Baseline Screening Action: Create Open Looks for Your Shooter
This play, designed for baseline inbound situations, uses layered misdirection and screens to free up your best shooter for a clean catch-and-shoot. It's ideal for late-game execution and simple enough to install quickly.
Post Up Your Big: Baseline Play Using 3-High Alignment vs Man-to-Man Defense
This baseline play vs man-to-man defense sets up a clean post-up opportunity for your center using misdirection, double screening, and off-ball movement. A great option when you want to reward your big and confuse help-side defenders.
1-2-2 Set vs Man: Back Door Cut for Post
Disguise your actions and free up your post with this deceptive 1-2-2 man offense play. Perfect for youth basketball teams and high school programs looking to get easy buckets with backdoor movement.
How to Run a 1-2-2 Set vs Man Defense: Backdoor Play for Point Guards
A quick-hitting backdoor action from a 1-2-2 set designed to surprise man defenses and get your point guard an easy layup. Great for youth basketball coaches focused on spacing, deception, and smart reads.
Zipper Cut Action: How to Teach and Score from the Pin Down
This article teaches how to run the Zipper Cut for clean catch-and-shoots, pull-ups, and flare reads. Great for developing guards and off-ball scorers.
Iverson Series ATO Plays: 4 Options Out of the Iverson Cut
This Iverson Series breakdown gives coaches four options to score off one setup: tight curl, flare 3, deep post-up, and backdoor lob. Great out of timeouts.
Shake Action: Smart Off-Ball Movement in Ball Screen Offense
Shake action lifts a shooter behind the ball screen to stress the tag defender. Simple read: if they help on the roll, shake gets the shot. Great for all levels.
Double Drag (77) Action: Teaching Early Ball Screens and Advanced Reads
This guide breaks down the double drag (77) action with step-by-step reads, variations, and coaching advice for youth and high school implementation.
Double Shooter Action: Spacing & Screening Play for Youth & High School
This triangle-entry play helps coaches get open shots for two shooters using screen reads and spacing. Easy to teach and adjust at both youth and high school levels.
5-Option Curl Action: Dynamic Play for Youth & High School Offense
This 5-option curl action helps youth and high school coaches create driving lanes, fake out defenders, and space the floor for shooters and rollers.
Split Cuts out of the Post: Reading Defenders
Split action is one of the most reliable and repeatable ways to create movement and shot opportunities out of the post. Here’s how it works, how to teach it, and why defenders struggle with it.
5-Out Concepts from NBA Champions: Away Screens, Toss Actions, and Get Game
The 5-out motion offense is more than just spacing—it's about reading, reacting, and moving with purpose. This breakdown shows how to teach it step-by-step with concepts used by the NBA's best.
Floppy Action: Getting Shooters Open Consistently
Whether you’re coaching pros or youth players, floppy action remains one of the most consistent ways to generate clean shots for your shooters. Here’s a deep breakdown of how it works and how to teach it.
How Luka Dončić Uses the Hostage Dribble (And How to Teach It to Youth Guards)
Luka Dončić has mastered the hostage dribble—keeping defenders on his back after a screen to create a two-on-one. Here’s how it works, why it’s effective, and how you can teach it to your youth or high school guards.
Mastering NBA Pistol Action: Versatile Early Offense Set
Pistol Action is a youth coach’s secret weapon: simple, effective, and easy to teach. Boost spacing, timing, and basketball IQ with this 3-man game.
Pin-Down Screens: Timing and Separation
Pin-down screens are a key weapon for creating separation and open shots without needing the ball. Learn how to run narrow, wide, and gut pin-downs with precision, and why timing and angle are everything in today’s motion offenses.
5 Effective Sideline Out-of-Bounds (SLOB) Plays to Get Open Shots and Quick Scores
Master five high-IQ sideline out-of-bounds plays designed to create scoring chances with clean spacing and sharp timing. Perfect for youth and high school teams.
How to Beat a 2-3 Zone Defense With Ball Movement
Want to beat a 2-3 zone defense without relying on set plays? This breakdown shows how ball movement, spacing, and high-IQ reads can expose the zone every time.
How to Prepare for End-of-Game Situations
"Elevator" Screens: How to Surprise Defenses
The elevator screen is a beautifully disguised set that has made its way from elite NBA offenses into systems at every level. Here’s how it works and why it’s so effective.