5-Out Basketball Zone Offense

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You have a small team with no big post players. So you decide to run the 5-out, or open post offense. The the 5-out open post offense works well against man-to-man defense, but you also need a zone offense to attack the 2-3 zone defense. You could use Coach Sar's open post "double-up" offense against either man-to-man or zone defenses.

Or take a look at the 5-out zone offense here, which creates movement, has continuity, and is simple and easy to learn. Our five quick, small players are always going to try to speed the game up, full-court press, get the fast-break going and score in transition, before the zone defense is set.

Notice that we are in a 5-out set vs the 2-3 zone (diagram A). O1 passes to either wing. We like to reverse the ball once or twice. A skip pass to the opposite wing (O4 in diagram B) works well as the zone is over-shifted and the bottom outside defender often has to come out initially to defend the wing player who receives the skip pass.

5-out zone offense - Ball on the wing

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