OFFENSIVE PHILOSOPHY
In order for us to be a great half-court offensive team, we must focus our energy and determination towards the
accomplishments of these six goals:
1.
MAINTAIN 15-FEET SPACING. It keeps your teammates and your teammates’ defenders away from you
while you play 1 on 1.
2.
EVERY PLAYER MUST MOVE ON EVERY PASS. This keeps all offensive attackers moving and all defenders
engaged. Allows 1 on 1 player operation.
3.
USE THE CUT YOUR DEFENDER GIVES YOU: V-CUT/L-CUT - Use this cut to free yourself for a pass/keep
defender busy. MIDDLE CUT - Use this cut if defender is not between you and the basketball. BACKCUT Use this cut any time you are overplayed or to clear an area.
4.
WHEN A PLAYER DRIBBLES TOWARDS YOU, YOU MUST CUT OR FADE. This allows you to penetrate
toward your teammate and pass the ball to your teammate if their defender helps.
5.
WHEN SETTING A SCREEN FOR A TEAMMATE, CALL OUT HIS NAME. This keep our motion offense
organized and allows us to screen on and off the ball.
6.
NO PLAYER MAY STAY IN THE POST AREA LONGER THAN THREE SECONDS. This keeps the scoring area
open for driving, cutting, screen and rolling, and post up play.
PRIMARY/FAST BREAK
This is our # 1 offense. This is our first option in any offense at any time during the game. Two principles that make
a fast break work are: 1.Hit the open man. 2. The more you give up, the more you get it back.
BREAK AFTER AN OPPONENT’S SCORE
After a made free throw or an opponent’s score, we are looking to inbound the ball as quickly as possible to start
our break. Inbounding the ball, the 4 player first looks deep for the 2, 3 and 5 sprinting up the court, and next looks
for a short pass to the 1 or the 5 flashing back.
SECONDARY BREAK/QUICK HITTERS
If the primary/fast break doesn’t pan out, the secondary break begins. Many options can develop out of the
secondary break.
DUKE - We advance the ball to the 2 player, if he is unable to score or get the ball to our first big man down (5). He
will look for 3, who come off a staggered screen set by the 1 and 4 for an open jump shot.
CAROLINA - We advance the ball to the 3 player, if he is unable to score or get the ball to our first big man down
(5). He will look for 2, who come off a staggered screen set by the 1 and 4 for an open jump shot.
SECONDARY - If the 1 can’t get the ball to 2 on the wing, 1 reverses to 4, who swing it to 3. 5 is following the ball
underneath. Then 2 set a back screen for 4 looking for a lob. If lob is not available, reverse the ball from 3 to 2 to 1.
After 1 receives the ball, 4 sets a cross screen for 5, then receives a down screen from 2 for a short jump shot. This
can occur on either side.
MULTIPLE OFFENSES
Another way to strategically try to gain an advantage against our opponent is by using multiple offenses. If your
opponent knows what you are doing every time you have the ball, then he has a chance to prepare and wisely
counter your plan of attack. By using multiple offenses, our opponent never knows what we going to do next.
FULL COURT OFFENSE/ PRESS BREAK:
 1 Guard front
 2 Guard front
 Blue
 Black
HALF COURT MOTION OFFENSE:
 5 out motion
 4 out motion
 3 out motion
HALF COURT SETS:
 1 & Name
 Jazz
 Clear (Right or Left)
 Two
 Three
ZONE OFFENSE:
 2 Front
 3 Front
 4 Man
ZONE SETS:
 Shallow
 Single
 Double
 Overload
SPREAD/ DELAY OPTIONS:
 4 to Score
BASELINE/SIDELINE INBOUNDS:
 Jazz
 10 & Name
 Box
 Line
 Flat/14
 X
 L
PLAY HARD, SMART AND TOGETHER!