Tod Kowalczyk: Zone Offenses & Set Plays for Attacking Any Zone Defense

Coach Kowalczyk does a great job of breaking down the offense. It took me two practices to implement this offense and my team was amazing against any zone that tried to stop us.

Great drills as well.

I felt that there was a lot of useful information in this DVD. Really enjoyed the Perfect Passing Drill, which is a drill we are able to spend time in almost every day since it can be done quickly.

I really enjoyed this DVD the passing drills were very good. Coach does a good job explaining his drills and the point of his drills. The break down of the zone offense was good, however I wish he would have talked more about the motion aspect of his offense. The continuity and set plays of the zone offense was pretty go.

The great thing about the set plays for attacking any zone defense,you can take bits and pieces and implement them into your current offense.

This is a solid video but not my favorite on zone offense. The video starts out with some basic drills, you are really only getting 3 different drills in this video as two of them are really variations of the same thing. I do love the 60 passing drill and use it myself in practice. The video is very specific for attacking only the 2-3 zone defense. He will show you a commonly used continuity where the posts will "X" back and forth from the short corner to the high post as the ball is reversed. The actions he uses when the ball is entered to either the high post and short corner were unique. If you want a continuity like is shown in this video I recommend one of the Bill Self zone videos. His motion offense is only 3 minutes and he does not explain it much nor do the players run it very well. If you want a motion zone video I recommend looking at Harry Perretta's Unscoutable Zone Offense. I did like his 5 sets at the end. They do a good job at getting you a post up opportunity or an open look for your best shooter. These sets use a lot of ball screens or baseline screens for a shooter filling to the corner. Best reason to get the video is for a good general overview of several different styles of zone offense. If you want more in-depth knowledge on options, technique, etc in the continuity or motion offenses then there are better videos for you.

5-Star rating

The reason why I am giving this DVD a 5-star rating is because coach offers great drills on passing, offensive and defensive transition drills, and several zone offensive zone looks.

With the passing drills, coach gives you a perfect passing drill where players pass the ball around and exchange positions for 20-30 seconds. If any player drops the ball, the drill starts over. Coach covers a 60 pass drill, in which teams pass the ball around with the goal of being the first team to 60. In this DVD coach reduces the passes down to 30 passes, which is ideal. I tried the 60 pass drill once and I had to reduce the drill down to 20..because of time.

Another great drill coach shares is 76er Drill. This is a great offensive and defensive transition drill. It covers so many areas of basketball and it helps because as a high school coach, my time is limited and having multiple drills that covers several areas helps to move practice along.

The meat of the DVD is covered next. Coach shares several offensive looks in order to battle a zone defense. He covers three ways to go after a zone (Set plays, continuity plays, and motion plays. Coach believes that you should be able to use all three looks in order to attack a zone, an I agree. He shows "White", "White Hot", "High" just to name a few of the plays. He also has a few plays in order to attack a 1-2-2/3-2 zone defense. Also thrown into this very informational DVD is 4 principles, that coach believes, are ways to attack a zone defense. (1. Get the ball into the high post, 2. Don't settle for jump shots, 3. Set screens, and 4). Get players moving and have some ball movement).

Lastly, coach shares some solid coaching tips on coaching and how to stay grounded as a coach.

This is a 5-star DVD. Great reference material. Great advice. Awesome