5-Out Motion-Entry – Animated Basketball Play: Down
Down is a motion offense entry set that creates basket-area mismatches and scoring opportunities for goo shooting guards.
This is a good play to run when a three pointer is needed. The play is designed to give two different open looks from the three-point line, for two different players. Running this play will sometimes take teams by surprise, as so many teams look for layups on the inbounds, some aren’t prepared to defend [...]
Purpose: To apply intense, intelligent pressure on the ball-handler, turning him as many times as possible. Every trip up the floor should be one that the offense won’t. soon forget.
Organization: Players form 2 lines. Line 1 is in the baseline corner. Line 2 is on the elbow. Each player in line 2 has a ball.
Procedure:
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Defending baseline penetration: Most half court man to man defenses in today’s game try to influence the ball handler to the sideline when the ball is in the middle of the floor and towards the baseline when the ball is on the side. The reason: Good players have more options and better angles (passing and [...]
This segment of the shell isolates defending the basket cut. The first thing you’ll want to determine before you get started is how you plan on defending the reversal pass – the pass back to the area around the top of the key from either wing. There are two standard approaches; your defensive philosophy and [...]