“ZONE OFFENSES— CONCEPTS & PHILOSOPHY”

9.   Good zone continuity offenses have a common goat to be patient  and to look for high  percentage shots.   High percentage  shots could  also  come from  the Secondary Break  or  from  the transition  of  the  break  into  the specific continuity  zone  offense that is to be executed.  The initial phases of the overall  offensive attack should look to create as many scenarios such as number-advantages or organization advantages that should then be capitalized on.  The goal  is  for  all  zone  offensive players to  have  a chance  to  succeed in  the overall  zone offense  transition from its  full-court into  its  half-court defensive  plan. When executed correctly,  there  is no  noticeable determination of  when the Secondary Break or the when  entry has concluded & when  the  zone continuity  begins. Included  in  the phases   preceding  the continuity  offense are  the  often-times that an offensive team has  the  chance  to execute its Secondary Break phase of attack.  Again, this could come from the initial defense-to-offense transition after   capitalizing   on the   opposition’s turnovers, after securing  a  defensive rebound, after pushing  the  ball once  the  opposition has  scored  and  also after   breaking  the opposition’s  full court defensive   pressure.  If  the  Primary  &  the Secondary   Break  do not  produce   points, the  desired continuity  zone  offense  can  easily  &  smoothly  begin after  the  Secondary  Fastbreak  concludes.