Use: The Manduck matchup zone should be used for 2 on 2 basketball play, when you have a short quick guy and a big slower guy on your team and are facing two guys in between.
Objective: You want to prevent the opponent from posting up the little guy or isolating against the big guy on the perimeter. Our goal is to force an outside shot from their weaker shooter, let's call him Corey.
Execution: The little guy guards the better shooter- let's call him Jon- tightly until Jon enters the post. The big guy stays within 15 feet of the basket, even if Corey goes outside.
If Jon enters the post (within 10 feet of the basket) without the ball, the big guy switches onto him. The little guy then recovers on Corey. Ideally, Corey panics and shoots a tough shot.
If Jon then comes back outside and the ball is passed to him, the defense feigns like it's double teaming and the little guy takes over guarding Jon as the big guy falls to guard Corey in the post, if he's smart enough to cut to the basket.
Bottom Line: You want to use your strengths (the little guy's quickness and the big guy's height) and play to their weakness (Corey's outside shooting or a post shot contested by the big guy). If you achieve this, you should be able to exorcise your demons and beat a couple of kids who were Freshmen when you were Seniors.
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