The Zipper Offense looks to create player movement on the court using a dribble entry tactic. This provides a good opportunity to overload one side of the floor and create some offensive opportunities through player movement.   The Zipper Offense …

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The Box and 1 Junk Defence is one of the more common seen around basketball courts. A junk defence brings together both man-to-man and zone defence principles. A junk defence is most beneficial when there are players of the oppositions …

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Packing the Lanes in defence is the practice of having help defenders assist earlier in the defences’ rotations to stop offensive penetration by a dribbler. This tactic is commonly used against teams with a particularly prolific scorer and can be …

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The Open Post Offense provides the much needed space that undersized teams need to create scoring opportunities. Through motion offense principles and a quickened player movement tempo the Hand-off Switch Play looks to bring an opposition’s defence unravelled.   The …

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As with any Pick and Roll Offense, the focus is on creating mismatches through on-ball screens. The Pick and Roll Offense, High Screen with Ball Reversal Play is no different. An initial high on-ball screen is used as an opportunity …

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