Animated Basketball Plays
Butler--Two clear out options for drivers and double screen for a shooter.
Bulldog--counter to Butler if the initial entry is denied finishing with three screen the screener actions.
Kansas--Motion entry with the primary option being a slip screen from the right elbow. Primary purpose is to set up the counter Jayhawk which is a backdoor play.
Jayhawk--Backdoor counter to Kansas with several other options.
Kentucky--Isolation for a one on one drive or three point shot.
Wildcat--Counter to Kentucky if defense goes under the screens.
UCLA--Quick play to isolate any player on the low post
Bruin--Counter to UCLA for a weak side back door.
The plays are named with colleges and mascots not to imply that those schools run those plays, but to be able to pair the plays with their counters in a way that makes sense to our coaches and players.
The remaining plays do not have counters posted at this time:
Bethel--Diagonal upscreen with an America's play double screen for the original screener.
Carolina--Diagonal screen to isolate #3 in the post and finishes with a screen the screener.
Cincy--Double screen for a wing jumper, then a double back screen to isolate #5 in the post.
Down--1-4 low to allow an opportunity for the ballhandler to penetrate and create.
Drake--Double Ball screen with a screen the screener three point shot.
Louisville--Clear out for a lob to your point guard, followed by a little on big ball screen, finnished with a double down screen for a shooter.
Ohio--Isolate a #4 in the low post.
Penn--handback to your #1, clear out, and lob to #4.
Plymouth--a play to run against a man to man defense to get the last shot of the quarter.
Purdue--combination of Kentucky and Butler with the Kentucky cut and then 2 screen the scrreener actions.
Texas--Play with an option for two 3 point shots and a slip screen. Some coaches refer to this as "America's play" because it or a variation is run by most teams.
UMass--A ballscreen play to run after you run UCLA
Utah --upscreen to get your post into the low post finished with a flare screen for your point guard.
Wake Forest--ball screen from the wide wing with a staggered double on the opposite side of the floor.
Catch Up Offensive Mode
Think about adding something to your system to get quick shots if you are behind the last 2:00 of a game. Perhaps something quite different from what you normally run.
Many college programs go to a high ball screen set when the shot clock is running down. Duke is a basic movement to start your though process.
Diagrams of Man to Man Plays
Power is a diagram (not an animation) of box set play.
Cincy is effective against either a zone or a man to man defense.
Wake Forest is similar to our Kentucky play, but with a few more options late in the play. |
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More Diagrams of Man to Man Plays
Italy is a way to post a player by cutting him backdoor first and forcing the defense to get on the wrong side of where the feed is coming from.
LA Special is run from a 1-4 High Set
Away is a ball screen play with several other ways to score.
Lobo has multiple scoring options
West Virginia is a play for a quick ball reversal with a shuffle cut and then a screen the screener.
Argentina 4 Flair is a set to get you into a high low post feed.
MSU Green is a play with ball screen and an option to hit a post feed after a double screen into the post.
Billy is a play that features two staggered double screens.
Double Triple is run from a 1-4 high set, with a post feed option, a staggered double, then a staggered triple screen.
Corner Cut is a play run by Sean Miller at Arizona
Van Gundy is a lob play
Pro Loop 5 is a ball screen play that can be run as a continuity offense.
Videos of Man to Man Set Plays
For each of these plays, you will need to scroll to the bottom of the page that you are directed to.
Made Free Throw Fast Break is a link to a video of a play to run after your opponent makes a free throw. It is from the DVD "How to Win at the End Volume I" which features several other ideas for late game plays.
You might need to scroll down the page to see the video.
Double Tight is a video (not an animation) of a set play from a 1-4 high. The play features a ball reversall and a double back screen for a tight cut on the baseline.
Screen the Ball Screener Roy Williams demonstrates a transition option to screen the ball screener, then isolate a post player with a staggered double on the other side. It could be adapted to your half court offense as well.
Tom Crean Staggered Double Ball Screen. Here is a ball screen play from Tom Crean that might interest you if you are looking to add some new wrinkles to your set plays.
Guard to Guard to Forward Outside Cut from John Wooden's UCLA offense. with 5/0 and then 5/5 demonstrations of each option from John Wooden's UCLA man to man offense. There is even a short segment narrated by Coach Wooden.
High Low Guard to Wing Option Another piece of John Wooden's UCLA Offense.
The Elevator Play Here is a video of a play that Florida runs in transition, but it could very easily be adapted into your halfcourt sets as well.
Crunch Time is a play to save to run at the end of a game in a must score situation
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