Basketball Plays

This is an incredibly simple spread Pick & Roll yet highly effective because it simplifies the offense to a single read.

With this option, you are positioning your inside player at the free throw line or elbows (think Princeton offense).This

If you’re using this option, you have a post player who is a threat when they catch the ball inside and you want to get

If you’re using this option, the post player is always moving block to block depending on where the ball is located. Thi

Another rule you could add involves ball screens. A coach could instruct their players to follow their pass and go set a

* You can add a rule that states: once the ball is passed, the passer must set a screen away from the ball. * The cutter who uses the screen now becomes the cutter to the rim and the same basic rules apply. * When first installing this, it might be wise for the coach to instruct the player who is receiving the screen to always curl tight to the rim. Once this is mastered, the coach can give more freedom to the players to make their own reads and reactions (popping, flaring, rejecting the screen, slips, etc.) * Also, for the screener, coaches should emphasize popping back out following the screen. Oftentimes the screener defender will help on the cut to the rim. This allows the screener to pop out and be open for a shot - and sometimes a drive to the rim against a recovering defender closing out.

* If a player with the ball dribbles at you, you must go backdoor. * Just like the backdoor cut mentioned above, the same rules for a normal basket cut apply here: cut all the way through, cut and fill to next spot, other players rotate to open spot * Players must understand the difference between their teammates driving and attacking the rim and dribbling at themA north and south dribble to the rim is a drive * An east and west dribble to the side is a dribble at * A good rule here would be that if a player dribbles directly at you and they are above the 3-point line, go backdoor. * A key here is the spacing of the inside player. If this player sees a backdoor cut happening, they need to open up space for this pass by filling up and leaving the rim open.

While this is not a set play, these are a few options your team can use by using 5 in the high post.

When you pass, you must basket cut.The first and most basic rule of the 4-Out Offense is that when you pass, you must ba

There are several alignment options available to coaches when running the 4-Out Offense as well. Each has their own advantages and disadvantages.