Basketball - Xs, Os, and Execution - Music as Inspiration for Execution of Halfcourt Sets

Imagination. Persistence. Analogy. Creativity arises there. Alicia Keys discusses 'Melody and Lyrics' in a MasterClass lesson. 

Translate classic opening notes into basketball melody. Huh? Imagine transforming Beethoven's "suddenness" into basketball action! "Great offense is multiple actions." Hear it. See it. "Basketball is a game of passing and cutting."

Play List for today: Find something to steal for your offense.

• Boeheim versus Boeheim (2-3 zone offense)
• Scissors action
• Iverson base action
• Duke clear elbow series
• Buck's action (throwback to Jason Kidd era)
• Zone corner-post give and go
• Wing give and go
• Wing entry back screen give and go

Pass, pass, pass...assist. 

Scissors action... pass, cut, cut, pass. 

Pass, cut, cut, pass...and if nothing, it continues into a DHO. 

Iverson action...Cut, screen, screen, assist. 

Duke elbow handoff series. Cut/Clear, pass, cut, score. 

"Bucks action" under Jason Kidd. Pass, cut, screen, option cut to score. 

Failure to cut urgently is a disruptor. 

Lagniappe (something extra). Of course, there's far more than 4 beats to music. 

Wynton Marsalis explains. 

Nikola Jokic would agree whether it's fast or slow. 

Give-and-go versus zone

Give and go from the wing. 

Give and go with an assisting back screen 

Lagniappe 2. (Off topic) The Phantom of the Opera has a 4 beat time signature