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Basketball Play - Elbow Down

Elbow Down

Stephen Gentry 09/17/2012

Elbow Down is a good multi-action, long play that really forces the defense to react, move and cover several threats. I’m a big fan of long plays – if your players are cerebral enough to execute them they can be extremely difficult for the defense to cover and allows for your offense to flow. Too often when I watch games I see a team running a short set with a singular scoring action only to have it snuffed out and see the offense stop and stand. I also like long plays with multiple scoring options because it makes all 5 players feel involved in the action and forces them to be more active participants. In Elbow Down literally all 5 players have a realistic shot of scoring. See More

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Basketball Play - Elbow Through

Elbow Through

Stephen Gentry 09/07/2012

Here is a good set of what I call an "elbow" alignment. Plays out of this formation have become popular in recent years and you will see anyone from the Argentinian national team to the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics running sets out of it. "Elbow Through" is a good set to free up your PG for a driving lane off a dribble handoff as well as create a shot for your best shooter off a stagger. See More

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Basketball Play - Floppy Up

Floppy Up

Stephen Gentry 09/01/2012

This sets main action is a step up ballscreen. I really like step up ballscreens because I think it gets the action going towards the rim and is harder to “load up” against. Even if you are a coach who doesn’t run a lot of ballscreens it is important to have different plays where different angled ballscreens are being set. As I’m preparing for an opponent and watching film, one of the first things I am trying to figure out is how to scheme against ballscreens. The toughest teams to prepare for are ones that have multiple angled and multiple action ballscreens (side, high, flat, step up, roll/replace, drags, slips, doubles, L ballscreens etc) that force you to review and have in multiple defensive schemes. See More

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Basketball Play - Floppy Chest

Floppy Chest

Stephen Gentry 08/31/2012

This set has good movement into ballscreen roll/replace action. Ball screen defensive schemes and the execution of those schemes have come a long way in recent years. Unless you have simply superior players it is becoming more and more difficult to be able to attack on the strongside straight into a ballscreen. Some of the most effective ballscreening teams in the NCAA are because they first have such great movement prior to the ballscreen even being set. The other reason for their effectiveness is because of the great spacing they have. Having movement is one thing but a lot times players become “cluttered” with their false movement and clog up driving lanes. As you put in plays continue to preach spacing. See More

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