Coach Troy Culley shares a great resource from the 2012 NAU Coaches Clinic. Included in the notes is a section from Mike Dunlap on his 1-1-3 match-up zone defense. If you are a zone defensive coach, I HIGHLY recommend you look into Coach Dunlap's materials. Here are some of the benefits of playing a zone defense as noted by Coach Dunlap.
- Stealing practice time from coaches. Coaches spend far more time preparing for man defense than they do zone defense.
- Keep bigs out of foul trouble
- Keep bigs in rebounding position
- Easier to protect the lane and rim
- The only way a good zone gets beat is by the jump shot
- Pick and roll is very hard against a zone
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