How to attack zone defenses with a double-post motion basketball offense

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How to attack zone defenses with a double-post motion basketball offense - Part 2: Guide for reading diagrams

#1- Primary ball handler - Always have him to set up in a seam and to start the offense fairly high on the court to make the zone start high as possible.

#2-3 - Wing players/Good Perimeter Shooters - Teach them to start at least one step above the free-throw line extended.

#4-5 - Post Players - In my opinion, it is best to start at the elbows. Their objective is to screen the defensive guard or to seal the guard to the outside to receive a post entry pass from the #1 man. This alignment allows for two things:

You have four options to start your offense.
The zone is forced higher up the court which creates larger seams in their defense.

Once the principles of the basic alignment are covered, everything else in the offense is a reaction to movement of the ball.

Guide to coaching basketball: Double-post motion offense against a zone defense

Post Player Rules

Any time one post player receives the ball, the other post player cuts, diagonally, across the lane to the opposite block as shown in Fig. 5.

This can happen when both post players are at the high post as shown in Fig. 4 or in the high-low set in Fig. 6.

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