Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Horns Ideas

Create opportunities for your best scorers in their favorite situations. "Horns" helps open up the middle and clears bigs away from the basket.There are hundreds of ways to run horns, but I tell players I want them to play, not run play "four hundred sixty-eight." In fact, during practice, our best creativity occurs when players act against a defense that "knows" the play. Improvisation is central to basketball success. 

Regardless of the 'end state', spacing, cutting, screening, and passing well are the means to the end. 


Create a top of the key '3' or an isolation for your 3 with an elevator screen. 

1 can pass and screen away for any player. 

1 dribbles at the 3, setting up a possible back cut strong side while a weakside double stagger creates for 2. 

The possibilities are many, but it's about players seeing the opportunities and executing.