2.    Every continuity  zone  offense  used must possess the ability  to  flow seamlessly  and  quickly  from  any phase  of  the  overall  zone  attack  into  the   next  phase  of  attack.     With  the  zone  offense  not  requiring  or  using  any  lapse  in  time  for   reorganization  also  means  the  zone  defense will not have that same opportunity  either.   Each continuity  zone  offense  used will  give  the   opposition’s    defense  no  time  to  recover  or   adjust   from   the   offense’s previous  phase of  attack—whether  it   is  from  the  from  a  secondary  break  phase, a quick-hitting phase or baseline/sideline out-of-bounds play phases.  With  the  offense  having  the  capabilities  of   quick,  smooth  and  fluid  conversions  into  the  continuity  offense  should    give  the  offense  a  huge  advantage  over  the  opposition’s   zone  defense. Each continuity zone offense must have a fluid  transition  from  any  phase  of  its  overall  attack   into  the  actual  continuity zone offense.  The opposition has NO time  or  the  ability to  reorganize  their defense   before  the  offense’s  next  phase  of  attack  begins.

3.   A fundamentally sound philosophy is to not rely primarily on one type of scoring method or count on just one or two players or a specific style of attack.  Depending solely on one or two players by having the offense always run through them with all plays/entries designed just for them is a dangerous presumption that the player(s) will always produce and score.  Why not have a philosophy that incorporates three or four plays that are designed for three or four different players.  Those plays are created to fit those specific players’ strongest skills and then highlight those skills.  That way, the offense is not solely depending on that one star player.  That star player possibly could fail to produce because of the opposition’s defense geared to stop him or he could simply just have a bad night.  The star’s performance could be affected by a lack of playing time because of various reasons such as an injury, an illness, foul trouble, or discipline problems.  If that player is neutralized, the team offense can move on to other players that have their strongest skills able to be utilized by carefully designed plays that give that player opportunities to succeed.  In addition to creating plays to fit their strengths, these plays must have the capabilities of smoothly flowing into the desired continuity offense.  Not relying on one or two players makes the offensive attack more diversified and less predictable and therefore more successful. 

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