Q: I have a general question about what happens on a pass from a perimeter player to a cutter say on the Pass-Cut move or Read-Line cut (basic level 3 stuff). What are the perimeter players taught to do once the pass goes to the cutter?
Here is a concrete example:
Assume 5 OUT. The point [...]

Q: Hey Coach. I have just started practicing and we are now 3 practices in. We have started learning man defense and working on Circle Movement. This offense is already making my defense much better!
My question is this:
In a 3 OUT 2 IN offensive set, when a wing passes to the man at the [...]

Q: When the ball is passed from the wing to the corner, the wing cuts, but who fills the now vacated spot. In your DVDs, you mention that you should fill from the baseline up. Given that, should the corner player dribble up to the spot left open?
A: You’ve exposed a poor choice of wording [...]

Q: In Coach Huggins’s Open Post Offense the player filling the point cuts to the free throw line dot and then either pops up to the point or basket cuts depending how the defense is playing him. Would that work in the Read and React Offense? Or would you just want that player to cut [...]

Q: My question is in regards to the 5 OUT set. I’ve run the Open Post Motion Offense (Bob Huggins) in the past where the wing player was required to first cut to the Free Throw line, then pop out to the top of the key. I found the boys made this “fill” cut more [...]

Q: I have a question about the 5 OUT system and Layer 3 Pass and Cut. If the player in the corner has the ball and passes from the corner to the wing, then cuts to the basket, where does she go after that?
A: When you first begin to teach Layer 3, the only [...]

Q: In the 4 OUT set, when a wing passes up to the guard, does that passing wing cut. If so, how does the circle movement work?
A: The wing still cuts. It’s Layer 3 action. Once the habit of passing and basket-cutting has been taught, there shouldn’t be any place in the offense, regardless of [...]

Q: I purchased and watched the R&R set, but I have a question about the skip pass. Can you explain to me exactly what happens following the skip pass for the passer as well as the rest of the team?
A: There are many good basketball actions that I don’t address with the Read & React. [...]

From: Ben Wertenberger
I love coaching with this offense. One thing that really helped our girls’ varsity team, and may help some others, concerned seam cuts against a zone. We worked very hard on setting up cuts against both man and zone and making those cuts “seam” cuts against zones, but we had trouble switching gears [...]

Q: In a 3 OUT set, if player up top passes to the player on the right wing and basket cuts, won’t there be a spacing problem with the ball-side post?
A: Spacing will be compromised only for the time that the cutter is passing between the post players. Good spacing will return as the cutter [...]