Basketball Plays for Your Shooting Guard (the 2-Series)
From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.netOver the years, we have been fortunate to have some very good shooting guards, who could not only shoot the outside shot well, but also attack off the dribble. Below are several plays that are designed to get O2 (your shooting guard) open for good shots. Some have already been posted on this web-site and are linked here. Others are new and are shown below. We run these mostly out of our 3-out, 2-in motion offense, but you could run them out of any offense by just calling a play and getting your players positioned correctly. You could also run any of these plays on the opposite side of the court for O3.
Versus man-to-man defenses, first, two basics that we have used a lot are "WS-2" and its "Back Option", and the "Kentucky" plays. Kentucky-2 is an excellent play if O2 is a good 3-point shooter. So, look at these first.
The "Redhawk" plays get O2 open either off a curl-cut in the paint, or for an open 3-point shot in the left corner. "Wisconsin" gets O2 open for a 3-pointer from either the top, or the right wing. "92 and 93" are set-up for our wing players, either O2 or O3, and "94" gets O2 a 3-point shot. "America's play" gets O2 open for a 3-point shot on the top. "Isolation-2" is a basic isolation, or "clear-out", play for O2 to go 1-on-1 with the defender. "52-Curl" is run out of the 4-out motion offense ("Low" set).
Here are several new man-to-man plays that will get O2 some good shots: Kansas, Jayhawk, Louisville, Arizona, Arizona and Back, 42 & 52, Illinois, Virginia, and Elevator.
Versus zone defenses... in addition to running your usual zone offense, here are several plays for getting O2 open for shots. Against almost any zone including the 1-2-2, 1-3-1 or 2-3 zones, try the "Zone-2" offense. O2 will get open shots from the corner as your "runner", and there are several other options and plays that will get O2 shots. Versus the 2-3 zone, look at: "Iowa", "Indiana", "Corners-52", and "UConn".
"Kansas"
This is a good play if your O2 is tall, athletic, and can jump. O3 slides to the corner. O4 screens for O1. O1 dribbles over the screen to the wing and becomes a passer. O4 rolls off the screen down the left side of the lane for the pass from O1. If the initial pass is not there, O4 moves out to the short corner. Meanwhile, O2 moves up toward the top calling for the ball, and O5 comes up and back-screens for O2. O2 makes a hard back-cut to the hoop and O1 lob passes to O2 for the lay-up (diagram B). After screening, O5 pops out on top and could get the pass from O1 and take the 3-point shot (diagram C). If O2 does not get the pass off the cut, he/she moves out to the corner for a possible pass from O5, and the 3-point shot (or shot-fake and drive).Key points… O4 must stay on the left side of the lane (and go to the short corner), or else the middle will become too clogged for O2's cut. O5 and O2 must time the back-screen and not go too early, but wait probably until O1 goes over O4's screen.
"Jayhawk"
Jayhawk is the "sister" play of Kansas (above)... very similar. O1, O4 and O3 do exactly the same things… O4 screens for O1 and rolls down the left side of the lane, while O1 dribbles left over the screen and becomes a passer. O3 slides to the corner. In Jayhawk, O5 goes to the opposite elbow while O2 starts low on the block. Instead of a back-screen (as in Kansas), O5 down-screens for O2. O2 cuts around O5's screen for the pass from O1 and the 3-point shot. The only difference between the two plays is that in Kansas, we use a O5-on-O2 back-screen, and in Jayhawk we use a O5-on-O2 down-screen.
"Louisville"
This play gives O2 a chance to take the seam with a dribble-move from the top. We move both post players off to the left side, to clear the right side of the lane for O2. O4 flashes to the left elbow, while O5 posts up on the left low block area. O1 passes to O3. O2 back-screens for O1 and O1 moves out wide to the right corner. O2 pops out on top and gets the pass from O3. You'll notice that this now looks a lot like the "Loyola" play, except with O2 going into the right seam. O2 can shoot the lay-up or pull-up jumper, or pass to O5 or O1.
