Having coached for 15 years from kindergarten through varsity high school, I can say that this offense is the heart of the game. It teaches the most important concepts, and you can attach every other offensive skill to it as you teach: catching in triple threat, pass fakes, pivoting, etc. If you can get your kids to master this by 3rd or 4th grade, they'll be good, *if they also have strong fundamentals.* One way to teach young kids is to get those little "lily pads" (a small rubber disk you can put on the floor as a marker) and put five on the out spots and two at the block. Tell them they have to cut to the block if they pass but can only be there two seconds and then have to fill away. Depending on your group, some will master it quickly, and some won't. Where you really see advancement with all of them is when the more experienced kids start directing the other kids. Don't get discouraged if they run it amazing in practice and then can't do it at all in a game; it often takes the "Learn it this year and be able to do it next year" approach, depending on the level of kids and length of season/practice, etc. The next stage of this can also be that they can pass the ball and screen away, opening up the person cutting toward the ball for a drive. Great video and we'll explained!
I tried implementing this offense with my 2nd grade team. It was pretty challenging and I have noticed that most of their opponents play man to man. It was unfortunately too complicated for my team. Regardless, it helps with spacing.
We use this idea of a motion offense with middle school and it's good to see we're on the right path because a lot of them are new to basketball (it's s homeschool team)
This should be taught at a much younger age. It solves a lot of issues with kids standing around and solves problems with coaches that just teach screens. I’ve used it with 3 YMCA groups (3rd-6th)and 1 rec group (high school. These teams had a combined record of 45W, 3 losses. I didn’t push it with a 5th team because of the other coach I was working with and ended up 5-7. A lot of coaches don’t want to teach it where I live but team ball always wins and this strategy is worth learning. Not just to win but to help your players by setting them up for success down the road.
My concern with a 5-out for 4th graders is: 1) what if you don't have good shooters? 2) It seems that it would be hard to get offensive rebounds for put-backs?
I go over that point in this video, ua-cam.com/video/4OBPUX8ri-M/v-deo.html However it's not an offense thats about shooting. the idea is to spread the defense to get wide open lanes for layups
Hea Coach this is a great video as all of your videos and explanations are but I have a question. At the 3:55 mark of your video when #5 has the ball after 2 cuts and returns to his spot, my team gets confused because if 5 passes to 3 they are supposed to cut and replace 2. Could 5 pass to 3 and cut through but have 3 dribble to 5's vacated spot. Sorry if confusing. Then everyone is in the same spot.
My 3rd grader just started basketball for the first time this Fall and man o man...The Clump® is so real. Hoping to help them break that up this coming term!!!
We have a 9 year old team It's just a church league. Everyone plays. Man, trying to explain this might as well be talking to a wall, LOL. Trying to teach them space and not calling for the ball 2 feet away. Hopefully it clicks at some point.
I agree. I've tried to coach this 2 years in a row and the hardest part is the motion requires every player to pay attention which doesn't happen when working with this age group. I'm thinking of switching to a few basic ball screens where left side screens right, vice versa, then top screens bottom and vice versa.
Agreed. 6 simply isn't realistic. 8-9 MAYBE, but depends on the team/players. I'm going to try this as the initial offense to run with my girls team of 3-4 graders this winter so we'll see lol.
This weirdo league (8u) has no press, no fast break, no 3p shot, no 3p defense. We lost 4-1. No team scored in double digits all day. Scoring in a half court set is the toughest task in basketball. Scoring on a zone with every player under the arc is a monumental challenge. I won’t coach this age in this league again.
@@bballcoachallen It is. The rules open up at the next age bracket... We won 8-2 today. The game before ours ended 8-6. I haven't seen 10 points on a scoreboard yet. 2 15-minute halves and we can't score 10 points...
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Having coached for 15 years from kindergarten through varsity high school, I can say that this offense is the heart of the game. It teaches the most important concepts, and you can attach every other offensive skill to it as you teach: catching in triple threat, pass fakes, pivoting, etc. If you can get your kids to master this by 3rd or 4th grade, they'll be good, *if they also have strong fundamentals.*
One way to teach young kids is to get those little "lily pads" (a small rubber disk you can put on the floor as a marker) and put five on the out spots and two at the block. Tell them they have to cut to the block if they pass but can only be there two seconds and then have to fill away.
Depending on your group, some will master it quickly, and some won't. Where you really see advancement with all of them is when the more experienced kids start directing the other kids.
Don't get discouraged if they run it amazing in practice and then can't do it at all in a game; it often takes the "Learn it this year and be able to do it next year" approach, depending on the level of kids and length of season/practice, etc.
