What Is Zone Defense?

There are three kinds of defense in basketball:

*Man to man

*Zone defense

*Mixed defense

The zone defense, each defender are defend a specific area. Player should communicate with each other when they do zone defense. Defense players move to the part where the ball is, in a coordinated manner.

When we should do zone defense?

-If our team is physically disadvantaged than the opposing team,

-For the rest of the tired players,

-If we will to threaten the three point shots of the opposing team,

-Against long player playing with high percentage.

How many types of zone defenses are there?

*3-2

*2-3

*1-2-2

*1-3-1

*2-1-2