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Permalink Reply by Coach Drew on January 24, 2013 at 10:00pm

I've always been told to run your best man to man offense against a box and 1. I'm interested to see what other people say.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Corbett on January 25, 2013 at 11:08am

As former pg that faced some of this, I liked a simple overload philosophy.  Against box I would choose one of the guards and dribble toward him forcing him to engage.  Replacement cut to open gap by another player with one on wing at strict 45 degree angle to hoop with someone at just above low block posting up/screening.  Have the person being guarded by man on weak side.  You should force one of the defensive forwards to choose between 3 offensive players at elbow, low post, and wing.  Good ball movement can go high to low, inside out and to the superstar who can now catch ball on move while defense is in help position rather than focused on him.  Just tweak for diamond.  I also think man being guarded by "one" can be a lethal screener.  If you can force defensive switches with solid shoulder to shoulder screens...this defense is dead in water.  

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Permalink Reply by Tom Otstot on January 25, 2013 at 12:25pm

·        Setting good screens for star player is very effective.

·        Simple and can create confusion on the part of the defense.

·        Another effective tactic is having star player set screens for the other four players and then he seals the defender being screened and rolls to the hoop for the pass - an easy way for star player to get open

·        Easy strategy is to put star player in either corner, running the baseline, always on the ball-side. This forces the defense to play what looks like a 2-3 zone. Now just use 2-3 zone offense 

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Permalink Reply by Robert Dalton on January 30, 2013 at 2:24am

Have designated player play in post keep moving to strong side,it will shrink the d. And open up attacks on week side have player on top crash the middle this creates a rebounding triangle.rotate the strong shooter back to top of key to defend fast break or deflect outlet pass and create turnover

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