If a pass is made into the low post and the passer cuts through to the opposite side of the court, the strong-side low post must set a trap on the low post as there's no one for them to deny In this variation, the player defending the corner (strongside post) digs at the basketball to force the opposition to pass the basketball outside. If you don't think the opposition post is capable of scoring one-on-one from a post up, hard deny the passes to the wing and the corner. With both the strong-side wing and strong-side post, there are three options to consider:

The rover drops to the middle of the key to prevent passes inside and also to defend the high post area. They're responsible for preventing any passes to cutters inside the key and also for closing out on the basketball if a skip pass is thrown. The weak-side wing player must immediately drop to help defense position. The weak-side post player will defend the low post one-on-one from behind. If the 3-2 zone defense is executed correctly, the only time the opposition should get a post up opportunity is off a pass from the corner or possibly the wing. If you choose to use this option, you force the opponent in the corner to make a very difficult skip pass or attempt to penetrate using the dribble. Getting your wing player to hard deny the reverse pass is another option from the corner. This involves the wing player dropping into the midrange area leaving the reverse pass to the wing open.Ĭoaches should do this if they want to prevent dribble penetration and also put more pressure on the pass into the low post. You have several options when considering the position of the strong-side wing player: The rover also takes a step towards the basketball and their main role continues to be preventing any pass to the high post. The weak-side wing will take an extra step towards the basket (where they are exactly depends on the position of the weak-side post player) and will prevent any passes to players cutting to the middle of the key. If there is an opposition player posting up, they must play defense from behind. The weak-side post player steps across and establishes position near the ball-side low block. If the basketball is passed to the corner, the strong-side low post must step out to take away the open shot and pressure the basketball.

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