Basketball Plays - 4-Out, 1-In Motion Offense "Big" Series
From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.netYou can make the 4-out offense as complicated, or keep it as simple, as you want. The "Big" series of plays gives you many options. We typically do not use all of these plays in one season. We use those plays that best suit our current team personnel. Next season, as our players change, we may use other plays and options. Use those that will best benefit your team. Don't overload your players and try to teach too many of these at once. Learn the basic "Big" and "Big-Down" plays, and then add other options gradually.
"Big" or "45"
We run "Big" out of the 4-out, 1-in motion offense set. We like to use this play if we think our inside post player can beat his/her defender 1-on-1 with a post move. This is a great play also if the post defender is in foul trouble as it exposes him/her to another fouling situation, or he/she may simply play "soft" defense and allow us to score.See the diagrams below. O1 dribbles off toward the right wing as O2 locates in the corner. O4 moves to the top of the key and O1 passes to O4. O5 makes an aggressive post-up in the paint and O4 tries to make the "hi-lo" pass inside to O5 (oftentimes a "step-around" left-handed curl-bounce pass). O5 scores or gets fouled. This is our first option. The pass from O4 to O5 must happen quickly so as to avoid O5 getting a three-second violation. Timing is important.
After O1 passes to O4, O2 backscreens for O1, and O1 slides to the wing-corner area. If the pass inside to O5 is denied, O4 could skip-pass over the top to O1. O1 could shoot the three-pointer, or pass inside to O5 who posts up on the ballside as soon as the pass goes to O1. Another option that we use when the pass from O4 to O5 is being denied is to have O4 fake a pass to O5, and make a quick dribble move to the hoop around the right side of the defender.
"15"
After you run "Big" a couple times, the defense may be looking for this play and may overplay and deny the pass from O1 to O4. In this case, O4 can simply backcut up the right side of the lane and get the pass from O1 for the lay-up. Another option is, instead of O1 passing to O4, O1 passes inside directly to O5 posting up. We call this option "15".
"Big-Left"
This is the same play as "Big" except that we run it on the left side of the court. O1 dribbles to the top left side and O4 moves to the top right position. O2, O3, and O5 are in their usual positions. The pass goes from O1 to O4, and then O4 to O5 posting up inside, just like in "Big". The same "Big" options are in play... O3 backscreens for O1 and the pass could go over the top to O1 if O5 is denied the inside pass."Big-Down" or "54"
Now look at the diagrams below. We may have a situation where we think O4 could effectively post-up his/her defender. In this case we run "Big-Down" (or "54"). This is the same play as "Big", except we start with O4 down-screening for O5, who comes up top and receives the pass from O1. O4 posts-up inside for the pass from O5. In diagram B, we again have the option of O5 skip passing to O1 in the corner, similar to "Big" above.
"Big-43"
This is another option using the "Big" setup. See the diagrams below. O5 moves out to the short corner to open up the inside (a good play to run off of the "4-Lo" set). O1 passes again to O4. Instead of passing into O5, O4 passes to O3, follows the pass and sets a screen for O3. We now run the pick and roll play with O3 dribbling around the screen and attacking for a shot. O4 seals and rolls off the pick and may get the pass back from O3. As an option, if O2's defender is in helpside, O3 might pass outside to O2 in the corner for the 3-point shot.
"Big-Double"
This is another option off "Big". See the diagrams A-F below.Diagram A: The pass goes from O1 to O4 and from O4 to O3. O1 and O4 set a staggered double-screen for O2.
Diagram B: O5 moves to the right block. O2 cuts around the staggered screens looking for the pass from O3 and the 3-point shot as our first option.
Diagram C: If the pass at the top to O2 is denied, O2 back-cuts through, still looking for the pass from O3 and lay-up. O4 screens for O1. O1 now comes around the screen looking for the pass from O3 at the top. After the screen, O4 moves to the right wing.
Diagram D: O1 could shoot the 3-pointer here. If not, O3 down-screens for O2 and O5 back-screens for O4, and O4 cuts to the hoop.
Diagram E: A pass from O1 to any of the cutters is an option. O2 could get the 3-point shot, or O3 and O4 could get the pass inside.
Diagram F: If nothing happens, O1 dribbles right and we rotate back into the 4-out set, with O4 in the right corner now, and O1 and O2 on top, and O3 in his/her usual spot on the left side.
