Little...Do I Know?

We're little, so I like to work actions away from the basket to get cutters working to the basket. Here's something I've been thinking about as a specialty play.

It combines a staggered ball screen with screen-the-screener action. It stresses the defense both on the ball and on the weak side.

Of course, you could run it with variations, including pick-and-roll action (for the 1 and 4 or for the 1 and 5) or work it to get a perimeter shot for the 3 or slipped screen for the two with back cut action. More sophisticated players can generate more options. With youngsters, we just want to have less confusion on our side than on the defense. That doesn't happen that much.