About this episode

Colby Blaine discusses the 2-3 matchup zone defense and shares insights on coaching strategies and player development.

🏀📥 Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Idaho Basketball Coaching Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- We are fortunate to have Colby Blaine back for this episode. Blaine is the head men’s coach at the College of Idaho. He collected his second National Championship this past season with the Yotes. The title — College of Idaho’s second in the last 3 seasons — capped a 35-2 record that included a 25-game winning streak to end the campaign. --- EPISODE BREAKDOWN 1:20 - Sustaining success at UofI 3:20 - Keys to connection in a program 4:50 - Overcoming challenges during a title run 6:30 - Strengths of 2-3 vs. other defenses 8:00 - Getting players to think conceptually on defense 9:30 - Placing players in a zone defense 11:30 - How defense factors into playing time 12:20 - Toughness & Communication in a zone 14:40 - Matching up against different formations 16:15 - Mixing zone with man defense 17:10 - Basic principles of the match-up zone 19:05 - More advanced concepts 20:00 - Handling cutters 21:00 - Skip Passes 21:25 - Flare Screens 22:30 - On-Ball Screens 24:40 - Allowing players to make decisions 25:15 - Harder to Guard: Post or Perimeter 26:36 - 1v1 at the high post 28:40 - Rebounding out of…

People in this episode

Guest: Colby Blaine

Topics covered

• 2-3 Matchup Zone
• defensive strategies
• basketball coaching
• team success
• player development

Keywords

• matchup zone
• basketball defense
• coaching
• player communication
• defensive principles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: College of Idaho

Places: UofI, Yotes

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