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: My question is about the Power Dribble. I noticed on the DVD that when the player at the point Power Dribbles toward the wing, the strong side corner does not circle move toward the opposite corner but, instead, holds their position. The other perimeter players circle move in the direction of the dribble. This [...]

Q: On Dribble Penetration/Circle Movement, I am confused about where the Penetrator goes after he or she has kicked the ball out, but no shot is taken.
A: Good question and welcome to the Read & React Tribe.
When the penetrator passes, the action has changed from Layer 1 Dribble Penetration/Circle Movement to Layer 3 Pass & [...]

Q: I’ve been learning a great deal with the Read and React and hope to implement it this year. I had a few questions and thoughts that I hope you can help clarify for me.
1. When a player passes and basket cuts, on which side should they fill a spot (or does it not [...]

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: Is there a specific age group that the R&R works better with. My son is in 1st grade playing with 3rd & 4th graders who are all at various levels of experience. My son’s basketball coach is looking to me to give him some advice and I really like the R&R system (we [...]

Q: I just received the R&R videos and I have really enjoyed the concepts. I think it is going to be an effective offense for our collegiate program. One question I have is this:
I didn’t really see any down screen (or screen away action) in the layers. Do you see a way to integrate this [...]

Q: My girls are loving the fact that we can work on the drills in the off season so we can hit the ground running once the season officially starts.
A question I had, though, is when we do the “Fundamental 15” drills in practice, how long would be an adequate time to do [...]

Q: How can I utilize the power dribble more; it’s just not happening. We play mostly 3 OUT and I don’t want to call out for certain things to happen.
A: If you play 3 OUT 2 IN, then the only way a Power Dribble happens with your post players is: your post players wind up [...]

Q: I have recently purchased and received the Read and React DVD set and am thrilled to be able to start implementing the system for the upcoming season! I’ve long looked for an offense that can teach my girls movement without too much thought behind it. They tend to become “paralyzed” on the floor because [...]