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Basketball Set Plays & Quick Hitters
These basketball quick hitters and set plays come in a variety of sets designed to get an easy scoring opportunity.
These basketball plays are essentially special scoring plays from outside of your main offensive basketball sets. They are designed to get a basket when a basket is sorely needed. They also allow you to run specific plays through specific players to get them a shot or to take advantage of a mismatch.
Quick hitting basketball plays, when executed properly, can present many problems for the defense!
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Iona Quick Hitter
By: Jeff Osterman
The 'Iona' quick hitter utilizes a dribble handoff and on-ball screen to create an opportunity for a jump shot and/or lane penetration from your point guard. If your point guard is a good decision-maker, the Iona set play can also create easy scoring opportunities for all players. . . .
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Flex Lob Play
Run out of the Flex Set, this lob play can be used as a standalone quick hitter or as a counter in your flex offense when defenders start cheating over the top of the back screen. . . .
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Flow Ball Screen Transition Offense
By: Steve Hardin
The Flow Ball Screen Transition Offense is a basketball offense that can be used in a variety of ways. It is most effective as a transition offense or secondary fast break. It can also be run with great effectiveness as a series of set plays. The use of a variety of on-ball screens creates multiple scoring opportunities and is often difficult to defend in a transition setting. . . .
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4-Out Handoff Dive Play
This set play from a 4-out, 1-in set utilizes a handoff and basket cut to get a potential layup opportunity. It's a simple play to run that forces the defense to help from positions they may not be accustomed to helping. . . .
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Free the Post Play
This set play is designed to get your post free and open in the low post. By using a diagonal back screen, you can get him open so he can create his own scoring chance from the low block. . . .
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Down Screen the Cross Screener
This quick hitter, utilizing a screen-the-screener action, is designed to get an open shot at the free throw line / top of key area for one of your better shooters. . . .
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Drive Staggered for 3-Point Shot
This set play is designed to get a 3-point shot for your shooter. By utilizing a staggered double screen with a dribble-drive and kick out pass, there is a good chance the shooter will have an open look for 3. . . .
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Double Rub Play
The Double Rub Play is a quick hitter from a 4-out, 1-in set that utilizes a couple of 'rubs' to create an open scoring opportunity. The term 'rub' is used to describe when you 'rub' your defender off of a screen. It is more of you using your screener rather than your screener seeking out your defender to set the screen. . . .
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Laker Lob
The LA Lakers ran this set play in a game against the Orlando Magic on 2/13/11. A clearout of the weakside, along with an effective backscreen, creates a great opportunity for a lob pass and an easy dunk or layup finish. . . .
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Doublestack Doublescreen
Run a simple set play from a doublestack set that is designed to get a layup. This quick hitter utilizes a on-ball screen and a staggered or double backscreen to open up a player cutting across the lane. . . .
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Middle Drive Staggered Kickout
This set play utilizes an on-ball screen so the point guard can penetrate into the lane, creating his own scoring opportunity or the chance to make a kickout pass to an perimeter shooter. . . .
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Big-Small Switch
The Big-Small Switch quick hitter is used to gain an advantage, no matter how the opponent chooses to defend it. When executed properly, this play should allow for a great scoring opportunity. . . .
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Dribble Drive In Out Options
A simple motion offense quick hitter, the Dribble Drive In Out Options play gives the point guard a couple of passing options or his own option for a layup or jump shot. . . .
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"Y" Formation Triple Screen
In this quick hitter, the players form a "Y" which creates a triple screen for the wing guard. A simple basketball play to install and teach that creates a couple of open scoring opportunities! . . .
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Four Double S
This quick hitter, out of doublestack low set, makes use of four 'doubles': it's a doublestack set, includes 2 doublescreens, and one double staggered screen. . . .
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Handoff Isolation
A simple quick hitter from a 4-around-1 offensive set. The initial option requires only one pass and a handoff to create a layup scoring opportunity. . . .
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Continuity Offense Sets
