Interesting offense if you have some good team length with legit post players, preferably with some shooting range, and/or taller guards not afraid to mix it up in the paint. The Basketball Offense Triangle Continuity has constant movement that sets up back screens, shuffle cuts and screen the screener actions. By keeping three players above…
[vimeo 34873611 w=560 h=315] All-Access with Iowa State from CollegeInsider.com on Vimeo. Inside the Iowa State basketball program with head coach Fred Hoiberg.
Relatively simple baseline out of bounds play that can be used against a zone or man to man defense by adjusting the positioning and location of the screens. The play starts in a line set like the image On the smack of the ball, 3 breaks to the corner, the 2 breaks to the paint…
Quick Hitter Backdoor play out a 1-3-1 set.  Decent set to run out a timeout or to start a quarter. View the animation of 1-3-1 Back Door Quick Hitter and download the PDF
Quattro is a high pick and roll set that can be run in either direction.  The initial set is the basic “horns” alignment.  The point guard chooses a screener for the pick and roll which sets up the strong side wing to utilize a stagger screen on the baseline as a secondary option. The…
There is an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “The Playoffs Hinge on a Lost Art: Rebounding”.  The gist of the article  is that the decrease in offensive rebounding is linked to the ever-increasing number of three point shots taken by NBA (really all levels).  This phenomenon shouldn’t be surprising for a number of…
