I can across some notes the other day that outlined the rules for a matchup zone defense, they were created i believe by a high school coach and posted on the xs and os forum. Matchup zone is a combination defense, combining elements of mantoman defense on ball, and zone defense away from the ball. This essay explores gene sullivans matching zone defense its origins in the late 1950s, its fundamental rules and organizing principles, its. The most important player in this matchup zone defense scheme is. This can be confusing for people new to the state or traveling through it.
Continually point to your man and talk to your teammates. Rick pitino started his career by instituting a 1211 zone press and paired it. Whether facing atlantic 10 conference foes or top 25 squads, the owls generally have a distinct advantage due to the pressure the matchup zone causes. An extensive look at rick pitinos defensive system card chronicle.
Second, the matchup zone defense is extremely difficult to attack. We can adjust this defense to a number of alignments to where we can either defend against an evenguard front zone offense or against an oddguard front zone defense. Though the matchup appears to be a zone, each of the five defenders are always responsible for an individual offensive player applying mantoman defensive. The purpose of a matchup is to get you confused, indecisive, and out of sync. The zone allows the owls to control game tempo and, in doing so, it creates more offensive opportunities for them. It can be run out of any formation 1, 23, 32, 122, etc. Louisvilles pitching staff did, however, combine to allow 11 walks last night, which set a new seasonhigh and were the most since lou walked. Shane dreilings match up zone defense is a combination of defensive principles that he learned from fred litzenberger and the late don meyer. Perhaps the most famous user of the matchup zone wa s john chaney, former head basketball coach at temple university. Basketball defense matchup zone defense, coachs clipboard. I have noticed two particular traps that are pretty unique to louisville. Let me try,keep in mind i run a true not a robotic match.
Coach rick pitino 16th season this article contains a table. The matchup zone defense combines both persontoperson and zone coverage. These notes on matchup zone defense are from scott petermans ultimate matchup zone ebook. The foundation of the matchup defense is to show a zone defensive look while playing mantoman principles. If you dont play zone in games, then hopefully you can use them as you practice your zone attack against your second team in practice.
Growing up felt like an apprenticeship for my coaching career with my dad being a high school coach. Matchup zone defense is a type of defense used in the game of basketball. From a clinic presentation by pete gillen match up is a zone with man to man principles. Johns rolled pick n roll defensive schemes cant run pattern against this defense. Our 12 points of an effective matchup zone defense 1. This article discusses and diagrams basketballs matchup zone defenses. Coach pecora takes a lot of the techniques that louisville and syracuse use to create a hybrid 23 matchup zone defensive system that is different than any other zone in basketball today. Get louisvilles weather and area codes, time zone and dst. Gregg marshall wichita state pressure matchup zone defense.
A complete coaching guide to the matchup zone shown from three major zone formations. For chaney, the matchup zone has been a huge reason for his. The louisville cardinals played today and i had the chance to take some clips from the vaunted rick pitino pressure defense. It is commonly referred to as a c ombination defense, as it combines certain aspects of mantoman defense and zone defense. Coach don kelbick provides a thorough, stepbystep process to build the fundamentals and philosophy of this defense into your team. With the matchup zone now in their arsenal, louisville can use unique defenses against different opponents to throw them offguard. Click on the score prediction for any game to see a detailed projection. Third, guard the ball aggressively, contesting all midrange jump shots and dribble drives. The onball defender closesout and plays tight like in mantoman. And when we did run zone defense, we ran the 1 lute olson zone defense. Two defensive men must constantly defend three offensive men. He was always passionate about teaching high school boys to become successful men and teaching kids how to work hard on skills in the offseason. Any time an offensive player cuts through the matchup area, all five defenders must talk to one another and determine new assignments.
The 1, the 212, and the 122 with detailed information on the coverage rule, cutters rule and basic continuities for each of these three formations. In this defense, the players set up in the shape of a x, with two players up top, one in the middle, and two on. How does louisvilles offense match up with kentuckys. This is a matchup where most believe louisville have a huge advantage. Click on the pdf link above to download the free jim boeheim syracuse 23 matchup zone notes. Louisville s full court matchup press against morehead st.
Louisvilles offense has scored 38 points in each of its last two games against kentucky. The 212 zone defense is popular in basketball, particularly in youth basketball. Each man has area responsibility and man responsibility. Second, match the offensive alignment by rotating clockwise. Lets see the rotation of the defenders in this case diagr. We dont run it all the time because were mostly an attacking defense and want to force the tempo. But sometimes when we are in a straightup m2m we get burned by a really good shooter, penetrator and well switch to a our 122 matchup zone. I have received emails and have read posts on vandymania asking me to give a tutorial on the matchup zone defense.
