The Double Rub Play is a quick hitter that utilizes a couple of 'rubs' to create an open scoring opportunity. The term rub is used to describe when you 'rub' your defender off of a screen. It is more of you using your screener rather than your screener seeking out your defender to set the screen. The Double Rub Play starts in a 4-out, 1-in set as shown. The '1-in' player, 5, starts at the free throw line while the other four players are all on the perimeter. This set play is initiated when 1 … [Read more...]
Baseline Cross with Double Downscreen Play
This is great play for getting the basketball into the low post or for creating an open jump shot opportunity for a shooter. The play starts with 1 dribbling to the wing as 2 sets a cross screen for 3. After setting the cross screen, 2 uses a double screen being set by 4 and 5. 1 can pass to 3 in the low post after the initial cross screen. If 3 is not available, he will look to pass to 2 at the free throw line / top of key area for a jump shot. … [Read more...]
Laker Lob Play
This set play for a lob was executed by the Los Angeles Lakers against the Orlando Magic during a game on 2/13/11. The point guard, 1, has the ball on the left side. 1 passes to 4, who then passes to 3 on the right wing. On the pass to 3, 2 cuts hard to the ballside corner. After passing to 3, 4 uses a backscreen set by 5 and breaks to the basket, looking for the lob pass from 3. This is a pretty simple play to run but it is key that 2 times his cut properly. If he cuts too soon, the … [Read more...]
Doublestack Doublescreen Play
This quick hitter begins in a doublestack set, as shown in the diagram. It can also be run on either side of the floor, if so desired. The play is initiated when 2 cuts out to the wing. 1 passes the basketball to 2. After passing to 2, 1 sets a diagonal screen for 5. 5 uses the screen and cuts toward 2 to set an on-ball screen. 1 pops out to the opposite wing after setting the screen. 2 uses 5's on-ball screen and drives toward the middle / top of key area. 4 and 3 set a staggered or … [Read more...]
Middle Drive Staggered Kickout Play
This set play utilizes an on-ball screen so the point guard can penetrate into the lane, creating either a shot for the point guard or a kickout for 3 should the defense over-help. 1 begins by passing to 3 on the wing and following his pass for a handoff from 3. After handing the basketball back to 1, 3 will set a diagonal downscreen across the lane for 4. 4 flashes to the basketball. 1 does have the option of passing to 4 in the lane if he is open. 4 then sets an on-ball screen for 1, … [Read more...]
Big-Small Switch Basketball Play
The Big-Small Switch quick hitter is used to gain an advantage, no matter how the opponent chooses to defend it. When executed properly, this play should allow for a great scoring opportunity. To begin, O1 has the ball at the top or has just dribbled into the frontcourt. O2 cuts down to the block and then out to the other side of the court. O4 steps up to the top of the key area. Obviously O1 is the point guard ... O4 should be a post player with a bigger defender so a mismatch is created on a … [Read more...]
Dribble Drive In Out Options Play
The Dribble Drive In Out Options play gives the point guard a couple of passing options, as well as allowing him his own option to drive or shoot. A simple play to install and execute, yet often difficult to completely defend. The play begins with O1 passing to O3 on the wing. O3 looks into O5, who is posting up on the low block. If O5 is covered, O3 reverses the ball back to O1. O1 then dribbles hard to the opposite elbow area. As O1 begins dribbling, O2 spreads the defense by sliding down to … [Read more...]
Double Double Stack Isolation
The 'Double Double Stack Isolation' basketball play begins with two double stacks, a low stack and a high stack, and it attempts to isolate two offensive players. O2 and O3 begin on a low block while O4 and O5 start on the opposite elbow. O1 dribbles to the side where O2 and O3 occupy the low post (in this diagram, it is the left side of the court). As O1 dribbles to the left wing, O2 wraps around O3 and cuts to the opposite corner. O3 pops out to the corner. At the same time O5 sets a screen … [Read more...]
"Y" Formation Triple Screen
The "Y" formation may not be a particular offensive set in basketball, but in this quick hitter, the players basically form a "Y"! (Actually, in this diagram, it's more like an upside-down "Y"!) Regardless, this is a simple play to install and teach and quite frequently creates an open shot! As the point guard, O1, dribbles up the floor, a triple screen is formed by O3, O4, and O5. The triple screen is being set for O2 who sets up his defender, changes direction, and then cuts off the triple … [Read more...]
Four Double S Play
This basketball set play, out of doublestack low set, makes use of four 'doubles': it's a doublestack set that includes 2 doublescreens and one double staggered screen. The side this play is run to can be determined by the point guard, O1. Whichever side he starts dribbling toward, the opposite low guard will utilize a screen to get open on the wing. In this example, as O1 dribbles to his left, O3 cuts hard to the left wing off of a doublescreen set by O2 and O4. From the previous diagram, … [Read more...]