Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Basketball- What Belongs in Your Man Offense?

At every level of experience, coaches seek effective and teachable offense. 

What 'first principles' belong?

1) "We can't run what we can't run." Skill come first. Sacrificing player development for team action is a mistake. Practicing 1 v 1, two-man game, and three-on-three one-sided actions all deserve a lot of attention. 

2) "It's about making plays, not running plays." - Coach K

3) What's our transition game? How big a role will it have? 

4) Prioritize spacing. "Win in space."

  • Initial formations
  • Player and ball movement (create ad
  • vantage)
  • Scoring moment (execute advantage)
5) Single formation with multiple actions (e.g. 5 out or horns)


Also, a lot of actions flow from box sets. Take care not to introduce too much, too soon. 

6) Multiple formations with the same play. Pick-and-roll runs well from many formations. Back cuts including blind pig deserve consideration. 

7) Continuity and motion offenses. Regardless of whether you have "motion," we need movement. Actions on the help side keep defenders occupied and less available to "shrink space." 

8) Pick-and-roll. Many variations arise, ranging from Zoom action (downscreen, DHO), straight DHO, Pistol variants. 

9) Hard to defend actions. Aside from pick-and-roll, complex screening like staggers, elevator/sandwich, screen-the-screener, screen-the-roller (Spain) all offer separation with different spacing solutions. 

10)Customize to your personnel and experience. The best scorers should get the most shots. Basketball is not a democracy. 

  • Attend to free throw shooting. 
  • Include 'fatigued' shooting with conditioning built in. 
  • Proximity defenders (hands up) alters results. Free shooting has limitations. 
  • Make it competitive. Track shooting among groups with time limitations such as shots made in 4:00. 
Lagniappe. Horns clear, late clock DHO. 

Lagniappe 2. Rajon Rondo teaches PnR passing.  


 

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