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Full Court Press: Strategy of the Secondary Trap

When implementing a Full Court Press, after the initial stages of how the trapping action happens attention should then shift to the options for a Secondary Trap. The Secondary Trap is the name given to those options for another trap to form after the first has broken down or been released.

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7 Principles of Attacking a Press

When facing a Press there are a number of different principles that will help limit the impact of the traps effectiveness against a team. These principles are not strategies, but rather basic technical skills and tactics that will help develop consistency and effectiveness of a strategy against a press no matter the offensive philosophy or system being employed.

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2-2-1 Full Court Zone Press

The 2-2-1 Full Court Zone Press is a very commonly used trapping system. When compared to the trapping formations of a 1-2-1-1 or a 1-2-2 the 2-2-1 Full Court Zone Press has a slightly different player rotation that is involved in the trap. This helps provide a different look for the offense to play with.

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1-3-1 Push Wing Trap

The 1-3-1 Push Wing Trap is a half court pressing system. The focus of the defence is to initiate trapping areas above the quarter court, but well within the halfway line.

 

This position of the 1-3-1 Push Wing Trap helps reduce the distance needing to be covered by the defenders in rotation.

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1-2-1-1 Full Court Zone Press

The 1-2-1-1 Full Court Zone Press is one of the more utilised rotations for defensive trapping systems in the full court. Often used as a common alternative to the 1-2-2 alignment to try and extended defenders further down the court and limit options used by offensive teams to make long passes over the head of the last line of defenders.

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