Best of luck to you in your coaching endeavors, and i hope this book provides you with valuable information on coaching basketball. This offense represents a combining of the flex offense, and the 5out open post set, and could be used against mantoman defenses. Early offense pistol continuity with some options such as inside ball screen and throwback. Flex offense basketball continuity offenses hoops u. Virginia cavaliers moverblocker offense fastmodel sports. Document resume healey, william a hartley, joseph w.
The flex offense is an offensive strategy in basketball invented in 1967 by rene herrerias while coaching at calberkeley. In basketball there are more types of zone defenses. Simplified swing offense for high school basketball. The flex offense has been around since the 1970s and is a patterned offense featuring passing, screening, the flex cut, ballreversal, options and counters. The flex requires good offensive spacing and good timing between the passes, picks, and cuts. John beilein was just voted the eighth best ncaa division 1 coach by espn. Early offense pistol fastmodel sports published 08052015 by randy sherman favorite send to fastdraw email print embed. They attack the basket at full speed keeping the ball below the waist. Contrary to the mantoman defense, zone defense is based on strict coverage of specific area and the offensive player inside was found in this area.
Against a zone defense offenses can become stagnant with a lack of player and ball movement. Basketball drills passing 50 passes setup two equal teams out on the court. The zone offense can be applied to attack all types of zone defenses. It was utilized to bring uclas star center, lew alcindor a. It must be understood that this is done for practical reasons only. Throughout my varsity career, we utilized this offense with great success because it opened up the lanes for dribble penetration and cuts that allowed us to. Break any basketball fullcourt press with this play and concepts villanova press break duration. The hybrid flex offense with don kelbick this dvd set includes the basic flex pattern, how to introduce hybrid options and motion counters, how to teach the flex, 8 alternate entries to disguise and initiate the flex offense, how to handle all defensive situations such as pressure and switching, 5 highly effective scoring options out of the flex offense, and flex drills to develop the offense. If youve been blessed by the basketball gods to have a kobe or kevin durant, you can use this.
I have turned this post into a printer friendly pdf. Frame 2 zone o 2 1 3 4 5 onhispass to3,runsthebaseline totherightcorner. Horns offense complete guide to plays run by every nba. Flex offense the high flex delay offense you can use the flex offense as a delayspread offense. Jay wright 4 out 1 in motion offense a complete guide coachbase. Virginia certainly works on the skill and timing of these motion offense concepts everyday. This is a simple flex offense play from the 14 high set utilizing the ucla screen. Our offense comes from the book that tex winter wrote in the 1960s and from watching a lot of films of the bulls, auriemma said. Mike jones 1 plays close to the laneline extended, off the sideline, its the same for 4, who is in the scoring area. Do we need to add any simple rules that will improve our transition defense. There are more elements to the virginia offense and we will be presenting those in up coming posts. Download jay wrights 4 out 1 in motion offense clinic notes.
Before implementing the mover blocker offense, players should have a sound grasp of motion offense fundamentals such as basket cuts, down screens and reading the defense. This rotation continuity allows an offense to keep flowing and have players cutting and move the ball side to side. Davidson wildcats motion offense the basketball playbook. Its a positionless offense that relies on spacing the floor and a set of rules that assists players to determine their movements and actions. This flex offense play is from don kelbicks hybrid flex offense. How many players are we going to send to the offensive glass. Contrary to the mantoman defense, zone defense is based on strict coverage of specific area and the. Motion offense is not, as some people perceive, a freelance offense but an offense of rules which is a reflection of each individual coaches philosophy. Two teams of five players each try to score by shooting a ball through a hoop elevated 10 feet above the ground. The john beilein basketball zone offense diagrams are a prime example of how coach beilein always learned on the job, because he. The game teams play keep away by passing the ball back and forth to team mates. Catholic go ricky valpariso university 4 2 5 3 1 frame 2. Depending on how the defence is playing, o3 can cut either over ballside or under baseline side the screen. On ballreversal to1,4 dives and5 replaces himbyflashing intothehighpost.
This article outlines 3 flex offense entries from the 14 high offensive set. As the game evolved, hes now using a 14 high stack offense based on triangle principles. Throughout the official basketball rules, all references made to a player, coach, official, etc. Check out even more flex actions over at the hoops u. Basketball is a great team sport and can be a beautiful spectacle to watch and coach when the game is played properly with all five players on the court moving with purpose. Horns offense complete guide to plays run by every nba team. Starting at half court, the two offensive players must dribble the ball up the court, pass to the open player and shoot at the basket. Simplified swing offense for high school basketball pg. Man offense man offense 14 ucla pinch post 1 3 breaks out as 5 goes to the left block. This puts the offense in the signature alignment and kickstarts the euro flow. Very similar to the passing game offense, rather than relying upon executing a set pattern or play, the princeton offense relies purely on constant motion and specific counter actions based on defensive reads to create open shot opportunities with the classic back door cut for an easy basket being its signature option.
Also, the defense may steal without fouling the ball from the offense. If the offense is not correctly taught it can result in disorganised freelance basketball. Before we get into how to run the flex offense, lets have a quick look at its history in the game of basketball. Davidsonwildcats motionoffense table of contents 1.
If the offense misses a shot, and the defense rebounds the missed shot, the defensive team then becomes the offense. The approach used in describing the 12 great basketball offenses is. The flex offense was created as a variation to the shuffle offense in the 1970s by carroll williams of santa clara university. Breakthrough basketball 5 out motion offense cutters this 5 out motion offense is an extremely simple offense to teach that could be used for a number of reasons. There are certainly other options that can be utilized though these are the basics. A0025777n drill 01 bull in the ring drill 02 bump the cutter drill 03 chill drill drill 04 close out drill drill 05 defensive shuffle and pass drill 06 fifty passes drill 07 five corner passing drill 08 five on four plus one drill 09 four on four recover. Geno auriemma 14 high offense complete guide coachbase. Basic team offence coach jacksons pages basketball. Running these alternate flex entries from the 14 set creates favorable spacing versus defenses that may be clogging the lane against your traditional flex spacing. I taped every game they played in the 1994 finals against phoneix and broke down every offensive possession. The princeton continuity offense teamarete basketball. The point guard uses the screen and cuts to the basket a pass. Therefore your players must be disciplined in the concepts of shot.
Flex offense basic motion diagrams a e in diagram a, o1 passes to o2, across the split line while o3 makes the flex cut off o5s screen. The game is played on a rectangular floor called the court, and there is a hoop at each end. The principles you learn today are going to help you on your path to achieving this. The euro ball screen offense is a simple way to get the ball moving sidetoside and create advantages using ball screens. Players are happier because they are actively involved in the offense and can grow and understand when they should pass, drive, and shoot. The post x continuity zone offense is a simple offense to run and is most effective against evenfront zones. The court is divided into two main sections by the midcourt line. This is 1 continuity zone offense used against a 23 zone defense. When set play offenses complete the play with no shot, players tend to go 1on1 similar to pickup basketball. With positionless basketball the pass is almost always king and endless dribbling and handling but a single player or two at most without the goal of driving to the basket is to be avoided. This offense is most effective against mantoman defenses, and has been used by many high school teams. You are now in your 4 out, 1 in alignment that began the offense. Top plays of 2016 iowa basketball coaches association.
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