Very good video! I now know the subtle mistakes I was making such as not always filling the opposite space and not cutting between the ball and the defender!
Last option I like to have offensive teammate dribbled at become the cutter, so in your final example he would basket cut and replace the right wing instead of everyone shifting left and forcing left wing to run the entire baseline. Also if your defender is preventing the pass to you when the ball is one away you can back door cut. Keep in mind any Coach at the elementary level should tell his defenders to NOT chase their opponents out to the 3-pt line and instead pack the lane, pinch gaps, and play halfline when ball on opposite side of court, which usually stalls out this offense and forces shots further away from basket.
This is simple. I would look up zoom action from videos to add to this plus a dribble weave that when a wing drives the opposite corner crashes looking for a dunk or layup
The front cut is honestly the toughest for my group to remember, they 9-10 times run behind their defender instead. They also forget to cut opposite to weak side after passing. Cutting and filling correctly take a lot of practice
Our team has gotten pretty good at running most of it... in practice. During the game, we're happy if they pass more than the other team. They do stay out of the key, which gives them wide open drives. We're trying to find ways to remind/reinforce the movement after the pass, like having everyone yell, "move", after every pass.
You don't always have to do front cuts. This offense is called the read and react. So, if your defender is playing ball denial, the read is obviously a back cut. In The read and react, the vocabulary words are important.
It needs a high IQ and excellent knowledge of team work. The best teams get it going in training. It is very rare if ever that they get it going in games for this age group.
will chime in w/ my opinion. I dedicated half the practice, several practices in a row to walking through the passing, cutting, and filling. this was a park district team of 4th graders. I don't think it requires a high IQ. what it does require are kids who will listen. the first time anyone looks at this mapped out, there heads will spin. but it is super easy and at its basic level really only requires the 3 things I mentioned above - pass, cut, and fill. my kids tuned me out. they couldn't care less about what I was telling them. during the course of our season, only one time did a play pass and then cut and it lead to a really nice scoring opportunity.
The read and react is an amazing offense. Teach the first 5 layers at HS and youth levels and you'll be teaching your players how to play basketball instead of teaching them plays. 🏆. DDM. Dribble drive motion offense is another winner!
1 of the 2 tallest players should start the offensive possession at 1 of the wing spot where your best 3-point shooter should be to pull help-defenders out of the paint area.
This is good. I’ve had a hard time explaining it to my 3/4 graders. Most of my team hasn’t played basketball. I have two players that have played. The rest are fresh. It’s frustrating. Any tips on what to work on with that age group?
Our team is similar. We cover fundamentals mostly (shooting form, dribbling, etc.). These videos are mainly to give them something better to do on offense than all standing in the key. Here's a playlist that breaks 5 out down a bit more (with animations): ua-cam.com/play/PLYGr-5QnUpO5bCiQ15OQJ2eCibb84-wpO.html
Question 🙋♂️ the “dribble to” from corner back to wing spot…Wouldn’t you want the wing guy to automatically cut to the basket and fill opposite corner instead of just rotating to the top spot??
That seems reasonable. I want to give them more options, as they progress, and let them get used to making quick decisions and being creative/unpredictable. I think they need just enough structure to not bunch up. Our team's next evolution is to get used to the back cut. Teams have figured out that we like to pass, and are over-committing to filling the passing lanes.
@@magaheteat video I run this with as young as 2nd/3rd graders and while it’s tough at first when they get to 4th they’ve become terrific decision makers. 90% of the game is not a perfect half court set. It’s a lot of randomness. This teaches them good decisions making fundamentals that will help even when the 5 out breaks down. In transition is another good thing to work on with younger players: We emphasize handling the ball to the middle and having cutters attack the rim from the side at a 45 degree angle.
Use this for 5/6 rec team. Boys caught on pretty well after just one practice. Stressing that the cutter is in front on.his defender is key. I also had my boys keep 👁 contact with one another (cutter and ball handler). This is great if you have smaller lineup and or 5 good ball handlers. I recommend trying with 4th grade and above. Boys seem to enjoy 😉
Since the 1st pass is to the right side 90% of the time, you best 3-point shooter should be in that right corner to pull a help-defender out of the paint area.
So the 3 point line is called the READ LINE. if a defender has one foot over or on the read line, and they are one pass away from the ball, that action forces an automatic backdoor basket cut. Everytime!
5:40. A dribble @ forces a cut. If the corner dribbles to the wing. Then the wing will automatically basket cut, the cutter doesn't get the ball, they will fill the open spot! Your welcome
This is fine for 3rd/4th grade or Community Ed/house league. Too simple for 5th and up travel. Offense should involve more complexity at the travel level.
Not even. I coach 7th and 8th graders who never played and this is fundamental on any level. Keep it simple. Of course there are layers you can build. But this is the foundation. If you can teach players to cut with conviction it will make things easier. But as a coach who’s coached first year players. It’s easier said than done.
Very good video! I now know the subtle mistakes I was making such as not always filling the opposite space and not cutting between the ball and the defender!
Nice. The addition of detailing the cut on passing side cleared it up for me.
Last option I like to have offensive teammate dribbled at become the cutter, so in your final example he would basket cut and replace the right wing instead of everyone shifting left and forcing left wing to run the entire baseline. Also if your defender is preventing the pass to you when the ball is one away you can back door cut. Keep in mind any Coach at the elementary level should tell his defenders to NOT chase their opponents out to the 3-pt line and instead pack the lane, pinch gaps, and play halfline when ball on opposite side of court, which usually stalls out this offense and forces shots further away from basket.
