Coach Bishop breaks down her 1-1-3 by going over the roles and responsibilities of each player in the zone. She explains her rotations in the zone. She goes over drills she uses to implement her zone and takes questions and answers on how she runs her match-up zone at Cal Poly Pomona.

Scott Peterman - Men's Basketball Hoopscoop Temple University’s basketball team used to spend at least sixty percent or more of practice on the zone and the rest on offense. Temple’s team in the NCAA Tournament was the one that opponents feared to face since it was so unique. Here are some reasons to run it: 1. There are no holes in a match-up zone defense. 2. There is a greater awareness on help and ball-side def...

Scott Peterman - Men's Basketball Hoopscoop I have watched tons of NBA Basketball teams and believed that this match-up zone is the ultimate match-up zone defense. I believe that is the case because it deals with every scenario when it comes to a ball screen and all the different pick and rolls. This match-up zone defense will help develop your player’s communication, stop great scorers, great scoring teams, emplo...