I am not all that experienced with using Zone as a stand - along defense, so far I have used either a combo, man to man, or Press with my other teams, but this year, for the first time, I have switched to a full zone with VMI, with largely the same post and interior players. . and my interior defense has been much better and I have been collecting a ton of blocks(Yes its only two exhibitions and two real games - but. . . is there a reason for this? I always thought man to man was the more effective defense for blocking shots, but the few times I tried plain zone last season and the games in this season, my blocks skyrocketed.

Generally zones will produce more blocks than any other defense. Once you have played a few more games check the national leaders and most play zone. On the other hand, they also will give up more offensive rebounds than a man-to-man.

I think zone allows more for a help defender to come over and get a block. By going for the block, this opens up someone on the other team to get an offensive rebound because the shot blocker is out of position.

A, I just checked out your VMI club man you got nice speed and ath from your big guys with high shot blocking those boys will be getting some rejections. You need to trade me McClure for someone. heh

Heh. McClure in DIII. . . heh.

I would take any player off that roster with no hesitation for either of my dIII teams. I'm just trying to get that team up to that c- prestige so I can get better recruits.

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