Zone Defense Amoeba A matchup zone Why Zone

Zone Defense Amoeba - A match-up zone

Why Zone – Why match -up • Basic Alignment – 2 triangles SS SS LS P P D

Principles • • • Ball in your zone area – play as if man to man – aggressively SS tries to force ball down sideline Wing D try to force ball Down (up) sideline ( into LP’s Double) D 3 Plays ball behind , must see the whole field and must not get beat by a sneak from X behind LP doubles as ball moves from either S 1 or S 2 to D 1 or D 2 LP plays like a backer at other times and looks for flash cuts Sticks to the passing lanes The rule for any skip pass is that the closest player to the ball covers the player with the ball. COMMUNICATE –COMMUNICATE-COMMUNICATE

Vs 1 -3 -2 X X SS 1 SS 2 LS P X P D X X X

• As ball moves around the perimeter, the top triangle rotates ; S 1 steps down and back; S 2 steps down; LP looks to double; If the Wing offense player moves the ball to behind X, LP replaces S 1, S 1 replaces S 2 and S 2 replaces LP’s triangle position; When they can exchange to original spots, I encourage my players to do so. In the picture above, D 1 and D 2 cover the crease man with the help of S 2 ; the bottom triangle does not rotate , we just do not play as aggressively behind. When ball is behind the others hold their positions ( Top Triangle with the LP or S 2 helping crease) and D 2 and D 3, watching their pipes. •

Vs 1 -4 -1 Help is adjacent; protect the crease X SS 1 X LP XSS 2 X P D X P X

2 -4 • Invert SS X X D P LP P X SS plays only at GLE; diamond rotates

Drills • Hub Drill X X X D Footwork and recovery is key – use a crease!!! Options – add a football hand pad; add a QB dummy for a figure 8 or chop

Drills X • Slap X X D Footwork and recovery is key – use a crease!!! Options – add a football hand pad; add a QB dummy for a figure 8 or chop

Drills • Over Top X Coach D Footwork and recovery is key – Break down is key X

Individual Drills • Slap – use a football hand dummy