Team Offence


Fast Break and Transition Concepts

  • Finishing on the fast break
  • 2 v 1 driving lane and passing lane
  • 3 v 2 driving lane, passing lane and spacing
  • 4 v 3 advantage concepts
  • 5 v 4 advantage concepts

Transition concepts:

  • Early offence – Pace phase
  • Middle – Poise phase
  • Late – Penetration phase

Offensive Concepts versus Zone

Alignments:

  • 3 out, 2 in
  • 3 deep

Concepts:

  • Post positioning
  • Ball reversal
  • Pass and shot fakes
  • Post flashing from behind the zone
  • Overloading
  • Use of Gap dribble
  • Use of Freeze dribble
  • Screening the zone
  • Screens off the ball
  • Use of on-ball screens v the zone
  • High/low action and spacing

Roles of the Cutter and Screener

Role of the cutter:

  • Straight cut
  • Back cut
  • Curl cut
  • Flare cut
  • Turn-out cut

Role of the screener:

  • Straight cut – screener to the basket
  • Back cut – screener to the ball
  • Curl cut – screener to the ball
  • Flare cut –  re-screen concepts

Screening Actions

  • Down screen
  • Cross screen
  • Back screen
  • Up screen
  • On-ball screen
  • Turn-out screen
  • Staggered screen

Offensive Principles of Play

  • Ball reversal through hands
  • Ball reversal via skip pass
  • Ball reversal  through the post
  • Use of back cuts to release pressure
  • Dribble penetration
  • Receivers principles/floor spots on dribble penetration
  • Post entries concept of cutter & re-locator
  • Dribble entries
  • Shallow cut
  • Hand-off entries
  • Alignments 5 out; 4 out, 1 in; 3 out, 2 in

Pass and cut:

  • Guard to forward pass
  • Forward to guard pass
  • After pass to the post