PLAYS and STRATEGIES

50 All-Stars Strategies

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• Hype
  

  HYPE

  On a dribble-out, the wing may choose to post after fully cutting based on a potential mismatch.

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• Iso
  

  ISO

  When the top guard dribbles out the wing, the dribbler may decide to attack the basket to score or pass from isolation.

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• Side
  

  SIDE

  When the top guard isn't able to pass the ball to the wing, we dribble at the wing to initiate the backdoor cut.

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• Triangle
  

  Triangle

  Our primary offensive set. Quick internal and external cuts are crucial. If any other play dissolves, we run this.

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• Pyramid
  

  PYRAMID

  Whenever the top guard makes a ball-side cut, we initiate this cross-screen / down-screen action.

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• Right
  

  RIGHT

  Whenever the pass is entered into the top inside player, a backdoor cut by the open-side wing takes place.

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• Lateral
  

  LATERAL

  When the player on the wing is unable to reverse the ball, the top guard sets an on-ball screen.

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• 180
  

  180

  On a wing dribble-out, the wing may choose to forego their backdoor cut in place of taking the handoff instead.

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• Three
  

  THREE

  With wings overplayed, we run through 3 sets of curl screens. If nothing, the fourth curl becomes Lateral into Triangle.

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• Tangent
  

  TANGENT

  The point guard attempts to get double-teamed by penetrating off a double screen to create an array of options for others.

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• Scale
  

  SCALE

  When teams over-deny our wing entries or reversals, we run this to keep them honest.

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• Polly
  

  POLLY

  With wings heavily denied, the top guard dribbles-out to the lane-line to initiate a wing-to-wing cut.

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• B.O.B.
  

  B.O.B.

  From a box set, the strong side guard chooses who to screen, then the other players screen and cut accordingly.

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• S.O.O.B.
  

  S.O.O.B.

  From a box set, we screen and cut hard to give the in-bounder several options. Safety is for the closest guard to seal.

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• Press
  

  Press

  Our press break requires accurate spacing, awareness, patience, solid screens, hard passes, and quick cuts.

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• Zone
  

  Zone

  Against zones, players read the defense to find the open spaces. This is a merely a template for where to stand and cut.

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