Q: I have just recently accepted my first high school head coaching job and I am excited about implementing the Read and React Offense with my new team. I’ve got a couple of questions with implementation, however.
The first is how quickly should I move to add new layers when I have just 8-9 practices before [...]

Q: In 3 OUT 2 IN when the ball goes from the wing back to the top. What movement would you have the wing do? I know the normal movement is basket cut and probably fill opposite or cut and replace where you were. I have noticed that usually on quick reversal [...]

Q: In the Pass & Cut layer, what change, if any, do players need to make when passing out of a corner? Also, I may have missed it on the videos, but did you cover how to rotate after a skip pass?
A: 1. If you’re playing from a 5 OUT set and if your team [...]

Q: I just purchased the Read and React System and have really enjoyed it so far. I do have a question. I didn’t see where it covered a pass from the wing to the top out of a 4 OUT set? Maybe I missed it. Any ideas please let me know.
A: When a wing passes [...]

Q: I really emphasize ball movement, changing sides of the floor, and making the defense work. One of the R&R habits is pass and cut, but if you make two extra passes to the open guy (swinging the ball), do you have two guys cutting at the same time? To me, it seems like that [...]

From: Arne Eriksson
I enjoy reading your R&R blog: it stimulates a lot of thought. Here is an idea I had about running Pass & Cut from the corner in the 5 OUT set. The video shows the cutter cutting in, then filling the spot he just left. We did this to start, but I think [...]

Q: In a 4 OUT set when the wing makes a pass, where would he fill out after a basket cut? There is no open spot to fill except for the spot he just came from. Of course after you teach the layer on back picks after basket cuts you can just have players [...]

Q: I’ve been having a lot of fun implementing the Read & React system. As we’ve gone through several layers now, I’ve noticed that downscreens are absent in the offense. I’ve always liked the downscreen because of all the offensive options it creates- catch and shoot, rip and drive, pump fake, drive and shoot, etc.
We [...]

Q: Our players know both the Pass & Cut layer and the Dribble Penetration layer individually well enough to correctly move by habit. The difficulty occurs when we try to use them simultaneously. Once we have practiced Dribble Penetration sufficiently and “allow” Pass & Cut, players stop trying to dribble penetrate and ONLY pass and [...]