5 Quick Hitters for Your Motion Offense
By design, a motion offense is supposed to be free form and interpretive. That does not mean it should be random or hap-hazard.
Here are some quick hitter entries you can use to enter into your motion. A quick hitter is a play with one pass and maybe one or two cuts that are designed to get your scorer an open, early shot. When finished, it will leave your players in good position to continue your motion offense if you don't get that early shot.
These cuts can be run out of any set and generate any motion. The sets that I have used here are solely because they had to be illustrated somehow. You should adapt these plays to sets and offenses you are comfortable with.
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1. 2-5 Cross Screen 3 steps up for a ball screen 1 dribbles off the ball screen 2 cross screens for 5, timing it so 5 arrives at the block as 1 brings the ball to the wing. |
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1 looks to low post (1st option) 4 screens for 2 2 cuts to the wing 1 reverses to 3 for pop out jumper (2nd option) 3 passes to 2 off the screen for shot (3rd option) Offense then continues into motion offense. |
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2. 2-5 Diagonal Screen 4 steps up to ball screen 1 dribbles off ball screen 2 sets diagonal screen for 5 5 cuts off screen into low post, timing his cut so he arrives in the low post as the ball is arriving at the wing |
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2 and 4 set stagger screen for 3 3 comes off screen 1 passes to 5 in the low post (1st option) 1 passes to 3 for shot (2nd option) |
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3. UCLA Cut into ball screen 1 Passes to 2 5 steps up to back screen for 1 1 makes UCLA cut to low post |
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5 steps out to ball screen for 2 2 dribbles over ball screen 3 and 4 set stagger screen for 1 1 cuts off stagger screen. 1 looks to score (1st option) 1 looks screen and rolls with 5 (2nd option) 2 passes to 1 off stagger screen (3rd option) |
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4. Zipper Screen 1 dribbles to the wing 2 zipper cuts to the top 2 flashers to the corner |
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1 passes to 2 4 steps up to ball screen, timing it so he arrives to screen as 2 is catching the ball. 2 comes off the ball screen looking to score (1st option) 2 penetrates and kicks out to 3 for shot (second option) |
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5. 3-Special 3 steps out to ball screen for 1. 4 screens for 2 1 dribbles off the ball screen |
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Immediately after ball screen, 5 flare screens for 3. 3 cuts off flare screen. 1 looks for 3 over the top (1st option) 1 looks for 2 in the corner (2nd option) |
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In each of these quick hitters, players space out to appropriate spots for the type of motion offense (5-out, 4-out, 3-out, 2-out).
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