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Basketball Plays: 21 Zone Baseline Inbounds Plays

By Brian Williams on March 9, 2015

Army Men’s Assistant Coach Zak Boisvert has assembled some of his favorite baseline inbounds plays to run against a 2-3 zone defense.

His YouTube channel has several videos with various types of man-to-man plays, zone sets, and inbounds plays. You can subscribe to receive an update when he posts a new video Zak Boisvert You Tube Channel

You can follow him on Twitter at this link: @ZakBoisvert

Click the play arrow to see the plays.

Some plays are shown more than once.

The teams don’t always score on the plays, but I hope that you can get some ideas for some cuts, screens, and movements that you might be able to use either in your Under out plays against a 2-3 zone, or adapt them to include in your system of attacking a 2-3 zone.

Coach Boisvert has put together a pdf download. You can download it from this link: 21 2-3 Zone Sets Diagrams

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Basketball Plays: 1 Zone & 1 M-M BLOB

By Brian Williams on February 23, 2015

This week’s X and O post is from the FastModel Sports Basketball Plays and Drills Library The site has thousands of drills and plays that have been submitted by basketball coaches from around the world.

The first play is a Baseline Out of Bounds Play to run against a 2-3 zone and the second is a man to man BLOB.

You can also find out more about FastModel Play Diagramming software by clicking this link: FastDraw

Iowa State 2-3 Zone BLOB

2 inbounds the ball to 4

4 swings the ball to 3 through 1

4 sets a flare screen for 1 on x1, then flashes to the high post.

3 passes to 4.

2 runs the baseline and fills the corner.

5 cuts to the basket.

Argentina Man to Man BLOB

This play was contributed by Fabian McKenzie who has been a head coach at the university level for 16 years. He has been involved with the Canadian Women’s National team program for the past 8 years.

3 sets a screen for 1 to pop to the wing.

4 sets a back screen for 3 to go to rim.

2 looks at 1 on wing, 3 or 4 at the rim

If 1 catches it, immediately pass to 5 who swings the ball to 3 who has popped to the opposite wing

2 sprints toward ball and then turns to set a cross screen for 4 to come to rim.

5 sets a down screen for 2.

3 looks at 4 at the rim of 2 coming up off of 5’s screen.

As 2 catches it, 1 slides to corner and 5 turns to set a ball screen.

Basketball Plays BLOB vs 2-3 Zone

By Brian Williams on October 30, 2014

This post has two ideas for plays to run against 2-3 zones.

The two plays below attack the zone in different ways—one is designed to free a three-point shooter, while the other creates a quick opportunity to score inside.

Both rely on good timing, screening, and player movement to shift the defense and create an advantage.

Add these ideas to your out-of-bounds package and you’ll be better prepared the next time an opponent goes zone on the baseline.

The two plays below attack the zone in different ways—one is designed to free a three-point shooter, while the other creates a quick opportunity to score inside. Both rely on good timing, screening, and player movement to shift the defense and create an advantage.

Add these ideas to your out-of-bounds package and you’ll be better prepared the next time an opponent goes zone on the baseline.

Purdue BLOB

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The action begins with 4 making a hard cut out of the corner to carve out space on the opposite block in front of the weak side defensive forward.

If he does a good job, it draws the middle defender towards him as well.
At the same time, 3 loops from the weak side elbow to the strong side wing with 5 screening in for him.

In diagram 2, you see 2 follow a similar path once 3 has cleared the wing area.

2 should be open on this as the ball side guard defender will have chased 3 and the opposite side guard is caught
on 5’s screen.

This is consistently an open three for the Purdue player in this position.

Kansas Zone Quick Hit

Starting in 1-2-2 set, the action is initiated by the 2 wings running into a cross.

2 goes first with the goal being the two wings crossing each other’s body on the right side of the lane.

Rather than popping out to the wing, 3 steps to screen for 4.

4 gets another cross screen from 5 and cuts underneath the rim to a spot just below the block to catch a post entry pass from either 2 or 1.

Basketball Plays Duke BLOBs

By Brian Williams on September 25, 2014

These 2 Underneath the basket inbounds plays below are from the Duke playbook that was compiled by Scott Peterman.

The plays are taken from the Men’s Basketball HoopScoop Olympic Playbook.

That is among the eBooks that you can choose from to Bundle in our back to school eBook special.

This week’s eBook bundle is create your own bundle by selecting any 2 of the eBooks that we have featured over the past few years for $25.00.

I have reworked the page that lists the eBooks to make it easier to see all of the choices.

