If you're a fan of the movie Dodgeball with Ben Stiller, you certainly remember the scene with Patches O'Houlihan where he says "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

Now, how in the heck does this relate to teaching offense to your players?

When it comes to teaching the foundation of offense to your team, I believe you should start with cutting and spacing.

If you can teach your players to cut to get open, basket cut (give and go), and backdoor cut when overplayed... while maintaining spacing, you have a great foundation for any offense.

These are universal offensive concepts (UOCs) that every player should know!

Additionally, when you start to implement screens to your offense, your players will feel like it's much easier to get open. And they are even more effective at using screens!

That's because they already know how to get open without using screens!

I know this because I've both played this way and coached this way for over 20 years.

Similar to "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball"...

If you can get open without screens, you can certainly get open with screens.

Even though this can be a little painful for a month or two with youth teams, it pays out huge dividends later in the season and for years to come. So don't worry if it doesn't all come together at first.

If you'd like to skip some of that pain and shorten the learning curve, you can also check out:

Tim Schuring's Complete Offensive System

He gives you a step by step process with exactly what to teach and how to teach offense to your youth and high school teams.

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