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The 1-2-2 Soft is a full court zone press that contains first and traps second. Instead of gambling on the inbounds, it funnels the ball up a sideline, waits for the offense to make a mistake, and springs the trap in the backcourt. It’s a less aggressive, change-of-pace press that disrupts rhythm without giving up…
This is a simple back door quick hitter from a 1-4 high set, designed to punish a man-to-man defense that overplays the passing lanes. It’s a good call out of a timeout, and because both high-post spots are interchangeable, you can run it to either side. Initial Set: 1-4 High This spread alignment pulls all…
This half-court set uses an immediate entries-and-screens sequence to get the ball into the low post with a physical mismatch, or trigger a secondary high-low passing option if the defense overplays the block. Initial Set The offense starts in a high 1-3-1 set to stretch the defense vertically and open up the baseline. The Flow…
This baseline out-of-bounds set uses “screen-the-screener” action out of a triangle alignment to generate two immediate scoring options: a quick layup at the rim or a wide-open look at the top of the key. Initial Set We align in a tight triangle around the paint area to compress the defense before exploding into our cuts….
This sideline out-of-bounds set is designed to get your lead guard downhill immediately. We use a quick staggered screen to clean up the entry pass, then flow straight into a side pick-and-roll before the defense can get their feet set. The Setup The Execution 1. The Entry (Staggered Screen) On the whistle, 5 and 4…
Most readers will be at least somewhat familiar with the name London Perrantes. After all, for the past four seasons he has been a backcourt mainstay for Tony Bennett’s University of Virginia Cavaliers. During those four seasons starting with 2013-14, UVA went 30-7, 30-4, 29-8 and 23-11. Certainly, even casual college fans would be…