Explore louisvilles sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. In most cases, they ran a 221 sideline matchup press. An extensive look at rick pitinos defensive system. You will understand how to matchup and cause confusion for the offense with a defense that conforms to their formations. Learn from the hall of fame coach and his matchup zone. On the pass to 2, 5 gets in the post, 4 replaces on the baseline hes a. It is commonly referred to as a combination defense, as it combines certain aspects of mantoman defense and zone defense college head coaches jim boeheim and john chaney were advocates of the matchup zone defense characteristics. As a result, offensive alignments never split defenders, overloads are easier to defend, and opponents have a tendency to get confused. Teaching, implementing a matchup zone defense winning hoops. Tape ratings show how a team would perform on a neutral site against an average tape index team rankings are for games played through november 7, 2019. So each player has a man, but must also trap in the traditional trapping zones of a 221. Its a zone defense that acts a lot like a good mantoman defense. The premise of a matchup zone defense is to manipulate the opponent into executing its zone offense versus for all intents and purposes a mantoman defense. On the surface, it appears to be your average 221 press, but its much more than that, its a matchup press in that in addition to maintaining the 221 form, they also man up.
You must use both man to man and zone defensive principles. Even though we did not run the zone defense often, our defense was actually better when we ran zone from a statistical standpoint. The matchup press is a more complicated system of presses, more difficult to learn than a zone press, and involves a fair amount of practice time. Design man or zone quicks you can run against it to save time and add familiarity. This is a spot where louisville should have the advantage and where i think louisville does have the advantage. The matchup zone part i 3 and yet have protection against the fake and drive. The defense will take the shape of the offensive set. Teams practice man offense much more than they practice zone especially 1 zone destroys pick n rolls o uconn averaged 50 pick n rolls a game in 20102011 ran 7 against st. Each player must use mantoman defense, area defense, and help defense. Rick pitino of louisville has had a healthy amount of success against the syracuse zone. The first advantage of the matchup zone defense is that it is a flexible defense. Perhaps, the innovator of matching up out of a zone defense was john egli, former. Don kelbicks match up zone defense streaming video.
Think of this before the game and before the season. With damion lee and trey lewis gone, snider will not only have the responsibility of running the offense but also of directing louisvilles suffocating matchup zone. The transition and the overload of the offense one of the best ways to attack the zone defense is to overload one side of the court. With the matchup zone defense, the onball defender. Don kelbicks match up zone defense video and ebook in this video set, you get a comprehensive guide for implementing don kelbicks match up zone defense. Annual kentuckylouisville matchup same day as music city bowl jon hale, courier journal published 10. No matter what the level of competition you are concerned about, we invite you coaches.
The matchup press is definitely more complicated than a zone press in that. What i really wanted to show in the video is that when you run a fullcourt press, the goal isnt always necessarily to get steals. Matchup zone defense has mixed results the temple news. The 1 zone defense provides ball pressure on the point guard, coverage of the high post, and the familiarity of having three players protecting across the back of the zone. I hope they give you some ideas to apply to your zone defense. Kentucky straddles two time zones both the eastern and central.
Music city bowl, kentuckylouisville basketball create odd. He talks about why you show run this matchup zone defense and its advantages. These basketball notes describe the pressure matchup zone defense. Complete guide to coaching basketballs matchup zone. Both of these defenders can try to deny the pass to the wing and help when the ball gets to the post player at the elbow. First, most of what people say is a matchup zone isnt. The bigs start in the short corners attack from behind, the point guard is stationary, 5 follows the ball. In this defense one defender applies ball pressure to the opposing teams ballhandler, the second guard covers the highpost area, and three defenders cover the paint. This matchup zone is the ultimate matchup zone defense because it deals with every scenario when it comes to a ball screen and all the different pick and rolls. Matching up vs the 14 stack offense diagram e, x2 plays the gap between o2 and o4, and x3 plays the gap between o3 and o5. These match up rules are fundamentally sound and can and should be applied to all defenses. With jackson, the cards are a threat to break a big play on any snap.
The matchup zone part i 4 snapshot heres a quick overview of gene sullivans matchup zone. Gregg marshall used this defense to get wichita state to the final four and almost to the national championship game. Teams, for example, almost always attack a 23 zone with either a 1 or a 122 offensive attack. Louisville playbook and ultimate matchup zone basketball. The western part of kentucky including bowling green is in the central time zone, while the eastern portion of the state, including louisville and lexington, is in the eastern time zone. At the high school level, coach keith haske has developed a complete system of matchup presses, applicable for athletic high school teams. While it would take dozens of pages and diagrams to gi. The matchup press was developed by coach rick pitino, at kentucky years ago. He uses a very simplistic approach to stopping and keeping pressure on the ball, moving on the pass, and closing out all with a fiveman rebounding mentality. The 32 matchup zone has a similar look to the 23 zone but has a distinctive differrence in its goal. There are several versions of the matchup defense, but most of them have the same basic rules and strategies.
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