Offence

• Fast Break, Halfcourt, Ballscreens, Off-Ball Screens, Press Break

Fast Break

• Basic
  • Rebound, outlet, fill the lanes (rim run, outside), run hard
  • Numbered break on a make or miss
• Intermediate
  • Escape & break-out dribble, first big, trail post, advance pass
• Advanced
  • Unstructured break on a miss
  • Dribble with the inside hand

Halfcourt Offence

• Basic
  • Spacing and floor balance
  • Triple threat
  • Pass and basket cut
  • Exit cut (space out then up), fill cut
• Intermediate
  • Getting open - blast cut, v-cut
  • Ball reversal
  • Backcut on overplay
  • Pass and corner cut, screen away, ballscreen
  • Dribble-at
    • hand-off, backcut, run around
    • roll, pop
    • turn the corner (fake DHO)
  • Dribble-push entry
  • Post entry
    • passer - relocate, Laker cut or post split (screen away)
    • high-post dive
  • Create double and triple gaps for dribble penetration
  • Dribble penetration
    • fill behind
    • baseline drive - baseline drift
    • middle drive - widen the drive or rotate behind (euro cut)
  • Penetrate-pass-pass (make the extra pass)
• Advanced
  • Catch and go - attack on a catch (shoot, drive or pass)
  • Attack mismatches
  • Shot selection
  • Pass and follow for a handback (outside, inside, rub cut)
  • Dribble loop - shallow cut, zipper cut

Ballscreens

• Blog Post - Ballscreen Reads
• Basic
  • come off to score
  • pass to the screener
• Intermediate
  • sell opposite
  • pick and pop
  • pick and dive (closed to the ball)
  • reject the screen
  • split the screen
  • on-ball defender goes under
    • attack, or cat and mouse
  • switching defence
    • screen the on-ball defender's "back pocket", seal to get inside position
  • hard show
    • go around the screen defender (beat the coverage)
  • screen defender zones up (drop coverage)
    • reject
    • pull-up jumper
    • snake dribble - crossover to cut off your defender
    • fake the snake - inside-out and around
• Advanced
  • lift behind (shake), hook or pivot pass
  • early split (before the screen)
  • slip (to the rim), ghost screen (to space)
  • on-ball defender goes under
    • shoot
    • re-screen (twist)
  • drop coverage
    • hostage dribble
    • pick and pop
  • hard show
    • short roll to space
    • drag the screen defender to create a switch
  • blitz (trap)
    • retreat and kick
    • bounce out
      • bounce pass to short roll
      • get over the trap, or spin back
  • "ice" coverage (force baseline)
    • use the screen (attack middle)
    • attack baseline
    • snake middle
    • flip the screen (butt to the rim), use it
    • pick and pop
    • DHOs are harder to ice
  • switching
    • reject, slip
    • attack the mismatch
      • size inside
        • roll and post up
      • speed outside
        • boomerang pass
    • screen with the attacker guarded by the weakest defender

Off-Ball Screens

• Basic
  • pass and screen away
  • backcut or curl to the rim, screener back to the ball
• Intermediate
  • setting up a screen
  • downscreens
    • cutter - reject, curl (tight, soft), pop, fade
    • screener - slip, or second cut opposite the cutter (one player to the rim, one to the ball)
  • backscreen, cross-screen
• Advanced
  • flarescreen - passer, weakside
  • staggered, double, elevator screen

Press Break

• Basic
  • Point guard - sideline outlet position (not coffin corner)
  • Meet a pass, face upcourt, strong pivot, sweep and rip (ball tough), attack on the dribble
  • Inbounder - clear the backboard, trail (reversal option) or clear out against man pressure
• Intermediate
  • Point guard
    • fake outside & attack middle
    • overplay - banana cut, back cut, spin and back cut
  • Secondary receivers if point guard taken away
  • Player in the middle of the press
  • Full ball reversal
  • Avoid trapping areas, pass before a trap can be set
  • Pass fake
  • Pass-pass after a trap
• Advanced
  • Inbounder - run the baseline (made basket), look deep