There are a fair number of coaches who love to run a 1-4 low set at the end of quarters and end of shot clock for their best players. It is often a great one on one player.
Personally I do not like the 1-4 low set for anytime of the game. My reasons:
1- Quoting Coach Jeff VanGundy, “If the 1-4 low set is such a great set for the end of games, why aren’t coaches running it all the time.” His point is that it is not run during most games because of its limitations.
2- Why do many coaches today run 5 Out offenses? They run 5 Out because they want to create space to drive, and ability to get to the basket. The 1-4 Low Set is the anti-thesis of 5 Out, in the 1-4 Low set you are putting 2 offensive players (and their defenders) right at the basket. The 1-4 Set is most often going to result in the least effective shot in basketball- the mid-range two off the dribble.
The following is an attempt to clear space for the guard to get to the basket in a 1-4 Low…
Figure 1- This simply shows the initial alignment.
Figure 2- #1 is setting up their defender.
Figure 3- As soon as #1 gets inside the 3 point arc, they have in effect determined a side. The posts react- the side the guard is driving is going to go under the basket to the other post. The weakside post is going to pop up the lane. In this way #1 can get to the basket, and also has the classic dribble drive options- corner three or dump to weakside post.
Figure 4- If #1 passes back to #4, #4 either shoots or immediately gets into a dribble handoff action with #2.
Figure 5- #4 completes the dribble handoff with #2.
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