Today’s post contains two quick-hitting plays that you can run against man-to-man defense out of a spread alignment.
Adjust these sets to fit your players and philosophy and/or take bits and pieces to combine with what you already run.
You can make adjustments to the fakes, the handoffs, or have 5 keep the ball and drive him or herself.
These two quick-hitting sets provide options for attacking man-to-man defense from a spread alignment.
The first uses back-screen and shuffle-screen action before creating a handoff opportunity at the elbow. The second combines a back screen, staggered screens, and a curl to put pressure on the defense around the basket.
Both sets can be adjusted to fit your personnel or incorporated into actions you already run.
Dana Altman Spread Elbow Hand Off
Spread set.
1-4 are interchangeable pieces.
1 passes to 2.
5 back screens for 4 to ball side block.
4 fills out to corner.
5 sets shuffle screen for 3.
3 curls screen to ball side block.
2 passes to 1.
1 passes to 5.
1 cuts off 5.
5 fakes hand off. (If 1 is open, you can make the hand off instead of fake)
3 fills out to corner.
2 and 4 fill up.
2 cuts off 5 for hand off.
If it is not open.
1 fills out to corner.
4 and 3 fill up.
Brad Underwood Spread Stagger Curl
1 reverses ball to 4.
4 swings to 3.
5 back screens 1 to ball side block.
4 and 5 stagger away for 2.
2 curls screen to rim.
1 fills out to corner.
After 2 curls off screen, 4 pins down for 5 to top for jumper.
The plays are from The Encyclopedia of the Spread Offense Playbook assembled by Chris Filios.
It is combined with the Best of Special Situations as this week’s featured playbook bundle. The playbook contains 210 basketball plays from 40 different NCAA teams.
You can find out more about the playbooks at this link: Best of Special Teams & Encyclopedia of the Spread Offense