"Arizona"
This simple play creates some movement and gets O2 open on the left wing instead of the right side. O5 slides up and will down-screen for O2 (diagram B). O3 shallow cuts across to the right wing. Meanwhile, O2 cuts under O4's and O5's screens and out to the left wing for the pass, and shot, or dribble-move. If O2 makes the dribble-move, notice that there are possible "dump" passes to either O5 or O4.
"Arizona and Back"
We will use this after running Arizona (above) a couple times. The play starts out like Arizona with O3 starting the shallow cut, and O2 starting the circle cut under O4's screen. But instead of completing the cuts to the opposite wings, both O3 and O2 cut hard back to their original places. O5 moves to the short corner and will move to the hoop if O2 either shoots or dribble-penetrates. O4 slides up the lane to create an open seam for O2. O2 gets the pass on the right wing for the shot, or dribble-move. Notice again that if O2 makes the dribble-move, there are possible "dump" passes to either O4 or O5.
"42" & "52"
These two plays feature back-screens for O2, and then a pick and roll with the screener (either O4 in "42", or O5 in "52"). Depending on the way the screen is set, O2 could go either baseline or into the top seam. In both plays, O3 back-screens for O1. If everything looks jammed up inside, O2 could skip pass to O1 as another option (diagram C). O1 could shoot the outside shot, or pass into the low post.
"Illinois"
Here's another play with a lot of options. Diagram A. O1 dribbles to the right wing. O2 curls around O4's screen and cuts to the top and gets the pass from O1. Meanwhile O5 back-screens for O3. O2 looks to shoot the 3-pointer, or to pass to O3 as an option (diagram B). After screening for O2, O4 slides up to the 3-point arc. Diagram C. Next, O2 passes to O4. O5 back-screens for O2, and O4 makes the overhead pass to O2. O2 could shoot the 3-pointer. O3 moves to the opposite side. O4 cuts to the ball-side lane and block for a possible pass from O2. O1 moves out on top after O4 cuts thru. O5 moves to the ball-side elbow.
"Virginia"
This is another play with several options. O1 passes to O2, waits for O4's back-screen and then makes a front-cut to the hoop. O2 could pass here to O1 for the lay-up as the first option. If not, O1 clears out to the corner. Next (Diagram B), O4 back-screens for O2, and O2 and O4 run the pick and roll with O2 dribbling hard around O4's screen into the seam, while O4 seals and rolls to the hoop for the possible pass from O2. O2 has the options of (1) shooting the pull-up jump-shot, or (2) dribbling to the hoop for the left-sided lay-up, or (3) passing to O4 rolling to the hoop, or (4) skip passing to O3 (Diagram C).Meanwhile, as O1 makes the first pass to O2 (above - Diagram A), O3 cuts to the top. O5 back-screens for O3 and O3 cuts over the screen to the wing-corner area for a possible "kick-out" pass from O2 dribbling around the screen. If the pass goes to O3, O5 should cut to the ball-side block and post-up, and O2 should pop out to the point.
"Elevator"
This play is called "elevator" because of the elevator screen used at the high post (diagram B below). We start with O5 and O4 setting up at the free-throw line, just far enough apart so that O2 can cut between them (diagram A). O2 first cuts to the low block and screens for O3, who moves out to the right corner. O1 dribbles to the right side and could pass to O3 as the first option. Meanwhile, O2 cuts up the lane, through the elevator screen, and O5 and O4 quickly slide together, or "close the door" of the elevator, so that the X2 defender cannot get through. O1 passes to O2 for the 3-point shot at the top of the key.If the defense switches on the elevator screen (diagram C), there could be some confusion and we might get a lob pass to O5 back-cutting to the hoop, or a pass inside to O4.
Related pages:
Vs Man-to-man: WS-2 (and Back), Kentucky, Wisconsin, Redhawk, 92 and 93, 94, America's play, 52-Curl, and Isolation-2.
Vs Zones: Zone-2", "Iowa", "Indiana", "Corners-52", and "UConn".