2-3 Zone Offense — Overload Attack
Stacks three offensive players on one side of a 2-3 zone to outnumber the two defenders there, forcing a shift that opens either a skip pass or a high-post flash.
Zone OffenseAges 13–15, Ages 16+
The breakdown
Reads & options
- 1.Once the zone overloads to the strong side, the skip pass to O4 on the weak side is often the first read for an open catch-and-shoot.
- 2.O5 flashing into the vacated high-post gap behind the shifting zone is the second read if the skip isn't there.
- 3.Reset and overload the other side if the defense matches the numbers cleanly the first time.
Coaching points
- Overloading only works if the weak side stays spaced and ready to catch a skip pass — if the weak-side players drift in, there's nothing to attack when the zone shifts.
- The skip pass has to be quick and on target, since it's the pass most zones are slowest to rotate to.
- Attacking the same overload every time makes it scoutable — mix which side you overload possession to possession.
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