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This is simple. I would look up zoom action from videos to add to this plus a dribble weave that when a wing drives the opposite corner crashes looking for a dunk or layup
The front cut is honestly the toughest for my group to remember, they 9-10 times run behind their defender instead. They also forget to cut opposite to weak side after passing. Cutting and filling correctly take a lot of practice
Our team has gotten pretty good at running most of it... in practice. During the game, we're happy if they pass more than the other team. They do stay out of the key, which gives them wide open drives. We're trying to find ways to remind/reinforce the movement after the pass, like having everyone yell, "move", after every pass.
You don't always have to do front cuts. This offense is called the read and react. So, if your defender is playing ball denial, the read is obviously a back cut. In The read and react, the vocabulary words are important.
I coach 3/4 boys and it always turns into chaos once we cross half court. We are undefeated but I’ve been hoping to set this offense up at least once
It needs a high IQ and excellent knowledge of team work. The best teams get it going in training. It is very rare if ever that they get it going in games for this age group.
will chime in w/ my opinion. I dedicated half the practice, several practices in a row to walking through the passing, cutting, and filling. this was a park district team of 4th graders. I don't think it requires a high IQ. what it does require are kids who will listen. the first time anyone looks at this mapped out, there heads will spin. but it is super easy and at its basic level really only requires the 3 things I mentioned above - pass, cut, and fill. my kids tuned me out. they couldn't care less about what I was telling them. during the course of our season, only one time did a play pass and then cut and it lead to a really nice scoring opportunity.
The read and react is an amazing offense. Teach the first 5 layers at HS and youth levels and you'll be teaching your players how to play basketball instead of teaching them plays. 🏆.
DDM. Dribble drive motion offense is another winner!
1 of the 2 tallest players should start the offensive possession at 1 of the wing spot where your best 3-point shooter should be to pull help-defenders out of the paint area.
This is good. I’ve had a hard time explaining it to my 3/4 graders. Most of my team hasn’t played basketball. I have two players that have played. The rest are fresh. It’s frustrating. Any tips on what to work on with that age group?
Our team is similar. We cover fundamentals mostly (shooting form, dribbling, etc.). These videos are mainly to give them something better to do on offense than all standing in the key. Here's a playlist that breaks 5 out down a bit more (with animations): ua-cam.com/play/PLYGr-5QnUpO5bCiQ15OQJ2eCibb84-wpO.html
Question 🙋♂️ the “dribble to” from corner back to wing spot…Wouldn’t you want the wing guy to automatically cut to the basket and fill opposite corner instead of just rotating to the top spot??
That seems reasonable. I want to give them more options, as they progress, and let them get used to making quick decisions and being creative/unpredictable. I think they need just enough structure to not bunch up. Our team's next evolution is to get used to the back cut. Teams have figured out that we like to pass, and are over-committing to filling the passing lanes.
@@magaheteat video
I run this with as young as 2nd/3rd graders and while it’s tough at first when they get to 4th they’ve become terrific decision makers. 90% of the game is not a perfect half court set. It’s a lot of randomness. This teaches them good decisions making fundamentals that will help even when the 5 out breaks down.
In transition is another good thing to work on with younger players: We emphasize handling the ball to the middle and having cutters attack the rim from the side at a 45 degree angle.
Great comment, TY@@sugarman9323
Basket cut!
this is an outstanding video. thank you very much.
Use this for 5/6 rec team. Boys caught on pretty well after just one practice. Stressing that the cutter is in front on.his defender is key. I also had my boys keep 👁 contact with one another (cutter and ball handler). This is great if you have smaller lineup and or 5 good ball handlers. I recommend trying with 4th grade and above. Boys seem to enjoy 😉
🏆Good job. I don’t agree @ 5:45. If “3” dribbles towards “5”, 5 cuts to the basket and fills at the 3 position in the corner.
Better to do a dribble drive hand off
I like the idea. I'm coaching 3rd graders, so we'll need to build up to that.
This only works on man to man defense right?
Yes
Is Jim Halpert narrating this video?!?
Since the 1st pass is to the right side 90% of the time, you best 3-point shooter should be in that right corner to pull a help-defender out of the paint area.
this guys coaching a team of us youtube viewers, whos in? I guess i'll be #2
This is amazing
Can this offense work against the zone defense
Naw because it’s easy steals for the zone I mean if you do 4 out 1 in it’s gonna work
Wat about back cuts. Back door?
So the 3 point line is called the READ LINE. if a defender has one foot over or on the read line, and they are one pass away from the ball, that action forces an automatic backdoor basket cut. Everytime!
I coach girls and see a lot of zone, how does this work vs. zones 2-3 and 3-2 or 2-1-2
It doesn't, this offense is for 1-2-2 zone where the cover shooters
works on anything
Recap pass and cut: you just cut on the opposite side of the ball unless corner you just go back to original spot.
5:40. A dribble @ forces a cut. If the corner dribbles to the wing. Then the wing will automatically basket cut, the cutter doesn't get the ball, they will fill the open spot! Your welcome
This is fine for 3rd/4th grade or Community Ed/house league. Too simple for 5th and up travel. Offense should involve more complexity at the travel level.
Not even. I coach 7th and 8th graders who never played and this is fundamental on any level. Keep it simple. Of course there are layers you can build. But this is the foundation. If you can teach players to cut with conviction it will make things easier. But as a coach who’s coached first year players. It’s easier said than done.