Step 1/55 screens down for 2
Orange = offense · blue = defense · solid line = cut · dashed = pass · zig-zag = dribble · T = screen · dotted arc = shot
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Zipper (Sideline Inbound)
A guard starts low and cuts straight up the lane off a down screen to catch at the top, like doing up a zip.
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- 5+
- Ages
- 11+
- Level
- Intermediate
Equipment: 1 ball
How the play works
- 1Box set: 2 on the ball-side block, 5 at the ball-side elbow, 3 on the far block, 4 at the far elbow. 1 inbounds from the sideline.
- 25 screens down for 2, who cuts straight up the lane line to the top of the key and catches the inbound pass.
- 31 steps in to the ball-side corner. On the far side 4 screens down for 3, who comes up to the wing.
- 42 now has options: 5 posting up, 3 coming off the screen, or 1 in the corner.
Coaching points
- 2: walk your defender into the screen, then sprint
- Catch facing the basket, ready to attack
- Inbounder steps in to a shooting spot straight away
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