Fast Break Basketball Offense - Phoenix Suns

what a great fast break!!

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this thing is too bad & we lost 11 games in a row, our coach is crazy for this.i am not coming back to this site ever again.

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I am trying to implement this fastbreak with a freshman (HS) team and it is very cofusing to them. I am trying to break it down pass by pass but they are struggling with the fact that they have never seen a 4-1 set before. Any suggestions?

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Big Dawg says: 5/14/2018 at 5:31:57 PM a 4-1 set? That's not what this break is at all, its just your typical pistol break. minus the corner screen. Its not a "play". just teach your kids spacing and how to run the court first and foremost. Like     login   register

great

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we kind of play this play in canada
but were not very good

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Jackie Chan says: 4/20/2015 at 2:59:36 PM I like basketball but this is dumb Like   1 reply   login   register Big Dawg says: 5/14/2018 at 5:33:47 PM umm its what 100% of teams in the nba do. some varation exactly. maybe you should switch sports. Like     login   register

I'd give the ball to Matt or Rurik they dominate

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maybe a good coach would bring your team to success...sean i have a suggestion..u seam like a good coach but i believe you should get the kids from varsity and make them play freshman games so you can be better than 4-16

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Guys, this is a very easy offense. Don't break this down pass by pass, that is not how you do it. The thing about this offense is the players have to make decisions. How you teach this offense is you make sure each and every player knows all of their options. What they can do with the ball or without the ball. It will never be the same passes two times in a row. So it's a action - reaction type offense.

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oh yes...what iv been looking for...the suns fastbreak...i am a believer in this philosophy...

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The idea of this is to take advantage of insane shooting and athleticism. For those of you who are saying you're trying to run this, but not very good at it, try something else. I'm not trying to be mean, but you HAVE to have GREAT shooting/ball-handling/passing players for this to work. My team was made up of guys who had played together for years and could all shoot and run and were very smooth with the ball. Unless you have the players, this offense will hurt you more than the other team.

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Shady Z is correct, I coach Professional basketball in the HKPBL and many of these players excell at the skill positions. I implemented this break and even with all their skills, they still struggled with it but eventually got it down. It takes time and patience. I'm reading some of the other comments, but most good offenses are like Novocain if you keep taking it, eventually its going to work.

Coach Laurence MacDonald
Lady Keen HKPBL Division 1
Hong Kong Professional Basketball League

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There are alot of things to consider when trying to install an NBA fast break in high school or even college. In the NBA all the players are very skilled for their particular spot. Point guards are exceptional ball handlers for example. Also there is illegal defense in the NBA, that is not so in high school. Which means there will be helpside defense waiting in the paint in most cases. That may make this break somewhat difficult to run.

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u guyz r all wack

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Keep it simple. Fastbreak first and secondary break second. Make sense? The Suns can have a 7 second rule cause their pros. In high school I just want them to attack and try to create a 2on1 utilizing speed dribble to middle, pitch passes, kickouts, dishes and keepers....basic transition offense. Be organized and make your rules fit your personel. For example...we have 5 guys who can push the ball this year, so their rule is whoever rebounds triggers the break and we sprint the sidelines and look for pitch aheads and speed dribble to middle. to create a 2on1. The second thing we do off that is reverse the ball and look in the post. First guy down the floor fills the post if we dont pitch ahead to him. If we do then first guy opposite him cuts to the post. Thats it! We call it Get It & GO! Our basic rules of halfcourt offense are seamless and ready to be applied at any time! on makes we need to be better organized. We will designate the inbounder as our trail and our fastest speed dribbler as our outlet. The other three sprint the sidelines. Trust me when I say they will figure out who cuts to the post but you may have to point out that we dont want 3 on a side and the side with two must work it out. We use the trail to reverse the ball and the speed dribbler reacts to the defense accordingly. To us secondary simply means second objective. First objective is 2on1...next objective is reverse...last objetive is run the offense. Our offense starts when the ball is reversed or when the reverse is denied. Sounds like alot,but is it really? Note: If you are more traditional with non-speed dribblers you can simply designate them as a post sprinters and they sprint the middle third to the rim and bounder-outlet-trail. If they are not a post then tell them to bound-outlet-trail and sprint sideline and spotup. Keep it simple means keep it real, and keeping it real means keeping your players in positions to succeed.

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THIS IS NOT what D'Antoni runs, not even close.... His fast break off of made baskets DOES NOT have the trailer post going to the block. His trailer post always sets a pick for the wing after the point gets his the ball....

What is described up here is basically the North Carolina break which is completely differnt than the D'Antoni break.

I ve run both fast breaks and have had MUCH MORE success with the D'Antoni break.

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good play out there yall

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I actually LOVE this.. yes it would definitely be hard to teach secondary kids.. but I know that this can work. I'll be using this play in one of my classes. Thanks!

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Will this work in middleschool with an exstremely athletic team?

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Tyler Oda says: 9/24/2021 at 12:46:36 PM Not unless you guys are more athletic and more well-conditioned. This is because at some point of your run and gun offense your going to get tired, start missing threes, throwing sloppy kick outs and the other team is going to play the passing lanes. I feel the way to beat athletic aggressive teams is to play controlled and keep the pace even when they go on their runs. Like     login   register

We were always taught on a 3 man break to take the ball to the middle with 2 wings and make the defender commit to the ball and dish or drive to the hoop. Is this no good anymore?

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Kort K, do you have anything on the actual Suns 7 seconds or less offense and the break they used to run in the Steve Nash era? I'm trying to find it online and can't find it anywhere. I want to study the system and see if I believe in it working at the HS/College level. Please let me know if you do so I can get my email to you! Thanks

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Back up to Sean -

This is kind of like an early offense but think about this. We were try to introduce something many times we will use the whole / part / whole system.

Walk them through the whole break... then break it down into parts until they understand it, then you can put the whole thing together.

I did something like this with a sophomore team (10th grade) and they picked it up pretty well.

Be patient, they are young but they can pick it up.

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I don''t know if this is D''Antoni''s offense or not but whoever said this is close to North Carolina''s fast break is on drugs because these diagrams look nothing like it. It looks nothing like the basic option of the Carolina break nor does anything that is pictured here resemble any of the numerous options that Roy Williams runs out of that particular break.

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