Basketball Plays
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Better Basketball, producer of the world's most famous and respected basketball improvement videos, also occasionally brings you basketball plays. These basketball plays vary - occasionally they are offensive basketball plays and other times they are defensive basketball plays. This week, we bring you Coach Torbett's favorite out of bounds basketball play.
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This out of bounds basketball play is for use against a man to man defense. We'll assume the defenders are positioned well, as the top players are sagging down a bit to help. The offensive team is set up in a box. |
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The out of bounds basketball play starts with a simple up screen. An athletic scorer, perhaps your best player, is setting the screen for your center. The center will cut around the outside of the screen to the ball (next frame). It's rare that he will be able to easily catch and score, but it does happen from time to time.
Perhaps more importantly, when teams defend the 5 and keep him from catching, they think they've stopped the play, and relax. But the 5 was basically a decoy. |
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As the 3 sets a screen for the 5 (previous frame), two other things occur.
First, the 1 is running all the way around from weak side to ball side. His man is going to get caught up in the traffic of the screens, so the 1 should be open as a safe release.
Meanwhile, the 4 is going to set a screen on the defender of the 3. Keep in mind, this defender is forced to worry primarily about the 5 (who is coming off a screen) and his own man, the 3 (who is setting a screen for the 5 and is therefore a threat to roll).
The 4 should set the screen on the 3's man just after the 5 has already come off the screen. When the 4's man sees the 4 flashing towards the lane, he is likely to follow his man. |
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The 3, who has just set a screen for the 5, is immediately screened for by the 4. Hence the term "screen the screener." The 3 should be able to curl around both screens for a lay-up. The final setup for this basketball play is below.
And make sure that you find a way to transition out of bounds basketball plays into your offensive system. In this play, the 1is most likely to have the ball if an immediate scoring opportunity does not arise. He should be able to quickly get your team into its offensive flow, whatever that may be. |
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The pass is made from the 2 (out of bounds) to the 3 (on the block if not closer) for a lay-up.
Analysis:
Teams that have not prepared to defend this basketball play will usually fall victim to it at least once. The best way to defend it is to switch (which obviously creates mismatches) or to play a zone.
The main reason underneath out of bounds basketball plays work in the first place is that the ball starts behind the goal. To see it, defenders usually turn and lose sight of their man. And with the ball coming from underneath, scorers must simply catch and shoot, rather than pivot first as in situations where the ball is passed from the wing or top of the key. |
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