These options came from an old Arizona men’s basketball coaching newsletter.
Hope this gives you something to experiment with this summer and hopefully put to use during the season.
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This play was contributed by Creighton Burns.
He has made coaching stops in four states including Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan at both the high school and college levels.
Coach Burns has coached both Men and Women.
Creighton has received numerous coaching honors including Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1988.
As #1 brings the ball across the time line , #3 slides out toward the sideline as if to get open for an entry pass.
#1 enters the ball to #4 , who steps out from the elbow to the perimeter.
On the pass , #5 and #2 set a staggered double screen for #3.
#3 cuts hard to the ball side corner.
#4 passes to #3 and #2 then sets a second screen , this time screening for #5.
#5 flashes to the ball , and if open , #3 should get him the ball.
#1 and #4 screen for #2 and #2 cuts to the ball side wing.
After screening for #2 , #4 fills the back side wing , and #1 pops back out to the point.
If #5 is not open , #2 starts ball reversal by passing to #2 . If the timing is good and people have done a good job screening , #2 may have a shot opportunity.
If not , #2 will pass to #1 and #1 will swing the ball on to #4.
On the pass from #1 to #4 , #5 will back screen for #3 and #3 will run a flex cut to the rim.
After passing to #4 , #1 will down screen for #5 . #4 will look first to #3 and then out to #5 cutting hard to the point.
If #4 passes to #5 , #5 will swing the ball on to #2.
On the pass from #5 to #2 , #1 and #3 will set a staggered double screen for #4.
If #4 is open on his cut , #2 should get him the ball.
After passing to #2 , #5 will down screen for #1 and #3 will fill the back side wing.
#5 will fill the elbow.
This play is run against a man to man defense and is from Creighton Burns’ newsletters.
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#1 enters the ball to #2 and screens for #5.
#5 uses the screen and sprints to set a ball screen for #2.
#3 moves in to get a better position to set a screen.
#2 waits for the screener( #5) to get set before driving the ball.
When #5 is set, #2 will fake baseline and drive into the middle of the lane.
As #2 starts to drive off the screen, #3 will move across the lane to form a double screen with #4
#1 moves out to the wing position.
#2 will look first to score, to #5 cutting to the rim off the double screen, and then to #1 on the back side wing.
If #2 has passed to #1, #1 will look to #5, who should be posting hard.
If #1 passes to #5, #1 will run a “Laker cut” to the rim and then to the back side wing, if he does not receive the ball.
#2 and #3 would rotate and fill the vacated perimeter positions.
If #1 can not get the ball into #5, he will dribble out to the point.
#2 would fill the vacated wing position left by #1 and #3 would fill the opposite wing.
#4 and #5 would flash up to the high side posts.
The spots have been filled and the offense is reloaded.
This play is a quick hit to run against a man to man defense to post a player 1 on 1 on the low block.
This play is is a way to post a player by cutting him or her backdoor first and forcing the defense to get on the wrong side of where the feed is coming from.
It is from an old Xavier Men’s Basketball Newsletter. If you are interested in subscribing to their newsletter, you can do so at this link: Xavier Newsletter
The play is diagrammed to run for the 5 player, but you can put any player that you want to post in that spot for the play.
#1 passes to #4. #3 cuts off a screen from #2 at the right block.
#5 rejects coming off of #1’s screen and goes backdoor
#1 pops out. 4 passes to 1. 5 posts up on the left block.
This play is from an older version of the the Arizona Basketball Coaching Newsletter.
This play is designed to be a one or two times a game quick hitter to run against a 2-3 zone defense.
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#1 Dribbles at #2 and pushes #2 to the corner.
#3 replaces #1
#1 passes to #2
#3 and #1 interchange positions.
#2 dribbles up and passes to #3
#5 and #4 “x”
#3 quickly passes to #1
#4 screens the backside forward
#5 screens the ballside forward
#2 cuts for the lob
#1 throws the lob pass to #2 (DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A DUNK)
Here is some philosophy on special situations from Tom Izzo. I received this notes from Steve Smiley. they were originally taken by Coach Jim Ponchak at the 2010 Clinic to End all Clinics .
The Anatomy of a Timeout
Try to save timeouts in the 1st half so you can utilize them in the second half
See what your opponent is doing and think
1. What do I want to do?
2. What do I need?
NBA is a great resource if you are looking for Sideline Out of Bounds plays (SLOB’s)
• In his first two seasons at MSU, they lost 14 games by 1 to 4 points.
• Izzo reflected on what he could do to become a better coach and help his teams win those games• He took a football view to coaching his team in that there were 3 phases of the game; offense, defense, and special teams
• He felt that if they focused on Special Teams that they could gain an advantage that would help them win the close games
• Izzo views timeouts and all other dead ball situations as Special Teams
• Special Teams 1) Jump Ball 2) Timeout 3) BLOBs 4) SLOBs 5) Free Throws
• It’s not necessarily the play you run that is important, but the theory/philosophy that is important.
• Need to make sure you’re focused on what’s going on the floor every second of the game
• Aggressive approach – never relax
• Special Teams Objectives
1. Score
2. Go inside or outside?
3. Attack a player in foul trouble?
• SLOB’s – usually tries to score inside-out Here is one of his sideline inbounds plays
2 pops out middle.
3 passes to 2.
1 back screens 3
4 and 5 screen for 1.
2 dribble to wing.
1 uses double screen to get open at the top of the key.
3 continues through to block.
5 slips.
4 pops
2 can hit:
a) 3 for a post up
b) 1 for a three
c) 5 on the slip
d) 4 on the pop
