These are some of the positive reasons you should consider adding zone presses to your arsenal. Building Your Zone Press Remember when you are selecting your zone presses that one press alone will probably not be sufficient to be successful on a consistent basis. Almost all good defensive teams have multiple presses. The primary reason for that is that you need to be able to change rhythm's and tempo's over various parts of the court and with varying tactics. Variability produces more uncertainty in attacking teams and both increases your zone press effectiveness and takes away offensive press break confidence.
Zone presses are very effective as well when they are interchanged with man to man pressure.
On any ball movement you zone press defenders responsibilities and slides change. If they do not adjust you are beaten. Teach this most basic but too often misunderstood principle of zone pressing. Determine whether you are playing trapping or containment pressure. If you are trapping, you must constantly have two players doubling up on the ball after each pass.