Basketball Play - 4-Out 1-In "Swing"

From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.net

This is a play you can run out of the 4-out, 1-in motion offense.

Set up in the 4-out, 1-in set. O1 has the ball and starts the play. O5 flashes to the ball-side elbow. O4 "swings" around to the ball-side low block. You will notice that this "clears out" the right side. See Diagrams A and B.

O2 makes a V-cut and receives the pass from O1. O1 then cuts around O2, and receives a hand-off from O2 and takes it hard to the hoop for the lay-up. If the defense prevents the hand-off, then O2 might be able to make either a bounce pass, or a "dump" pass (a soft lob pass) to O1, who still takes it to the hoop. See Diagram B.

If O1 does not receive the ball, then he/she moves through and sets a screen for O4. O2 passes to O4 for the lay-up. See Diagram C.

Of course, another excellent option (if you have a good O2 guard) is to let O2 have the option of attacking his/her defender one-on-one after O1 has cleared through, as there will be an open alley to the hoop. If O4 sees this happening, he/she should stay clear of the right block.