Basketball Zone Offense and Zone Concepts

Mike Rice made a name for himself when he took Robert Morris University to consecutive NCAA tournaments in the late 2000s. His teams always played aggressive defense and had a knack for taking it to teams that played zone defense against him. In this video, Coach Rice goes on the court to teach his zone offense and teach you how to train players to become more instinctive when attacking zone defenses.

Basketball Zone Offense Drills

Coach Rice breaks down his zone offense in a series of drills. He uses a mixture of high intensity passing and shooting drills to show how players can become more instinctive. The drills help players react when facing zone defenses and also make them more complete players against any type of defense.

Zone Offense

In this segment of the presentation, Coach Rice first goes through his philosophy of zone offense. He stresses patience, discipline, and good shot selection as core ideas to his philosophy. He then walks through nine different zone attacks.

Rice uses both specific sets as well as continuity action to break down opposing defenses. Both attacks produce various options to score and force defenses to react. The different sets include three –point options as well as one that will take apart a box-and-one defense. With the number of sets and continuity action Rose uses, he can help make any offensive attack significantly better.

Coach Rice concludes the presentation by offering up four inbounds plays. Each is designed to finish with an easy basket and help you take down any zone defense. Not only does Coach Rice provide you with an offense to shred zone defenses, he also will help your players make better decisions and help them become more efficient basketball players.  Rent this Basketball Zone Offense DVD today.