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Basketball · Level 4

Intermediate

5 sub-levels · 50 tests · 500 facts · updated 22 October 2026

Level 4 is team systems: man-to-man and zone defence, half-court offence against both, the fast break and secondary break, and full-court and half-court pressing.

Sub-levels

Sub-level 4.1Man-to-Man DefenceThe idea of man-to-man, pressure and sagging, the pack line, gap help, help the helper and rotations, matchups and cross-matching, no middle, defending a star, its weaknesses, and the shell drill.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.2Zone DefenceThe idea of a zone, the 2-3, the 3-2, the 1-3-1, matchup zones, box-and-one and other junk defences, zone strengths and weaknesses, rebounding and shifting, and when to play a zone.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.3Half-Court OffenceAttacking a zone through its gaps, the high post and short corner, overloads and reversals, motion offence, the flex and other continuities, horns, Princeton and triangle ideas, alignments, entries and the late clock.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.4Fast Break and TransitionPrimary and secondary breaks, early offence and drag screens, the numbered break, transition threes, leak-outs and long rebounds, pace, crashing or getting back, bigger advantages, transition statistics and drills.10 tests · 100 factsSub-level 4.5PressingThe full-court man press, the 2-2-1 and the 1-2-1-1 diamond, where and how to trap, rotations behind a trap, breaking a press and press-break sets, when to press, and its risks.10 tests · 100 facts

Written from

FIBA/WABC Coaches Manual Level 3 and general coaching references; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIBA rules belong to the Rules category.