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    This document outlines Andy Landers' Freeze Zone offense, including positioning, entry passes, and cuts against different defensive looks. The offense aims to move and distort the zone defense by forcing defenders to guard in unfamiliar areas. Key concepts include attacking the gap between the top two defenders on the initial entry, reversing the ball to freeze defenders, and having forwards slide up the lane or flash high post depending on which defender picks up the ball.

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    This document outlines Andy Landers' Freeze Zone offense, including positioning, entry passes, and cuts against different defensive looks. The offense aims to move and distort the zone defense by forcing defenders to guard in unfamiliar areas. Key concepts include attacking the gap between the top two defenders on the initial entry, reversing the ball to freeze defenders, and having forwards slide up the lane or flash high post depending on which defender picks up the ball.

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    Andy Landers (Georgia Women's Coach) walks through his zone movement

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    This document outlines Andy Landers' Freeze Zone offense, including positioning, entry passes, and cuts against different defensive looks. The offense aims to move and distort the zone defense by forcing defenders to guard in unfamiliar areas. Key concepts include attacking the gap between the top two defenders on the initial entry, reversing the ball to freeze defenders, and having forwards slide up the lane or flash high post depending on which defender picks up the ball.

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    Andy Landers - Freeze Zone Offense

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    This document outlines Andy Landers' Freeze Zone offense, including positioning, entry passes, and cuts against different defensive looks. The offense aims to move and distort the zone defense by forcing defenders to guard in unfamiliar areas. Key concepts include attacking the gap between the top two defenders on the initial entry, reversing the ball to freeze defenders, and having forwards slide up the lane or flash high post depending on which defender picks up the ball.

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    The passages discuss the principles and strategies of the Freeze Zone offense and Shaky 4 Out Zone offense, including entry points, cuts, and defensive responsibilities.

    The goals of the Freeze Zone offense are to force the back defenders to guard up, force the top defenders to guard down, and open gaps to attack the zone defense.

    Some principles of the Shaky 4 Out Zone offense include distorting and weakening the zone defense, working for all zone fronts, and overloading the two defenders on top to draw up the baseline defenders.

    Winston Brown - Level 3 Tech

    Andy Landers Zone Offense


    Freeze Zone Offense

    Defensive Responsibilities (Diagram1)


    • Top defenders cover freethrow line
    extended up to the center
    • Baseline wing defenders, ft line extended
    down, and into the lane.

    Freeze (Diagram 2)
    Positions –
    1 – in the gap between the top two
    defenders
    2,3 – Free throw line extended
    4,5 – Midpost area (in the gap between top
    and bottom defenders).
    • Designed to move/distort the defense
    • Forces the zone to defend in ways that
    they are not accustom.
    • Opens gaps to attack
    Goals –
    1. Force the back defenders to guard up
    2. Force the top defenders to guard down.

    Primary entry – Diagram3


    • Point guard needs to look to attack the
    top gap and force one of those defenders
    to collapse.
    • If they don’t collapse, don’t settle for
    being inside the gap GET THRU the gap

    NCCP Level 3 Technical - Andy Landers - Freeze Zone Offense - 1


    On the reversal – Diagram4
    • When the point guard is reversing the
    ball, she needs to think about how she
    can freeze one of the top defenders.
    o Forces backside guy to guard up.

    Once the ball is reversed – Diagram5


    • The weak side forward must watch to see
    which strong side defender takes the ball.
    o If top defender goes, then flash
    highpost.
    o If bottom defender goes, then cut
    to the short corner

    When one forward goes to the short corner,


    the posting forward slides up the lane one
    step and square to the backboard.
    * Pass to one another forehead to forehead
    against the zone

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    Breakdown Drill –
    • Defense guards the post closest to the ball,
    or guard to the post with the ball.
    • Offensive posts imagine baseline or top
    defenders checking the ball and react.
    • Once they catch the ball, their partner must
    react.
    o Short corner cut – Step up
    o High post flash – Step down
    • Defender is supposed to be the middle of the
    zone.

    Low/High pass
    • Anytime the short corner passes to the high
    post, she cuts backdoor to the basket.
    * High post can/should shot fake before they
    pass back.
    ** When the ball goes inside, the permiter
    players should go to the open spots (where they
    ain’t).
    *** On the short corner catch – weakside wing
    goes baseline drift.

    Skip Pass
    • Anytime the ball is skipped, forwards seal
    out.
    o They should also look to exchange hi/
    low

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    Wag Dribble Down -
    • Top man guards the wing, drag dribble him
    lower.
    • Other perimeter players need to rotate and
    create space and angles.
    o Lane line extended (junction
    extended)

    Straight Seal Game –


    • When the ball is reversed, seal the middle
    and seal the outside.
    o Seal out and in.
    o Wings need to see weakside seal
    (skip seal)

    Straight Wag Game


    • Adjust to who is guarding you on the wing.
    o Top – Wag down and look to reverse
    to the quick shot
    o Bottom – Wag up and look for the
    short corner fill.
    Flash Game
    • Just flashes and subcuts (shortcorner)

    NCCP Level 3 Technical - Andy Landers - Freeze Zone Offense - 4


    4 Out Zone Offense - SHAKY
    4 Out Zone offense – Space/Shaky
    • Shakes things up (hence name)
    • Works for all zone fronts
    o Change of zone doesn’t matter
    • Distorts and weakens zone
    • Works well for trapping.

    Positioning
    • Overload needs to be on the two guys on
    top.
    o 4 vs. 2 – which draws up baseline
    defenders.
    • Post is at the midpost.

    4 – Out Initial Entry


    • Guard to wing pass and cut through.
    • Weakside perimeter players fill quickly.
    o create passing angles
    o avoid being flat (no three in a row)
    • On those reverse passes, look for the post
    trying to establish and angle.
    To avoid deflections – cut passed the line of the
    defender to take away their gap (nothing to
    shoot)

    Shaky – Wag Up
    • If the baseline defender takes the wing, then
    we ‘wag’ him up.
    • On the wag dribble, the cutter button hooks
    to the strong side corner.
    * Wings make it difficult for defenders to know
    where you are.
    * If corner gets the ball, midpost slide up to keep
    good spacing.

    NCCP Level 3 Technical - Andy Landers - Freeze Zone Offense - 5


    Shaky – Double Cut
    • After Guard to wing pass (and guard cut
    through), the wing can pass to the filler and
    then follow the guard through to the opposite
    corner

    * Anytime we’re running the shaky cut – check


    when your underneath the post (could be wide
    open).
    • If they can’t get it to you, continue to the
    corner.
    Know who you want to guard you!
    * Freezing the prevents the defense from
    covering and recovering

    * Try to get your two shooters on the same side


    (because they will always be the cutters).
    * Think about flare screen exchange for the top
    to ‘reverse’ players.

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