Flex specials
 | 1 1) Flex cut and clear a) Hold Post isolation. 1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5 and keeps going, 5 ducks in. |
 | 2 4 looks inside for 5 or passes to 1 who can pass directly to 5 or dribble down if X5 comes over the top. Option (shown) - 3 and 4 stagger screen for 2 on a pass to 1. See Fast breaks - Larry Brown, Old Dominion, Offence - Maryland flex, Flex variations, and Oregon University. |
 | 3 b) Fist 1 slides away, 5 ducks in then continues to ballscreen for 4. Fist is an option in Flex Hold if 4 has no pass. See Maryland flex. |
 | 4 c) European play #7 The ball is reversed from 1 to 3, 2 flex cuts and keeps going, 5 picks and rolls. See Offence - European (play 7). |
 | 5 d) Phoenix Suns 1 Twist mensbasketballhoopscoop.blogspot.com 2 flex cuts on ball reversal to 3 then clears, 4 screens away for 1. |
 | 6 4 twists to set a ballscreen for 1. |
 | 7 2) Rip 2 backscreens for 4 See Offences - Hubie Brown triangle, Nets, Flex variations. 1 passes to 4 who passes to 3, 2 flex cuts then backscreens for 4, 5 comes high as 4 cuts to the basket. (Rip-get option - 4 sprints into a pick and roll with 3, 2 clears to the weakside corner) |
 | 8 5 picks and rolls on a pass to 2. Variations - 4 and 5 stay low, - 2 goes one-on-one from the top (Hubie Brown) - 4 cross-screens for 5 on a pass to 2 (see North Carolina fast break). |
 | 9 Kickback option If 4 passes back to 1 (e.g., 3 is denied), look for a lob pass off the backscreen. 5 will again ballscreen on a pass to 2 out top. See Larry Brown, North Carolina. |
 | 10 3) Argentina ballscreen 2 flex cuts on the pass to 4, who swings it to 3 and follows to pick and pop, 2 backscreens for 4 then pops out to the wing. See Argentina flex offence. |
 | 11 Regular flex cut 4) New Jersey Nets series (see Nets offence). 1 passes to 4, 2 flex cuts using 5, then 4 passes to 3. coachesclipboard.ca - flex duck-in - to get the ball inside on a flex cut, the cutter goes low forcing X5 to help momentarily, 5 ducks in right in front of X5 (drop step towards the ball with his top foot then quickly slide in front). On a pass from 4, 5 should go back in the direction he came from (drop step with the foot furthest from the passer), there shouldn't be any back-side defenders to help. Ian MacKinnon - if 2 goes under the screen, 5 should duck in. Lawrence Frank - if 2 goes low and X2 stays attached (chases), 5 ducks into the dots. Hubie Brown - if X2 goes ballside, 5 will duck in right behind him (option - 2 can bump and fade back to the corner, 5 readjusts the screen). Don Kelbick - 2 rub cuts over 5, makes contact with X5, making him step back into the lane, 5 ducks in. Bob Huggins - 2 goes over the screen so X5 has to help, 5 ducks in. For reads and options on a flex cut, see Offences - Nets, Hubie Brown triangle, Maryland flex, Kelbick 1-4 high, Huggins open-post, and Shooting - 2-shot flex screens. Other tactics to get the ball inside include curl the post, duck in, backscreen to swim-back, downscreen to post-up, and high-low downscreen, see Quick hitter - Cornell ballscreen, Post play - Duck-in, Tactics - Using backscreens, Using downscreens. |
 | 12 a) Power 3 passes back to 4, 5 cross-screens for 2, who goes under, 5 ducks into the middle. |
 | 13 b) Cross 2 cross-screens for 5, 4 downscreens for 2. |
 | 14 Cross-fist - 4 comes back out to pick and roll on a pass to 2 out top, 1 and 3 go down to the corners, 5 replaces if 4 rolls. See Fast breaks - Memphis, Serbia U18. |
 | 15 c) Cross-get 5 ballscreens for 3, 4 goes to the weakside low post, 2 comes out to the weakside slot, 1 spaces away. |
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 | 17 a) Back 4 passes to 3, 2 backscreens for 5, 1 and 4 stagger screen for 2. Old Dominion - 5 re-screens for 2 then posts ballside. |
 | 18 b) Panther 5 and 1 stagger screen for 2 (4 doesn't pass to 3). |
 | 19 6) Slice See Tactics - Lawrence Frank ballscreens. The ball is reversed to 3, 2 can use the flex screen by 5 or a stagger screen by 1 and 4. 1 goes opposite 2. |
 | 20 3 passes to 1 and pins down for 2, who can use a stagger screen by 5 and 4 (3 pops back out) or use the single screen, then 3 uses the stagger screen. See Offence - Izzo quick strikes (Flip). |
 | 21 7) Xavier See goxavier.com (newsletter #5, 2010-11). 2 flex cuts on the pass to 4. |
 | 22 4 passes back to 1, 3 and 4 stagger screen for 2, who acts like he is going to use the stagger then cuts off a screen from 5. 3 uses 4's screen. Option - if 2 uses the stagger screen, 3 cuts baseline using 5, see Offence - Oregon University. Also see Maryland flex (Hold), Fast breaks - Old Dominion (Twenty cut), Hold above, Quick hitters - Ohio State. Ian MacKinnon - Florida - 5 flex screens for 2 then re-screens on a pass to 1, 3 and 4 don't screen. If defenders switch on the flex cut, 2 keeps going, 1 dribbles to the wing looking to feed 5 posting a mismatch (see Hold above). |
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