Special Plays are a necessary part of basketball. A coach must use special plays to help fill in the gaps around the edges of general play. These special plays are purpose built to deal with situations that arise on a  …

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The Box Offense is always a good tactic for condensing the defence and pulling every player into the keyway. This can be very effective against defences that are in full denial as it provides the spaced need for the offense …

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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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The High Post Offense is a popular with teams who lack a strong inside presence. This can be due to an inexperienced player in this position or an undersized line-up. Either way the High Post Offense is useful at pulling …

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