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:
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
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