Motion Offense #2

Today we are going to look at some of the basic rules of the offense, and see where we can apply them.  Like stated yesterday, motion, to me, is at its best when we use spacing, and timed/purposeful movement to create as many 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 opportunities on one side of the floor.  Here are some more of our rules from our motion packet.

You will see a couple of things mentioned below, and the biggest thing that we constantly teach is spacing.  The old Chuck Dailyism of "Spacing is offense, and offense is spacing." holds very true here.  We want to keep the floor wide, and allow for dribble penetration.  By doing this we create tougher help situations, and help the helper when the offense is initiated.

We will also focus on proper use of the dribble as much as possible.  3 major things to teach within our system is to dribble for 3 reasons, and 3 reasons only.  1. Get to the rim (game is still won or lost there) 2. Center the basketball (try to get it close to the lane line as possible, it allows the ball to "see the action" on both sides of the floor. and 3. To make a better passing angle.  Those are the only three that we will use, and will often stop and run, or use a flat basketball if we get too dribble happy early in the season.

Today we also add the first cutter/second cutter concept.  If you need more detailed information on this, we will discuss it in the next few days.  You can also look up Coach Don Meyer's "Building your motion offense from scratch" video.  

Basically we will have two cuts at the point of the screen.  The cutter, who is receiving the screen, will be the first cutter.  They can cut inside (towards the rim), or outside (away from the rim).  Wherever they go, the screener (second cutter) will vacate and move opposite.

ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE:

1. Cutting
2. Screening
3. Passing
4. Penetration
5. Spacing: “Spacing is offense, and offense is spacing.” Chuck Daily

MOTION RULES:

1.       Constant movement by the athletes, but does so in a controlled manner.

2.       Spacing of 15-18 feet maintained at all times.

3.       Never pass and stand, either cut or screen.

4.       Only dribble for 3 reasons: better passing angle, attack the rim, center ball.

5.       Ball must be centered as much as possible, let the ball see the action.

SPACING RULES:

1.       Make sure that we are about 15-18 feet apart so that we can get to the 2 on 2/ 3 on 3 opportunities that we would like.

2.       Second cutters (screeners) need to second cut hard to vacate the area where the contact of the screen happened.

3.       Make sure that we know where the screens are coming from (i.e. inside, outside, down, flare, etc) or who the screeners are at all times of the possession.