This Butler BLOB out of a Box Set is a clever baseline out of bounds play that catches the defense sleeping. It utilizes a quick cross screen at the elbows to shift defensive focus before dropping a hammer back screen for an uncontested layup at the rim. Initial Set Play Breakdown The Setup & Cross…
As you know, beating a disciplined man-to-man defense requires constant ball reversals and precise timing on off-ball cuts. This High Post Entry Baseline Cut sequence uses a simple perimeter swing to establish a critical high post touch, which serves as the immediate trigger for a blind baseline dive. Play Setup and Initial Alignment Effective half-court…
Undoubtedly over the course of a season you will hear a coach or broadcaster refer to a player taking a shot just inside the three point line as a bad shot.  The common beef is that your are taking a long shot which presumably has a lower percentage chance of success without any added return…
Memphis is a man to man set with a guard on big diagonal screen to get post position and a down screen for the guard. Timing in the animation is a little off.  You will probably want the screen the screener action to be a little sooner. Take a look at the animation of MemphisÂ
If you play with a shot clock, analyzing how your team performs at both ends of the floor in each third of the shot clock can be a real eye opener and teaching tool. I look at this a lot when I analyze games and it’s probably not surprising that I (and many others) generally…
Man Baseline Play with a small on big screen to bring a big to the block and an elevator screen for the guard that screened for the 5.  Good play to create a post mismatch or get a pretty clean look at a 3 pointer.  Make sure the man guarding your inbounder is not big enough to guard…
