Basketball Play - High Pick and Roll Set

By Dr. James Gels, from the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.net

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The pick and roll remains a very effective offensive weapon when run correctly. Years ago, John Stockton and Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz almost made it into an art form. The play presented here gives us several options and has the option of even running two pick and rolls. We can run this play out of any set offense, just give it a name and call it out. We can run it to either side, and the initial direction of the first screen determines which side.

Diagram A shows our wings O2 and O3 starting down near the corners. Post players are O4 and O5, and since the elbow shot is an option, the post player starting low (here O5) is your better shooter. O4 comes out just above the arc and sets a solid screen for O1. We don't want this too high (or too low)... spacing is important. O4 must have his feet set and body still to avoid an illegal screen call. O1 dribbles tightly (shoulder to shoulder) around the pick and O4 rolls to the hoop. O5 cuts up to the elbow. O1 has the option of the dribble-drive to the hoop (diagram A), and possible kick-out pass to O2 in the corner (if X2 is helping inside). Or, O1 can pass to O4 rolling to the hoop (diagram B).

basketball pick and roll play

If O4 is not open, O1 can pass to O5 who has cut up to the elbow (diagram D). Here, O5 can shoot the elbow shot, shot-fake and dribble-drive the left side of the lane, or pass inside to O4 ducking inside (posting up). The next options are O5 running the pick and roll with the wing O3. We can do this by having O5 dribble toward O3 and use a dribble - hand-off, and then O5 rolls to the hoop (diagram E). Alternately, O5 can simply pass out to O3, and follow the pass and screen for O3 and run the pick and roll (diagram F). O3 has the options of getting the shot or lay-up off the screen, passing to O5 on the roll cut, or perhaps a kick-out pass to O2 or O1 for the outside shot.

basketball pick and roll play

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Off the Break - "43"
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Off the Break - "Wide"
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"Bulldog-4"
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