“ZONE OFFENSES— CONCEPTS & PHILOSOPHY”

24.  Placing the ball on the baseline on one side of the defense (therefore ”flattening out  the  zone”) and quickly reversing the basketball to the other side  to beat the reaction of the zone defense can be an effective method of defeating zone defenses.  The ball can and should be moved quicker than the defense can make their slides.  ‘Skip passes’ and ‘pass fakes’ can also be an integral part of the zone attack in beating the defense to the offense’s weakside.  Various types of dribbles can also slow the zone’s reaction time from one side of the floor to the other.