The next stage of this can also be that they can pass the ball and screen away, opening up the person cutting toward the ball for a drive.
Great video and we'll explained!
I tried implementing this offense with my 2nd grade team. It was pretty challenging and I have noticed that most of their opponents play man to man. It was unfortunately too complicated for my team. Regardless, it helps with spacing.
We use this idea of a motion offense with middle school and it's good to see we're on the right path because a lot of them are new to basketball (it's s homeschool team)
Thats good, I hope your team does well
This should be taught at a much younger age. It solves a lot of issues with kids standing around and solves problems with coaches that just teach screens. I’ve used it with 3 YMCA groups (3rd-6th)and 1 rec group (high school. These teams had a combined record of 45W, 3 losses. I didn’t push it with a 5th team because of the other coach I was working with and ended up 5-7. A lot of coaches don’t want to teach it where I live but team ball always wins and this strategy is worth learning. Not just to win but to help your players by setting them up for success down the road.
Our season is just ending, but I’ll be bringing this in next year. Thanks!
your welcome
Very usefull, just a must. Simply and well explained. Thank you so much
your welcome
I plan on coaching one day. Thx for the vids 👍🏾
You should! Best of luck, I hope you do
Thanks coach. I needed this play.
your welcome, happy to help
Coach Al your videos are fantastic you are the best
Glad you like them!
Love this! Thanks
You're so welcome!
My concern with a 5-out for 4th graders is: 1) what if you don't have good shooters? 2) It seems that it would be hard to get offensive rebounds for put-backs?
I go over that point in this video, ua-cam.com/video/4OBPUX8ri-M/v-deo.html However it's not an offense thats about shooting. the idea is to spread the defense to get wide open lanes for layups
Hea Coach this is a great video as all of your videos and explanations are but I have a question. At the 3:55 mark of your video when #5 has the ball after 2 cuts and returns to his spot, my team gets confused because if 5 passes to 3 they are supposed to cut and replace 2. Could 5 pass to 3 and cut through but have 3 dribble to 5's vacated spot. Sorry if confusing. Then everyone is in the same spot.
Does it matter who’s in a certain spot 0? Why do you have 4 & 5 on the wings?
Kids need to understand how to catch face up and pivot for this to be affective. A lot of kids at this age first thing they do is catch run/dribble
kids need to learn that no matter what
My 3rd grader just started basketball for the first time this Fall and man o man...The Clump® is so real. Hoping to help them break that up this coming term!!!
lol yea, they just all clump together asking for the ball
Not 1 country allows zone for U10 age category. Good video but the zone thing is not true! Keep it up 👍
In Ontario Canada they do… OBA/OBL advises against it but there’s no rule against it, CYBL allows it
Yeah they also start zone here at age 8
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False
just finished our season and unfortunately zone defense is real. Wish it wasn't, but it is
Wow
We have a 9 year old team It's just a church league. Everyone plays. Man, trying to explain this might as well be talking to a wall, LOL. Trying to teach them space and not calling for the ball 2 feet away. Hopefully it clicks at some point.
takes a very long time lol ... have them watch a lot of basketball, NBA, NCAA, anything so they understand how things work
@@bballcoachallen good idea. We don't turn the TV on much at home, but maybe can go to some college games (so it's cheaper).
No way you get 6 year olds to do this! Our high school kids are reminded every time they pass it to cut or simply just move!
Lol 😂 seems like the level of team. I have my u14s running complex horns plays but some other older teams can’t do them
I agree. I've tried to coach this 2 years in a row and the hardest part is the motion requires every player to pay attention which doesn't happen when working with this age group. I'm thinking of switching to a few basic ball screens where left side screens right, vice versa, then top screens bottom and vice versa.
Agreed. 6 simply isn't realistic. 8-9 MAYBE, but depends on the team/players. I'm going to try this as the initial offense to run with my girls team of 3-4 graders this winter so we'll see lol.
This weirdo league (8u) has no press, no fast break, no 3p shot, no 3p defense. We lost 4-1. No team scored in double digits all day.
Scoring in a half court set is the toughest task in basketball. Scoring on a zone with every player under the arc is a monumental challenge. I won’t coach this age in this league again.
Age is fine … that league sounds like a nightmare
@@bballcoachallen It is. The rules open up at the next age bracket... We won 8-2 today. The game before ours ended 8-6. I haven't seen 10 points on a scoreboard yet. 2 15-minute halves and we can't score 10 points...
This should be titled for experienced players or for teams with hours of practice time available...NOT for beginners
ummm no, as a team we should look at a minimum 2 practices a week, ideally 3 practices a week... this should be able to be taught in 1-2 weeks