Q: I coach a 5th and 6th grade girl’s team and I’ve been running the system for a few weeks now. I’ve decided the 3 OUT 2 IN is probably the best formation for our team. However, one thing that we’re experiencing and something that I haven’t really seen on the DVD’s or on the blogs is the post play during the passing action.

There’s definitely a lot of movement on dribble penetration, but I see a ton of standing around in the post during our perimeter pass and cut motion. I’ve added a few screens for the guards as they are coming through, but that doesn’t seem to keep my girls active\interested enough in the post area. Any thoughts?

A: Teach the 2 posts to set screens on the cutters as they come in and go out of the lane. Also, encourage them to work from high post down to short corner rather than stand in the mid-post.

Encourage the posts to step out onto the perimeter and give those without the ball a backscreen. They can roll back into the post afterwards. Setting a backscreen on a teammate who has just passed the ball is very effective.

When the ball is on the wing or in the corner, let the nearest post player step out and give the ball a screen. Work your pick-and-roll along with Circle Movement from the rest of the players.

Feed the post and make the post cuts. With 2 posts inside, have the weak-side post step up to the high post when the other post receives the ball. This empties out the post and allows the cutter to score.

Have your posts break up to the high post and let a guard feed one of the posts. The guard has two Laker cuts to the basket to choose from or two East-West X-cuts to choose from.

All of the above will give you different types of actions but will not require anything new from the Read & React.