Basketball: Developing Our Offense, "Multiple Actions"

Chris Oliver is a superb teacher using video, his website, and podcasts. We all know that "great offense is multiple actions." Young players need video study to see possibilities within the game. Old guys and gals keep learning every day. 

Let's examine a brief video share from Coach Oliver and see how it applies. Then steal concepts that appeal to us and omit a few. 

At the youth level, choose actions you love and can execute. Few of these meet both criteria. 

1. Staggered screen. It's generic and easy entries come off horns, box sets, and Iverson action. (0:04)

2. Pick-and-roll...the second clip features a drag screen and rescreening action with a different screener. (0:23)

3. Pick-and-roll with roller screen. Instead of screen the roller it's roller screening for a shooter. I'd call it NIAPS (Spain backwards). (0:42)

4. Downscreen dribbler pitch...pseudo-stagger in effect. (1:02)

5. Flex Flare. Reminds me of "Corner Rip" but the Flex screener sets a second screen. (1:17)

6. PnR into High-Low Roller (below)



The roller gets low position by sealing on the roll. 

7. Wing entry, DHO. Stagger opposite. (2:40) We can't make this play. 

8. Rescreen into screen-the-roller (modification of Spain PnR) (2:54)

9. Pick-and-Pop into Stagger with Cross-Screen/STS (3:13). 

10. Curl into Screen-the-screener action. (3:55) Elegant.

Lagniappe:  Heat 

Antetokounmpo sets a wing ball screen. Heat in good position to help shut down the drive. 

The helpside loads even more to the ball. 




Subtle relocation opens a driving lane for Butler. 



The Bucks score, but watch Crowder (near corner) working to tag the cutter (and recover) who has cut backdoor against Butler.