Sports #21 | Mother of Defense (Zone Defense) on Basketball Game

Greetings Sports! Hello Sportsteemian, In the 21st sports post, I want to share about the Mother of Defense is Zone defense in a basketball game. Zone defense is the type of defense used in team sports, which is an alternative to man-to-man defense (I've discussed it yesterday), each defensive player is given a zone to survive. The principle of zone defense is also used in basketball and is the mother of defense in basketball. The defense zone started from 2 defenders in the front area (away from the basket) and followed by 3 people behind (near the basket).

In the basketball game there is a virtual line, if you already understand the virtual line then your defense zone will not be easily solved, the virtual line is the invisible line located on the middle side of the field. The virtual line can make it easier for teams if the players in the team have understood and know it. So to keep the area of defense is understandable.

The players who do zone defense are actually in the rope tied to each other's bodies, this is because every defender moves then all the players have to move too. As the ball moves to the right, the nearest player with the ball must approach it and the other player should be more leaning towards the right. If the ball moves to the left, then the nearest player with the ball should approach him and the other player must be more leaning towards the left, and so on. If the defender in the zone shifts, other players must fill the empty space gap so that the defense is not conceded.

For example, if the player with the ball stands on the right Wing (outside the 3 point line), one of the defenders approaches while raising his hand to prevent the offensive player from firing, the defender who is near the ring sees the field situation, if one of the offense players stands in the right corner, then the close defender from there should do the deny position. The essence of the zone defense is if one friend moves closer to the ball, then the other four players must move along.

The important point in conducting Zone defense is Communications, the function of communicating in the zone defense is to provide information about who is too open, what to do and anything else like to break into. The second is that the defender should anticipate the next bait before it happens, so the teammates know where to place the position and reduce the error. Below is the position of each player's defensive area

Advantages and Disadvantages of Zone Defense

As for the advantages and disadvantages when doing zone defense, the advantages are:

1. If the opposing team has a player fast or too big, you can not force it to do man to man defense, then zone defense is an advantage.
2. If the opposing team has an ugly player in firing from a 3-point outline, then zone defense can be very effective, because the zone defense is not too imposing to take defense when the opponent is outside the 3-point line.
3. Zone defense does not involve aggressive pressure, more on teamwork, so to make traps much more profitable.
4. If the team has a weak player in defense, zone defense can be very helpful because when he is doing the defense, a close friend can help him.
5. Zone defense is not tiring, so it can perform attacks quickly.

The disadvantage are:

1. Zone defense is not very good for an opposing team that has a good 3 point shooter.
2. Zone defense has a gap that can be utilized by opponent teams that escaped from custody.
3. If the condition lags behind in the score, then zone defense becomes a loss for the team, because the opposing team can play the game to pass the time.
4. Defensive zones require good teamwork, so a team must have chemistry to avoid conceding, otherwise, zone defense is a bad choice.

Well, just this from me for this time, hopefully, my writing can be useful and add insight to my steemian friends, see you later, Greetings Sports!