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Overview:
Continuity zone offense built from a 1–4 high alignment, designed to overload the ball side with high-low and short corner actions, then reverse the ball to trigger repeated automatics.
Why It Works
The constant dive-and-replace of the posts forces the zone to guard multiple angles at once. On a wing entry, the low post attacks the short corner gap while the high post fills. On a short-corner catch, the high post dives; on a high-post catch, the low post ducks in. Skips and reversals keep the zone shifting until it breaks.
Key Teaching Points
Ball reversal must be crisp to trigger continuity properly.
Post timing is critical: dive immediately on each trigger.
On low-post/short corner catches, the high post must dive without hesitation.
Skips to the weak side must be made quickly to exploit shifting defenders.
Start in a 1–4 high: 1 top, 3 left wing, 2 right wing, 4 left elbow, 5 right elbow.
On a top-to-wing pass, 1 cuts away to the weak deep wing; weak wing fills the slot.
Ball-side post (5) dives to the short corner; opposite post (4) replaces to the elbow.
On a short corner catch, the high post dives to the rim.
If no finish, pass out high opposite to reverse and reset.
On a high-post catch, the low post ducks in for high-low action.
Ball swings to weak slot, triggering reversal and repeating the X Games pattern.
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