“ZONE OFFENSES— CONCEPTS & PHILOSOPHY”
“FREEZE DRIBBLES” are used on the perimeter to pull one or more perimeter zone defenders out of their protective areas. A “Freeze Dribble” is when an offensive player dribbles directly at a particular perimeter zone-defender to “freeze” that defender so that he can do nothing but take on the dribbler. When an offensive player “freeze-dribbles” the “next-defender over,” the offense has also incorporated a “pull-dribble” on the nearest defender and a “freeze-dribble” on the next closest zone defender. This causes a great deal of confusion for the defense. Confusion causes breakdowns. Defensive breakdowns causes points to be scored on that defense.