"Overload" Offense vs. 2-3 Zone Defense

[tenretrahcaneclil]

whenver he tlks u can hear music

[TheSttang]

funny how little coaches try to overload a 2-3 defense. the corner shot will usually be wide open.

[Bballandnba12345]

Now I can beat plays

[OFFSHIFT010]

Hi Russell, thanks to you we became champions! Our opponents'd use a 3-2 zone for the finals and we knew that. They practiced their zone for over 6 months, but we practiced a mix between the Overload and the Triangle, and guess what: after 5 minutes of zone defence... they quit! They just threw away 6 months of practice thanks to this! Although we lost eventually (man to man they were quite good:P) we did become champions! So thanks a lot and keep making vids!

[freeagentsassociate]

Really a good tactic. I learned much :)

[superchaz789]

thanks my coach put this vid on our team blog it helped

[patmana83]

live

[GameTimeGO]

i always hear this play being called but im not really sure what they were doing, thanks for explaining

[russellfukuimano32]

Thanks for the comment. Many plays have the same names but different executing (and visa versa) in basketball.

[GameTimeGO]

@russellfukuimano32 im usually at the top of the 2-3 so im dont really know whats going on behind, i just trust that my team can handle it

[zach089]

Sounds like you could run a 1-3-1 zone. The Zone and its movements are a little bit more complicated, but it puts a lot of pressure of the guards on the outside.

[09laborday]

My team are mainly 4th graders playing in a 5th grade league. Therefore, we are at a disadvantage when it comes to size. Do you think we can run this play against taller defenders?  Or do you have any other suggestions? Thanks!

[russellfukuimano32]

For 4th and 5th graders this play might be a bit complicated because of the timing and screening. With limited size usually comes greater speed. Perhaps try getting your kids comfortable in scoring in transition and focus mainly on defense.

[kpertuset05]

do you ever use any dribble loops in your zone sets? Also how do you feel about the box overload? we have been working it in practice

[russellfukuimano32]

No dribble loops and and I'm not sure what you mean by box overload. Can you describe it?

[clodrewjjnora]

nice !

[russellfukuimano32]

Thanks. =) More videos to come so stay tuned.

[russellfukuimano32]

If you have really strong opponent that you want to shut down yet still play zone defense, you can run a box-and-1. The zone defenders are on the elbows and the blocks playing a box zone. The 5th defender, your best lock down defender, should play a tight denial defense against they best player. That means, try to get the ball out of this players hands and not let him get it back. Good luck.

[cmalm9]

Russel, do you have any video of the overload in a live game? I saw your video on the inbounds play..good stuff.

Thanks,

[russellfukuimano32]

Just posted it. Check it out =)

[cmalm9]

@russellfukuimano32

Thanks, that's perfect. just what i was looking for.

[russellfukuimano32]

You're welcome. Please rate if you like =) Thanks.

[Hulkamania4eva]

This is a good idea for a secondary offense. I'm running a different motion offense for my youth team and once they are comfortable with this I will teach this as a secondary offense to change it up a bit.

[steveo7972]

our coach showed us this play the day of a game and we ran it as pur first play and I had a open jumper while running the base line, then at half time the team figured that i was running the basline so they stoped me and we gave it to our 4 player for a open jumper

[russellfukuimano32]

Good stuff! Glad to hear you had some success.

[123nvc]

Russel,Thanks its a good idea on attacking the 2-3 zone defense,but may i request to put numbers on offensive man(circle blue),in order to clear and understand the positioning & moving of its players in offensive side.thnaks.

Nomer

[russellfukuimano32]

Hey Nomer,

Thanks for the comment and input. This was one of the earlier post that didn't have the #'s in the offensive players. Newer post have included that. Great idea. Thanks!

[Musicb1]

Hello Russell, my name is Bryan and I am very interested in obtaining information on the software that you are using for your illustrations.....hope you can help me. Your posts are a tremendous help to my program. I coach at the HS JV level.

Be well.....

Bryan.

[mich101]

Great video! Thanks for giving us a clear look on the overload :)

[basketboy8991]

Great vid. But I have a question:

After the first pass, what if the defender doesn't come out to guard the shooting guard?

[russellfukuimano32]

Thanks for the comment! We always teach and stress to our players the importance of engaging the defense while on the perimeter. Guards on the perimeter should assume a triple threat (pass, drive, shoot) position. You need to shoot the open shot once in a while to keep the defense honest. Hopefully, you have some decent shooters who can knock it down. Good luck, let me know if this post helps.

[basketboy8991]

Thanks. That's what we are trying to do. However, we got lots of trouble when our shooting guard gets cold. Is there an alternative ball movement?

[russellfukuimano32]

Against an opponent who runs a 2-3 zone for the entire game, we usually run "overload" a few times during the game and an offense we call rotation. It has a three guard top and a high and low post. Movement on the perimeter is guard to guard pass and screen away movement. When the ball is swung up top, the high post (HP) follows the ball, and when the ball is skipped or swung to the opposite guard, the HP moves to LP and we bring the LP to flash to the HP weak side. I'll post video later =)

[basketboy8991]

Sweetness! notify me when you are done

[TheOnlyTiminator]

nice explaination

5 stars again

[xaniafg]

very good thnks