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Basketball Playbook > Man Offenses
 

Quick Release Fast Break Offense


 
1) As soon as the rebound is secured, O2 sprints the right lane and spots up behind the 3-point line. O2 should sprint hard and not look back until he is at the spot ready to shoot.

O3 sprints the left lane and goes all the way to the left block.

O5 makes an outlet pass to O1. (If the basket is made, O5 will inbound the ball quickly to O1 in the outlet area.)

O4 spaces up in case O5 has trouble passing to O1.
2) O1's first look when he receives the pass is to O3 sprinting the left lane. Make the pass to O3 if open and has a good chance to finish with a layup.

O1's rules are to (a) push the basketball down the court as fast as humanly possible and (b) pass 'FOR A SCORE!'
3) O1 may pass to O2 at any time if O2 is open for a shot.  Do not pass to O2 just to advance the basketball -- only make the pass if O2 is OPEN FOR A SHOT!

If O2 and O3 are not open, O1 will dribble down the court as fast as humanly possible.

O4 will stay about 12-15 feet to the left of O1 and about a step and a half behind him.

O5 trails down the middle.
4) As O1 reaches the scoring area, he can look to penetrate -- draw the defense and dish to the open player for a shot -- or go all the way to the basket if possible.  O1 is also free to pull up to shoot the 3-point shot.
5) When O1 passes to O2, O2's rule is to 'SHOOT'. If he had not been open for a shot, then O1 should not have passed him the basketball. So, if he shoots immediately and it is a contested shot, it is O1's fault, not O2's. O3, O4, and O5 crash the boards for the offensive rebound.
6) O1's next option is to pass to O4 at the top for the 3-point shot.
7) O4 should pause at the top of the key. If he does not receive the pass from O1, he cuts diagonally to the right block looking for the pass from O1.
8) The other time O4 will cut to the right block is after O1 has passed to O2. O2 is supposed to shoot, but if O4 is cutting wide open, he may choose to make the quick pass instead.
9) As O4 makes his cut to the right block, O5 steps into the high spot vacated by O4 and looks for the pass and a shot.
10) If O5 chooses not to shoot, he looks inside to O4 flashing from the low right block into the lane. O3 pops out to the left wing.
11) If O2 has the basketball and chooses not to shoot and O4 is being fronted, O2 looks to pass to O5. O5 is free to shoot or pass inside to O4 flashing into the lane. O3 pops out to the wing on the pass to O5.
12) If O5 chooses not to shoot and O4 is not open inside, then he should make the pass to O3.

O4 continues across the lane and posts up on the left block.

O1 and O5 set a staggered screen for O2, who cuts off the screens to the top of the key, looking for the pass and a possible shot.
13) On the initial rebound or inbounds pass, if O5 cannot pass directly to O1, he should look to pass to O4.

O1 cuts hard to the midcourt circle and receives the pass from O4 and the break continues.

If neither are open initially, O1 and O4 will have to screen for each other; and O3 may have to sprint back to help if needed.
 
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