Click here for the choices.

If you have any problems or want to include eBooks that are not listed, email me ([email protected]), or call/text me at (317) 721-1527.

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Duke BLOB #1

5 sets a backscreen for 4.

4 pops out to the left wing.

5 steps back to the basket.

1 pops out to the right wing.

3 sets a backscreen for 4.

4 cuts to the basket/right low block.

2 passes to 4.

Duke BLOB #2

2 sets a back screen for 5.

5 cuts to the left low block.

4 sets a cross screen for 2.

2 pops out to the right wing.

1 can pass to 5 on the block or 2 on the wing.

This sample is from the Duke Playbook from Scott Peterman.

The plays are taken from the Men’s Basketball HoopScoop Olympic Playbook. That is among the 40 eBooks that you can choose from to Bundle in our back to school eBook special.

This week’s eBook bundle is create your own bundle by selecting any 2 of the eBooks that we have featured over the past few years for $25.00.

I have reworked the page that lists the eBooks to make it easier to see all of the choices.

Click here for the choices.

If you are interested in adding to your Coaching Toolbox take look at what I believe is our best offer.

CLICK HERE to select from a list of more than 70 eBooks.

If you have any problems or want to include eBooks that are not listed, email me ([email protected]), or call/text me at (317) 721-1527.

Basketball Plays Olympics Inbounds

By Brian Williams on August 21, 2014

2 Inbounds Plays from the Olympics. The first is a sideline inbounds play run by the United States. The second is an underneath inbounds play from Lithuania.

The plays are taken from the Men’s Basketball HoopScoop Olympic Playbook. That is among the 40 eBooks that you can choose from to Bundle in our back to school eBook special.

This week’s eBook bundle is create your own bundle by selecting any 2 of the eBooks that we have featured over the past few years for $25.00.

I have reworked the page that lists the eBooks to make it easier to see all of the choices.

Click here for the choices.

If you have any problems or want to include eBooks that are not listed, email me ([email protected]), or call/text me at (317) 721-1527.

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USA Circle SLOB

3 enters the ball to 1

3 shallow cuts through to the opposite wing

5 ball screens for 1 while 2 comes off of a staggered screen from 4 and 5

The defense should be shifting with 1 and 3 coming hard to the right side, which will give 2 the open 3

1 should also be looking for 4 to slip/duck in after his screen

Lithuania T Zipper

Out of a T formation, 2 cuts to the corner off a double staggered screen from 1 and 4

1 pops to the wing after setting his screen and receives a pass from 2

3 zipper cuts up the lane off a screen from 4 and receives a pass from 1

4 sprints up to set a mid ball screen for 3

4 rolls

2 flare screens for 1

The plays are taken from the Men’s Basketball HoopScoop Olympic Playbook. That is among the 70 eBooks that you can choose from to Bundle in our back to school eBook special.

If you are interested in adding to your Coaching Toolbox take look at what I believe is our best offer.

CLICK HERE to select from a list of more than 70 eBooks.

If you have any problems or want to include eBooks that are not listed, email me ([email protected]), or call/text me at (317) 721-1527.

Basketball Plays Baseline Out of Bounds

By Brian Williams on August 1, 2014

Today’s post includes a couple of baseline inbounds plays.

The first one is to get your point guard isolated for a hand off in the middle of the floor.

The second has two options–it can finish with a post feed or with a look at a 3 point shot after a screen the screener.

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41 Handoff

2 curls around 4 and 5 to the basket.

2 pops out to the right low block.

3 cuts to the basket and then rub off 5 to the left wing.

4 pops out to the top left guard spot.

1 passes to 3. 3 passes to 4.

5 sets a down screen for 1.

1 cuts to 4 for a hand off

1 attacks the right side of the lane.

3 slides up to the left wing.

2 pops out to the right corner.

45 Double Cross

4 and 5 set a double cross screen.

3 cuts to the basket.

2 cuts to the left wing.

1 passes to 2.

4 curls around 5 to the top left guard spot.

2 passes to 4.

1 steps into the left low block.

1 sets a backscreen on 5.

5 cuts to the basket.

3 pops out to the right wing.

4 dribbles to the right side and passes to 3.

5 dives into the post and seals his defender.

4 sets a downscreen for 1.

1 cuts to the top of the key.

3 can pass to 5 on the post-up or 1 for the shot.

These plays are a part of Coach Scott Peterman’s Encyclopedia of motion, princeton, and ball screen offenses. There are over 2000 pages of notes on those offenses.