1-4 High Set Play by Mark Chapman

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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September 23, 2014

1-4 High Set Play by Mark Chapman

“Flare”
This 1-4 High Set Play is has a couple options but the most important part is the 5 man that must catch and make a good skip pass to the wing after it’s entered. Don’t have the ball entered to a post player that can’t keep a seal or is unsure on the catch!

After the ball is skipped to the point guard coming off of the 4 flare screen the 2 guard steps out to the corner. The 3 man is pushed under the rim where the 4 and 5 man are setting a double screen at the foul line. A good defensive player will go ball side to try and beat the cutter to the top of the key. If this happens the 3 man should flare out his cut a little to separate from the defender.

This opens up a drive for the point guard, a swing pass to the 3 man at the top of the key or the 2 guard in the corner. The spacing in this 1-4 High Set Play is important to take defensive players out from the basket and to clear them out of driving lanes.

Once the offense is able to be run 5/0 have the defense guard it in different ways so that the offensive players get a chance to react to what they see. Give your scout defense (or JV team) the freedom to cheat the play in different ways so that you get a look at different options. You know that your opponents are going to scout the 1-4 High Set Play, you will want to make sure that your players can improvise on the fly.

Mark Chapman is the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio. Coach Mark Chapman always has great basketball plays and basketball coaching clinic notes to share with the basketball coaching world. Coach Mark Chapman is one of our hardest basketball contributors on Men’s Basketball Hoop Scoop. I think that you will love the different types of basketball material that he will present us with on this basketball forum. Make sure that you check out his posts here!

1-4 High Set Play

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