Zone Defense

Zone Quickhit

How to run Zone Quickhit — a zone defense you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
Zone Quickhit — frame 1 diagram
1 dribbles to the left perimeter; 4 cuts to the top
Zone Quickhit — frame 2 diagram
1 passes to 4; 5 cuts to the right low post; 2 cuts to the right low post; 4 passes to 2

Call Zone Quickhit when you need to attack a zone before it gets set. Your guard hits the wing, you immediately cut baseline to the low post, and you catch the return pass inside the zone's seam for a short power look. It's a quick two-pass sequence that punishes a zone that's still rotating.

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