Very effective secondary transition/early offense set from Cardinals Head Coach Chris Mack. This action uses some false motion and then incorporates a flare screen followed by a ball screen. If you love 4 Out spacing, add this to your playbook ASAP! On the FMS blog: Early Offense Philosophies Flare Screen Essentials See More
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A false motion quicker hitter from Tennessee Head Coach Rick Barnes! This set is guarenteed to get your best post player a deep position catch. It may even catch opponents off guard for an easy, uncontested layup. This action uses a cross screen and back screen, ending in a big on big cross screen for a post catch. Click for a Twitter thread of Tennessee Early Offense sets! See More
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A set designed to get a DEEP post catch! Tennessee is the best team in the country at getting deep post position using physical duck ins. I call this a "False Motion" set because it uses actions to disguise what they want to get to in the end, in this example Coach Rick Barnes uses a baseline runner to get a deep post look. After 3 screens, in he gets his defender to relax and then ducks in the paint for a catch. Click for more NCAA Top 25 XsOs! See More
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Tennessee will run this action in its secondary transition. Getting the ball reversed with timing is key! The Vols tight curl off the first screener, and are physical when they cut. Sprinting through cuts is a great habit to teach players at any level. In this action, if the first cutter is not open, it turns into a single pin down for 1. Click for more NCAA Top 25 XsOs! See More
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Another staple of Tennessee's offense is the combination of down screens followed by flex screens on the weak side. Once again, with Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield as screeners, it makes it extremley difficult for defenders to get through. A key to this specific action is 3 must set up his defender by getting below the level of the screen and then sprinting off of the screener shoulder to shoulder. How does tennessee make these simple actions so effective? Simple, physical screens and physical cuts! Click for more NCAA Top 25 XsOs! See More
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Tennessee loves to use pin downs in secondary transition. With Grant Williams as the screener, the action is a nightmare for defenders to get around. The key to this pin down is the weak side offensive players must exchange. I call this "occupying the help." Click for more NCAA Top 25 XsOs! See More
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Exellent misdrection set to get your best guard driving downhill to the rim! If no driving lane is available, we counter by having 5 follow to a ball screen and then slip. This same action can be used as a half court set as well. See More
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Coaches - if you want an easy two points against a zone defense, add this to your playbook ASAP! This is a action that we have ran as a BLOB with tremendous success. See the diagrams and video in my playbank! We decided to start running this as a half court set as well, and this is what we came up with. Run your best shooter along the baseline to distract the wing defender. Once that happens, the hook is set and we seal the middle of the zone allowing a clear path for a layup. For more great quick hitters, check out my YouTube channel. Download: Full Zone Offense Playbook See More
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A very simple but effective set out of the Horns formation. You may think this will never work, but the proof is in the video below! This was a staple out of Chris Mack's Horns series when he was at Xavier. I like this action because even if the initial action is guarded, you can seemlessly flow into another Horns action like flex, 45 ball screen, etc. Click for more Horns sets! Free Playbook - NCAA Horns See More
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This Horns set has multiple options including a post feed and a potential three at the top of the key. If the post feed and the screen the screener action are covered, then this set turns into a pitch action with a slashing guard driving into a double gap! Click for more Horns sets! Free Playbook - NCAA Horns See More
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Loop cuts - also known as Iverson cuts - are a great way to shift a defense. Creating a shift followed by a counter flow can often lead to an open look. This set will almost always get you a low post catch when needed. In the video below, the ball is fed into the post from the slot. in MOST scenarios, I like the ball reversed to the lift which creates a much better angle for a post feed. See More
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A creative flex action used by Iowa head coach Fran McCaffrey. This play starts in a low double stack. This action is difficult to guard because x1 will tend to relax once he gets through the false back screen. As 1 comes off the back screen, he is immeditatley setting a flex screen for 2. This limits the time that x1 has to see the action develop. More: Shooting Drills that Enhance Your Flex Offense See More
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Rejecting ball screens is a creative way to get your players to drive downhill. I like to use this set after a timeout after seeing how a team is defending ball screens. The more times a team has seen ball screens, the more likely they are to get caught cheating the screen allowing your player to reject the screen and get to the rim. See More
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Overloading against a zone can be overwhelming for the defense. Indiana coach Archie Miller uses these two overload actions to create a 1 on 1 matchup with his bigs vs the middle of the zone. 1: In the first video clip, the wing defender is confused on who to cover and leaves the corner wide open. 2: In the last clip, the wing tries to split the wing and corner offensive player, leaving a 1 on 1 in the post, which is exactly what the Hoosiers are looking for. On the FMS Blog: Gap Creating Cuts to Enhance Your Offense See More
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This set provides truth to the saying "defense struggle to guard two actions in a row." The first action acts as a decoy, and you can see the defense relax in the clip below, followed by a screen the screener action resulting in a wide open dunk. See More
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