DANGEROUS ZONE
Dangerous zone= area from circle to circle. It’s called dangerous because it’s very congested in there.
Basic rule in dangerous zone: get the hell out of there because you don’t want to lose the ball. You can only get out in that zone by dribbling or passing SQUARE to the side line
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