Zone Attack: Strategies for Beating Zone Defense

with Mike Dunlap,
Colorado Mesa University Head Coach;
Milwaukee Bucks Assistant Coach from 2020 to 2023;
2021 NBA Champions;
Loyola Marymount Head Coach from 2014 through 2020;
Charlotte Bobcats (NBA) Head Coach from 2012 to 2013;
Assistant coach at St. John's (2012 to 2012), Oregon (2009 to 2010), Arizona (2009 to 2010), Denver Nuggets (2006 to 2008);
Metro State Head Coach from 1997 through 2006;
2x NCAA Division II National Champion (2000, 2002);
NABC Division II Coach of the Year (2000, 2002);
2012 RMAC Hall of Fame inductee;
2011 Metro State 2011 Athletics Hall of Fame;
2009 100th Anniversary All-Century team (as Coach);
4x Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Regular Season Champions;
6x RMAC Tournament Champions;
played college basketball for LA Pierce CC and Loyola Marymount

Attack any zone defense with the 10 simple strategies found in this instructional presentation.

Former Charlotte Bobcat Head Coach, and a 2021 World Champion Milwaukee Bucks Assistant Coach, Mike Dunlap holds nothing back in his "Zone Attack" video. One of the best, most focused zone offensive coaches in the game, Coach Dunlap demonstrates how to keep your zone attack simple and concise by teaching clear, simple 5v0 simulations.

In sharing his vast knowledge of zone attack, Coach Dunlap poses five philosophical questions. He puts your philosophy and wisdom to the test as he makes you think about your coaching/teaching style. Whether it's teaching a concept by the part or by the whole or teaching players to master a new concept, Coach Dunlap has a solution.

Coach Dunlap shares 10 key points to mastering the zone attack using simple, clearly understood 5v0 situations. With a strong emphasis on making the defense chase the ball around the zone, you'll learn how to utilize several aspects of your man-to-man offense within your zone attack such as screening, dribble penetration, spacing, ball movement inside and outside the zone, attacking the offensive boards, and beating the zone down the floor.

After sharing the precise details of attacking a zone with movement, Coach Dunlap demonstrates two different looks to surprise a zone once they have denied your normal ball movement. He explains how to implement and use a "look back" action and score at will with the post player creating an opening in the short corner. Through the use a different looks to run a similar system, he shows how to create confusion and misdirection against any zone defense.

Coach Dunlap offers a third way to attack even the best 2-3 zone defenses. He demonstrates an NBA set that uses ball screens and misdirection to get an open three-point shot.

By teaching players to keep the ball moving and how to use misdirection, limit your cutting action within the zone and coach to your personnel, Coach Dunlap offers a strategy that will dominate even the best zone defense in the country. If your teams struggles to beat a zone, this is a must-have video for you.

Produced at the Spring 2014 Myrtle Beach Clinic.

83 minutes. 2014.