-2 zone is often employed as a full-court or three-quarter court press.
When the ball is passed from one wing to the corner on the same side (a dribble or pass along the baseline), the baseline player on that side steps out to pressure the corner.
The 2-3 zone is the most common zone defense in basketball.
Zone offense is distinct from man-to-man offense because the defense is organized around areas and gaps rather than players.
Screening in zone offense is different from screening in man-to-man because zone defenders cannot switch on screens without abandoning their zone responsibility.