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One of the first problems that most zone defenses develop is that they over extend in their areas. You notice in this zone, the perimeter defenders are going way past the three point line. They are overextending the zone which creates holes or gaps, makes it much easier for the offensive team to score.
Watch the high defenders, they will go out and extend past to three. [Music playing] After a couple of passes, the defense tires, creates a hole, makes it a lot easier to create one on one situations for the offensive team.
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Problem number two for most zone defenses, are individual players within the zone tends to over extend their area and create big holes. The second problem that occurs with this is that individual defenders also have to move a lot farther and in so doing, they get more fatigued. You notice that a zone defense has to move around that their energy is slowing down, their hands are dropping and they are creating gaps, so that after a couple of passes, we get jump shots.
By individual players extending past thrown areas, they have to recover farther, so if a smart offensive team moves the ball a few times, they can create open jump shots for themselves fairly quickly.
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Problem number three in zone defense is, if zone defenses tend to go too low on the baseline, most passes cannot be made on the lob underneath the rim and shots cannot be taken from the deep corner effectively.
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Another problem that zones create is they play too high in the middle of the zone and when you play too high, you will create lob pass, it is easy for big people to get to.
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Another problem with zone defenses is if they do not work as a box or as a team, they become unbalanced and huge holes develop after four or five passes which break the zone down.
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An additional problem with the zone defense is, as multiple passes occur, the defense fatigues, they lock their knees, they stand erect and it is easy for an offensive player to go by and dish off or create a jump shot. Notice, the offense is going to a four, five passes, the defense is starting to stand high. Now, it gives you the ability to break the defense down and create a pass or shot situation.
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Final problem with zone defense is as the defensive players get tired, their arms drop which creates passing lanes and the gaps in the middle of the zone and everywhere through the zone.
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You notice the defenders get tired and creates a lot of open passing spaces through the zone.
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