At one of my son’s college stops, the team had a great set they ran. It seemed like every time they ran the play, they got a layup. My thought was,”Man, that is a great play, why don’t they run it more.” (Isn’t it great when a HS girls coach thinks they can analyze college basketball?!?!)
Main Play- This is the main play that the team ran, which sets up the layups play. They are going to run an Iverson cut.
Side Ball Screen Off Iverson- So the main play then is a side ball screen off the Iverson screen.
Layup Play Off Iverson- After the main play has been run, now they are ready to run the “layup play.” When #2 cuts off the post on the Iverson cut, the post steps up for a pass.
Curl Off Iverson- They got a layup 90% of the time when they ran this.
Zone Layup Play- This is an action that Streaks boys ran in 1998. It helps to have Joey Range and Rod Thompson there to dunk the ball but Mike Miller was a master of the X/O’s. They simply took the ball to one side and then reversed it.
Screen and Pin on Reverse- The post screened away and pinned the zone for the lob. They did not run it often but they got a dunk when they did.
Backscreen Lob Play- This is a play that we ran in 1999-2001 for a 5’9” wing- Megan Pacheco.
Reverse, Clean Out Backside- We got everything cleaned out for the back screen.
Point Guard Backscreen for Lob- My experience is that point guard defenders are great on the ball defenders but often are horrible when it comes to helping off screens.
Part of the reason it was a great play, was that they didn’t run it often. The “layup play” was something that they may only run twice a game, and usually when they needed a basket in the second half. And they never ran it in games that were not close- they saved it.
It seems like a lot of coaches that I watch act as if running a set is illegal. They never run sets. Why not have 3-4 sets that you keep to use in the big moments of a game.
So the question- what do you have in your playbook to run in a pressure situation when you need a score. Here are three plays that are examples of that. I am not putting them out with idea that these are THE plays you should run, just examples of “layup plays.”
Main Play- This is the main play that the team ran, which sets up the layups play. They are going to run an Iverson cut.
Side Ball Screen Off Iverson- So the main play then is a side ball screen off the Iverson screen.
Layup Play Off Iverson- After the main play has been run, now they are ready to run the “layup play.” When #2 cuts off the post on the Iverson cut, the post steps up for a pass.
Curl Off Iverson- They got a layup 90% of the time when they ran this.
Zone Layup Play- This is an action that Streaks boys ran in 1998. It helps to have Joey Range and Rod Thompson there to dunk the ball but Mike Miller was a master of the X/O’s. They simply took the ball to one side and then reversed it.
Screen and Pin on Reverse- The post screened away and pinned the zone for the lob. They did not run it often but they got a dunk when they did.
Backscreen Lob Play- This is a play that we ran in 1999-2001 for a 5’9” wing- Megan Pacheco.
Reverse, Clean Out Backside- We got everything cleaned out for the back screen.
Point Guard Backscreen for Lob- My experience is that point guard defenders are great on the ball defenders but often are horrible when it comes to helping off screens.
My point of this blog post is not to say that these are plays that you should use. My point is to say- do you have 2-3 plays that you save and use when you are looking for a sure layup.
My Tips-
1- If you can find a play that is a counter to one of you most used plays- that will be great.
2- Don’t over use this play. Don’t ever use it vs teams you know you are going to beat- save it.
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