Dave Odom 1-3-1
 | 1 Dave Odom 1-3-1 set A passive zone defence doesn't come outside the arc, react to every pass or chase too hard, it makes you shoot the 3. An attack zone chases every pass and pressures the ball. Teach zone-attack principles first (and don't rely on what you taught last year, you have to re-teach): - against a passive zone, take the ball to the defence, dribble penetrate a gap, draw two defenders, pass - against an attack zone, move the ball - use the high post to keep the defence in, make them guard it - dribble throw-back - fake a pass, make a pass, analogous to dribble throw-back (shift the zone) - make the extra pass. High-post 4 is a better passer than low-post 5, and doesn't let a zone defender stay in the passing lane. 5 gets ballside with his back on the baseline and hands up to see what's coming at him, get separation so one defender can't guard 4 and 5, and be clear anytime a bottom defender gets pulled up. Tom Izzo, Jack Bennett - never have 1 and 4 in a tandem (they are offset). |
 | 2 Ball reversal. Geno Auriemma - on ball reversal the rule is pass to the baseline if the bottom defender comes out on the ball, or pass the ball right back if a top defender comes out. (Option - 5 moves block to block but steps out to the short corner if a bottom defender comes out on the ball, see Bill Self, also Heath Millar) Dave Arseneault (Grinnell) - if 4 can't get the ball after one reversal from side to side, he will probably step out of the high post and the low post will replace him, or they have an open set and rely more on dribble penetration. coachesclipboard.ca - one way to get the ball into the middle of the zone is by posting at the elbow, with your back to the far sideline. On ball reversal, post there against a guard defender recovering from the ball (seal him outside). Perimeter players must get every third pass into the high post, see the middle of the zone, be patient, and use pass fakes to create passing lanes (e.g., a pass fake from the wing to the top will often influence the top defenders higher). |
 | 3 4 does not stay behind defender X2, he steps clear up or down. On a pass to 4 he in effect becomes the point guard, he turns and looks low, 5 gets his head under the rim for a second, 4 will fake high (shot or pass) and bounce pass low. The wings space and drop to the corners, 4 goes ballside if he passes to a wing, the principle is outside, inside, look low, reversal, follow the ball. (Drag action option - 2 dribbles back out to the wing, looking for 5 if a bottom defender is on the ball, see Bill Self, Heath Millar, Kermit Davis zone motion) |
 | 4 On a pass into the low post, the high post comes down looking for an air pass. (Crackdown option - if 5 fans the ball to 1 or 2, 4 screens for 5 then comes high, see Bill Self) |
 | 5 Skip passes are good (not great), a wing-corner skip pass is better than a corner-wing skip pass, there is less chance of interception and the point guard is back for defensive balance. (Skip-skip option - on a skip pass 5 pin screens the weakside of the zone for a return skip pass then seals, see Kermit Davis) |
 | 6 For a skip pass out of the corner (or low post), make sure that 3 comes ballside. |
 | 7 (Entry options) a) Start with two low posts, then 4 comes out to the high post. Billy Donovan - Florida normally starts 3-out 2-in against zone with the bigs on the blocks, then tries to overload the baseline (low) or the top. Tom Izzo - they usually start in a 1-2-2 then flash a big high to get into a 1-3-1 quickly. Never have the point guard and the high post in a tandem. Also see Geno Auriemma (shallow cut), 1-3-1 rotation. b) 4 comes out to ballscreen for 1, optionally first shift the defence with dummy passing to and from a wing (shown, see Nash corner, Izzo arm chop) Jack Bennett - against a 3-2 zone you can start the offence by ballscreening the top, and he will also allow the baseline man to fill middle from behind when the middle is vacant and the ball is on top. Steve Cleveland (Fresno State) - the high post screens the odd-fronted zone to start the offence (smack action). c) A 1-4 high set can be used if 4 and 5 are interchangeable, or on an entry pass to 2-3-4 (5 dives), see Memphis. |
 | 8 Normally go 2-1-2 against a 1-2-2 (even versus odd), but only if 4 or 5 is comfortable in the corner. Otherwise 3 runs the corners, the roles of 4 and 5 don't change. Variation - 3 and 4 exchange on ball reversal, see Dave Odom vs 1-3-1. (Options) - 3 runs to the other side on the pass back out to 1 or optionally on ball reversal to 2 - 5 crosses the lane on ball reversal to 2, or optionally on a pass to 3, see Dave Odom vs 1-3-1. |
 | 9 (Variation) Use the high post to ballscreen on ball reversal, see Florida ballscreen 3s, Kermit Davis four high, also Atkins high.. Here 1 enters the two-guard front by passing to 2, spacing away, and pushing runner 3 down. 4 ballscreens. Option - 1 cuts to the weakside corner, 3 stays on the wing (see Larry Brown dive). |
 | 10 Here 1 dribble pushes 3 through as the baseline runner and gets a ballscreen from 4, 5 is weakside and will screen in for a pass to 3 (see Florida ballscreen 3s). |
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