Pacer - Quick Hitter into 5 Out Motion

This is a simple quick hitter play that will give you a lay up or get your 5 out motion offense initiated.  It's an excellent entry against high pressure defense and flows seamlessly into 5 out motion.  Even if you don't get a shot from the play, it loosens up the defense by getting your motion started with an immediate ball reversal.    Our goal is to get a lay up or a great shot out of the quick hitter or utilize the action to get the ball entered and flow into our motion.  
The play starts from a 5 out formation. 4 cuts to the high post getting into position to set a screen.  5 starts cutting to opposite wing.  2 starts moving to opposite corner.  
Frame 1
2 continues their cut to the corner.   5 cuts to the right wing brushing off the screen from 4.   1 passes to 5. It's important for 5 to catch the ball at free throw line extended or below... for good spacing.
Frame 2
4 sets a UCLA (back screen) for 1.  1 makes a direct cut off the screen looking for a lay up.
Frame 3
1 pops to the short corner.  4 sets a ball screen.  5 uses the ball screen attacking the middle.   5 can look to turn the corner for a lay up, hit 4 rolling to the basket, or make the pass to 3. If not shots are available, the pass to 2 or 3 is almost always open.  This extra pass can give you a better angle to hit 4 rolling into the post area. Or allows you to continue 5 out motion offense. Ideally you practice flowing into your motion so there's no stopping or pausing the action.
Frame 4




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Coach D says:
11/14/2022 at 1:23:27 PM

How does this flow into 5 out? When I draw this out 1 and 2 end up jammed in the corner and short corner 3 is fine on the wing but 4 and 5 probably end up somewhere in the lane. I don’t see any way to flow this back into 5 out spacing??

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Jeff says:
11/15/2022 at 4:37:35 PM

The main thing is to follow the concepts of maintain spacing and fill open spots to the ball. In this case, if 5 gets into the paint... then 3 and fill to the top, 2 fills to the right wing, and 1 goes to the right corner.

If 5 does not dribble into the paint and ends up a the top, 1 can stop in the short corner and players can space the best they can until the ball starts moving and thigns even out.

With motion offense, things are never perfectly positioning and we just teach players to follow fundamental concepts of maintaining good spacing. If you teach spacing concepts, everything works our regardless of the offense or the play.

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