Coaching Zone Offense: Attacking Unconventional Defenses (The Art & Science of Coaching Series) [Paperback]

Bob Huggins (Author)

Book Description

Series: Art & Science of Coaching | Publication Date: October 1, 2000

A comprehensive review of the concepts, principles, and fundamentals involved in playing zone offenses. Includes chapters on how to beat zones, individual positions and job descriptions, zone offense terminology, entries and quick hitters, offensive sets and continuity against zone defenses, and more. Contains almost 100 diagrams and detailed descriptions.

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HugginsÂ’ accomplishments rank him with the nationÂ’s top major university coaches. His 542-191 record (.739) amassed during his 23 seasons as a head coach ranks him fifth in winning percentage and 13th in victories among active Division I mentors. His string of 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances is the third-longest active streak.

His teams have won 20 or more games in all but four of his 23 campaigns and he has averaged 23.5 victories a season, 26.0 wins per campaign over the past eight years.

Huggins, 50, has compiled a 374-119 record (.759) in his 15 years at Cincinnati, making him the winningest coach in terms of victories and percentage in the schoolÂ’s rich basketball history.

Huggins has directed Cincinnati to 10 conference regular season titles and eight league tournament titles. The Bearcats have been to postseason play in each of HugginsÂ’ 15 seasons at UC, advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament three times and in 1991-92, appearing in the Final Four.

Huggins, who has earned the Ray Meyer Award as the Conference USA Coach of the Year in three of the past five seasons (1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-00), was selected national coach of the year by ESPN.com in 2001-02. He was named co-national coach of the year by The Sporting News in 1999-00 and was Basketball TimesÂ’ national coach of the year in 1997-98. He earned national coach of the year recognition from Hoop Scoop in 1991-92 and Playboy in 1992-93.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Coaches Choice; DVD Video edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585181749
• ISBN-13: 978-1585181742
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,023,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book! Must have!, January 7, 2003

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"dstys" (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching Zone Offense: Attacking Unconventional Defenses (The Art & Science of Coaching Series) (Paperback)

This book is terrific. Bob Huggins (U. of Cincinnati) gives you every weapon you need to embarrass any kind of zone defense. 1. Overview of how to beat Zones. 2. Player Job descriptions and placement of personnel. 3. Terminology. 4. Techniques (and drills). 5.Entries and quick hitters. 6.Zone offensive sets.

This book is a great tool. You'll never have a problem scoring against a zone defense again. The author makes it clear WHY you setup the way he suggests, and WHY the offensive principles work. The best part is that he provides drills that make it easy to teach your team everything they need to know to be effective.

This is a must-buy. It's a great weapon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable guide for attacking complex defenses, May 16, 2004

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Bert Ruiz "Author" (Pleasantville, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coaching Zone Offense: Attacking Unconventional Defenses (The Art & Science of Coaching Series) (Paperback)

Every good youth AAU basketball coach should know his or her limits. In my case, the trademark of most of our teams is usually to play tough defense. To this end, our defensive pressure generates plentiful scoring opportunites. However, as my teams climbed into the tougher AAU tounaments and faced nationally ranked clubs I found our style was lacking and we needed a vast improvement in our ability to execute a reliable zone offense.

Consequently, I found, "Coaching Zone Offenses," by Bob Huggins is an excellent guide to help teams score against complex defenses. Coach Huggins does a good job of providing zone offenses in all shapes and sizes. The key of course...as Huggins points out is to immediately identify what type of zone defense you are facing and then to make the appropriate adjustments.

The Huggins "quick hitters" and "penetration & pitch" plays are easy to teach and valuable tools for getting quality shots during offensive opportunities. We found the low post "kick-out to wing," play a reliable offensive set against good zone defenses. Certainly, the overload and ball reversal plays that Huggins recommendes open scoring opportunites on offense as well. Coach Huggins is also a master of stacks and offers sound ideas on how to consistently crash the boards on offense.

Overall, this is a great book for coaches looking to prepare youth players for serious AAU or high school basketball competition. The narrative in this text is well written and the many diagrams are easy to understand. Recommended for coaches looking for more offensive options.

Bert Ruiz