Basketball Plays

Basketball Plays Elbow Special

By Brian Williams on January 14, 2013

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

Vonn is currently serving as an assistant for the Women’s Team at the University of Houston.

He 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 play below can be used as an entry into your regular offense, to end another set you run, or as a set by itself.

1 Passes to 4 and cuts hard to the corner.

5 dives hard to the strong side block, looking for the post up. X5 must play high side to deny the pass into the post.

This is a decoy action to set up the backdoor.

4 will turn and face and look at 3, signaling the 3 player to come and meet the pass.

This is a decoy move to set up the backdoor.

The 3 player will call the name of the passer and cut hard to the ball.

When X3 bites up to deny the pass, 3 will cut back-door for the layup.

Good End of Game Play!!!

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 Blind Onball

By Brian Williams on January 7, 2013

From one of Coach Creighton Burns’ old Newsletters

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In this play, as 2 loops off a staggered screen, 4 steps up to set a blind pick and pop on 1’s man.

2 loops off free throw line staggered screen by 5 and 4

3 clears to weak side corner

1 follows 2’s cut on the dribble

5 dives to the rim to seal his man.

1 reverses his dribble

2 flows to the corner and 4 steps up to set middle pick and pop.

Option

If pass is made back to 4 and there is no available shot, he should always swing the ball to 2, and follow to set a 2nd pick and roll.

Basketball Plays Middle Zone Screen

By Brian Williams on December 31, 2012

This idea is from Mike McNeill’s coachesclipboard.ca site:

Ball screens in the middle of the floor can be very effective against zone defenses because, like good ball movement and screening action, they can force defenders out of their area of coverage.

I have included some other resources of ways to attack a 2-3 zone defense. below. The diagrams are links to other pages on this site.

In the first diagram, the ball-handler, O3, turns the corner and attacks the lane because X2 does not come over to stop penetration.

X2 stays matched up on O1, and as O2 turns the corner, X5 and X3 step up to stop penetration which opens up O2 on the wing for an uncontested 3 pt. shot.

In this diagram,, as O1 comes off the ball screen, X2 steps over to stop the penetration.

This opens up the pass to O3 for a shot. If X4 is able to stop O3’s shot, then a pass to O2 in the corner creates an open shot.

Zone Offense Video Clips

The videos are sample videos. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE ANYTHING TO SEE THE VIDEO SAMPLES

Coach K. 2-1-2 Zone Attack The videos aer sample videos. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE ANYTHING TO SEE THE VIDEO SAMPLES This is a very short segment of a DVD from Coach K showing him coaching his 2-1-2 or 2-3 zone attack in practice. The point he makes that I like is that we all need to have some type of misdirection in our zone attack. He makes the point dealing with a misdirection dribble for individuals, but in my opinion, we need to have some misdirection in our passing principles as a team as well when we attack a 2-3 zone.

Five–The videos are sample videos. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PURCHASE ANYTHING TO SEE THE VIDEO SAMPLES Set play to run against a zone defense. The link will take you to a page on the Championship Productions web site. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video of this play. The play forces the zone to guard three movements–a basket cut, a flex type screen, and a staggered double for a shooter.

Basketball Plays Double Triple

By Brian Williams on December 17, 2012

This play is run against man to man defenses.

It features a staggered double screen for a shooter, then finishes with a staggered triple screen for a second shooter.

The play starts in a 1-4 high set.

I have also included links to other plays below the play.

#1 hits #5 at the elbow and then uses a backscreen from #4.

#2 cuts across to the opposite block.

#3 jabs to get open

#5 hits #3 as #2 cuts to the low post or short corner–whichever spot he is more effective from.

#3 can feed #2 or can hit #1 who is coming off the staggered double from #4 and #5.

To complete the play, #2, #4, and #5 set a staggered triple screen for #3.

Basketball Plays Blob vs Zone

By Brian Williams on December 14, 2012

This play is from the Arizona Basketball Coaching Newsletter.

It is an inbounds play to run against a 2-3 zone.

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I have also listed some links to other under out and side out inbounds plays at the end of this post.

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When the official gives the basketball #1 , #3 goes beyond the arc in the ballside corner.

#4 goes to short corner opposite the basketball

#4 screens in for #2 who cuts to the corner opposite the ball

#5 cuts to the block in front of the ball.

Zone Attack Dribble Chest

By Brian Williams on December 10, 2012

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

Vonn has a wealth of Coaching Experience:

NBA: Advanced scout for the Orlando Magic
WNBA Assistant Coach with the Phoenix Mercury, Orlando Miracle, and San Antonio Silver Stars.
Women’s College Assistant: Syracuse, Houston, Memphis

Good play against a 2-3 Zone.

Diagrams created with FastDraw

1 Passes to the 3 player.

The 2 player is the shooter in the middle.

3 Drives the ball hard to the top of the key to draw X1 and X2 defenders together.

1 flares for the shot on the wing, coming off a Flare screen set by the 4 player!!

The 2 player drags opposite for a shot on the wing. This action forces X3 and X4 to play the shooters on the wings.

After setting the Flare Screen, the 4 player will slip into the middle for the Pass for a Shot or High Low.

When the pass goes to the 4 player, X3 and X4 cannot pinch down quick enough to stop the high low because they are out on the wings playing the shooters!!

If they do recover, the kick out pass to the wing is open for a 3-pointer!!

High Low Action!!

If the ball is passed to the wing, play the Short Corner Game!!

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