How to Run a Basketball Defense: Zone 1-3-1

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"You know, as important as defense is, you've got to remember that you have options, you don't have to use just one. One important defense that you can use is the one, three, one. Hi, I'm Travis and this is a one, three, one defense. When you're setting up a one, three, one, first of all, you want to set it up where your point guard is at the top of the key, around this area. Now, depending on how, depending on the offense that they're playing and how effective that offense is, that will determine how far your point guard will go out. Now, if the team that's not really shooting a lot of jump shots and they're not really hitting a lot of jump shots, and they're really penetrating the paint, you might want to pack it in a little bit. Your point guard might want to come down, and be inside here. Once you get, but that's, that point guards area, this is all of his area, his or her area. They'll play anything up here, this is their spot. Then you'll have the three, which is your second defense, your three in the middle. So, you'll have the point guard up top, you'll have a forward right here, a center will be a little further back, but what you'll have is, you'll have a small forward here, you'll have the shooting guard on the other side, to support the other side of the defense. So, you'll have a small forward, power forward along the middle, and you'll have the shooting guard on the other side. Now, you may or may not want the outside players, the forward and the shooting guard to move up a little bit, that depends, on how you want to run it. But, that's pretty much the premise, and each of those will have the responsibility of getting anything that comes in that paint. The forward actually, small forward will have this responsibility out here, anything beyond that point guards reach is, on this side of the court will be that small forwards responsibility. On the other side, same thing with the shooting guard, anything over there past the point guard will be that shooting guards responsibility. Now, if it gets past this second line of defense, then back here you'll have the center, which is again, the center will be the one that holds the paint down, and is in the middle, anything that gets past that line of defense, is his or her responsibility. There you have it a one, three, one defense."