Basketball Plays

Box Pop Seam Inbounder Play

By Brian Williams on May 21, 2014

This play is an inbounds play to run against a 2-3 zone for a quick shot.

Houston Women’s Assistant Coach Vonn Read has submitted several plays from his playbook series The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays to the Coaching Toolbox.

Coach Read has also served as an assistant coach in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury, Orlando Miracle, and San Antonio Silver Stars.

He was an advanced scout for the Orlando Magic as well as The Charlotte Sting.

The 5 player will dive and post up X5 in the Zone.

The 3 and 2 players will pop out for the ball.

The 5 player will post up hard to seal X5 in the Zone.

The 1 player will step right into the seam to receive a pass from the 3 player for the quick jump shot.

Coach Read has also put together The Basketball Encyclopedia of plays. You can check them out here: The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays or read more about the books:

Any coach looking for the latest and innovative plays from the Professional, College, or High School levels can stop looking. With a compilation of over 7,700 different plays, you will never need to purchase another basketball playbook again. These playbooks can be used as a great reference tool for years to come. This 2 Volume Book includes plays from 19 different play categories, and they are the most extensive playbooks on the market.

The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays (Platinum Series) contains over 7,700 Plays (Both Volumes combined) from the NBA, WNBA, USBL, and College levels from someone who has worked as an Advanced Scout or Coach on each level!!! This book has been intensely compiled over the last 21 years, with plays taken from a lot of NBA Coaches (past and present), WNBA coaches, and College coaches (Men’s and Women’s) from around the country.

Any coach that is serious about improving their knowledge of the game from an X and O standpoint will benefit tremendously from these books. These Books can be used to discover New Quick hitters, add a New Package to your playbook, or develop an entire Offensive System. There are a lot of new ideas and concepts in these books to study, and the Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays can be a great resource for coaches on all levels!!! This book is definitely for those X and O junkies who are always looking to improve as a Coach.

“THE GAME IS ALWAYS CHANGING? ARE YOU?” Vonn Read

Here is the link: The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays

Basketball Plays 2 Michigan State Zone Sets

By Brian Williams on May 16, 2014

These 2 Michigan State Zone offensive Sets are from Coach Scott Peterman’s Ultimate Zone offense playbook.

These two zone attack sets are from Scott Peterman’s Ultimate Zone Offense eBook.

I hope they give you some ideas that you can add to your zone attack.

You can also get any two of our eBooks for $25 at this link: 2 eBooks for $25

If you have any questions about the ebooks, feel free to call/text me at (317) 721-1527 or email me at [email protected]

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Michigan State Zone Set #1

2 cuts to the left corner.

3 pops out to the right wing.

1 passes to 3.

3 passes to 1 and cuts to the basket.

5 sets a downscreen on the middle of the zone.

3 curls the screen.

4 sets a screen on the left bottom of the zone.

2 cuts to the left wing.

1 can pass to 2 or 3 for the shot.

If 1 passes to 2 and 2 isn’t open for the shot,

4 slips to basket.

2 passes to 4 for the shot.

Michigan State Zone Set #2

1 dribbles to the right wing and passes to 2.

3 slides to the right low block.

4 sets a screen on the middle of the zone.

5 screens the lower left zone member.

2 passes to 1

1 dribbles to the top of the key.

4 and 5 screen for 3.

3 cuts to the left wing.

4 steps up to the right elbow.

1 can pass to 4 or 3.

These two zone attack sets are from Scott Peterman’s Ultimate Zone Offense eBook.

I hope they give you some ideas that you can add to your zone attack.

You can also get any two of our eBooks for $25 at this link: 2 eBooks for $25

If you have any questions about the ebooks, feel free to call/text me at (317) 721-1527 or email me at [email protected]

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Basketball Plays Attacking a Down Ball Screen

By Brian Williams on May 12, 2014

These 2 ideas for attacking a defense that downs your side ball screens is from the Arizona Basketball Coaching Newsletter.

It is a monthly newsletter.

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1) Name
2) email address
3) School or Team
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and I will pass it on to the Arizona staff.

Attacking a Down Ball Screen

5 screens for 2 who cuts to the free throw line extended.

1 passes to 2 then cuts to the opposite side wing.

3 and 4 fill the deep elbows.

1 fills the wide wing

The basketball is reversed from the left wing to the right wing to #1.

3 spaces to side after making the pass.

5 cuts to set a ball screen for 1.

X1 takes away the drive off the ball screen.

X5 takes away the straight drive to the basket, forcing the ball down.

Option 1

5 releases and sets a screen on X4.

O4 cuts to the ballside block for a possible post feed.

Option 2

5 releases from on ball screen and screens X2

O2 cuts behind the ball for a 3 point shot.

Basketball Plays NBA Side Out

By Brian Williams on May 9, 2014

These two side out plays can be saved for crunch time or any time you are looking for a quick score off an out of bounds play.

These two samples are from the 256 pages of crunch time plays, under out, half court sets, and transition offense from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks Playbooks.

Click the link below for more information about the Playbooks.

Thunder and Mavs Playbooks Information

Dallas Mavericks Dive

5 sets a downscreen for 1.

1 cuts to the top right guard spot.

2 passes to 1.

4 drops to the left low block.

1 dribbles toward the left wing.

2 sets a cross screen for 4, then breaks to the wing

5 pops up to the right elbow.

4 cuts to the right low block.

1 passes back to 5.

5 passes to 4 on the cut.

Oklahoma City Thunder Crunch Time

4 pops out to the top left guard spot.

5 sets a flare screen for 2.

2 cuts to the right wing.

4 passes to 5.

3 sets a backscreen for 1.

1 cuts over the top to the basket.

4 sets a downscreen for 3.

3 curls to the left elbow.

5 passes to 3.

These two side out plays can be saved for crunch time or any time you are looking for a quick score off an out of bounds play.

These two samples are from the 256 pages of crunch time plays, under out, half court sets, and transition offense from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks Playbooks.

Click the link below for more information about the Playbooks.

Thunder and Mavs Playbooks Information

Basketball Plays EOG Triangle Under Out

By Brian Williams on May 5, 2014

This play is a short seconds or end of game underneath inbounds play to run against man to man defense.

Syracuse Women’s Associate Head Coach Vonn Read has submitted several plays from his playbook series The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays to the Coaching Toolbox.

Coach Read has also served as an assistant coach in the WNBA with the Phoenix Mercury, Orlando Miracle, and San Antonio Silver Stars. He was an advanced scout for the Orlando Magic as well as The Charlotte Sting.

The 3 player will come off the stagger double screen set by the 1 player and the 5 player.

The 1 player will peel back to the ball to set a backscreen for the 5 player for the lob.

Coach Read has also put together The Basketball Encyclopedia of plays. You can check them out here: The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays or read more about the books:

“THE GAME IS ALWAYS CHANGING? ARE YOU?” Vonn Read

Here is the link: The Basketball Encyclopedia of Plays

Basketball Plays from the Spurs and Heat

By Brian Williams on May 2, 2014

These two man to man sets from the Spurs and two secondary break options from the Heat are draw from Coach Scott Peterman’s Spurs and Heat Playbook compilations.

The plays are from the Basketball HoopScoop and Coaching Toolbox 3 eBook bundle which includes:

1) San Antonio Spurs Playbook
2) Miami Heat Plabook
3) Coaching Toolbox’s 130 Ways to Get a Lot More Accomplished in Practice

You can find out more about the eBook bundle at this link:

Heat & Spurs Playbooks with 130 Ways to Improve Your Practices

If you have any questions about the Playbooks, please feel free to email me or call/text me at (317) 721-1527.

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