High Post Offense Entries
The plays covered in these diagrams include set plays used against pressuring man to man defenses. In our league, we often are guarded the length against athletic defenses and it can be difficult for one point guard to get the ball all the way down the floor to enter into our base offense. To take advantage of a pressuring defense we often use a 2-1-2 offensive set. In this set we essentially have two guards, two forwards, and our center. We will place our players in multiple positions but usually have the center just play center. The center must be willing to screen and is usually our toughest kid, even if he is not the biggest. We find that these entries often lead to layups or open threes if our timing and screening is good. The plays listed are titled by who the guard passes to. As stated, these plays are just a part of our offensive package. They are pretty flexible to change and modify to fit your personnel. We change these plays each year but the 2-1-2 set to start remains consistent. Having an offense that starts just past half court has cut down on our turnovers and made teams back off because they get tired of giving up quick baskets. These sets make it difficult to scout as well because they become just a part of our offense as opposed to the coach yelling out a play call every time down the floor. In practicing these sets it is imperative that your scout team gives your offense different looks. They should deny certain passes so that the point guard has to pass to who is open. We will practice all of the reads and have the defense give constantly changing looks by helping, not helping, switching, doubling. etc. We run an offense similar to what Northwestern ran with Coach Carmody. The good thing about these high post sets is that they are a little different than our base offense and often end in a 4 out 1 in arrangement. So, even if you don’t run a Princeton type offense you can still use these sets to get into your 4 out offense.
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I am entering my 9th year of basketball coaching experience. I have spent the last 3 years as a varsity assistant coach at Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, IL under Hall of Fame Coach Mike Waldo. This past season we won 3rd place in the Class 4A State Championships. Previously, I was the head 8th grade coach for 4 seasons in Edwardsville winning a 4A Illinois Boy’s Basketball State Championship in 2008. I started my coaching career volunteering to coach the freshmen and sophomore teams at EHS. This past year I started Better Basektball Performance which is a small organization that holds affordable skill camps for players of all ability levels and offers skill instruction. I have a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree from Southern Illinois Univeristy-Edwardsville. I currently teach 6th and 7th grade Math and Social Studies at Lincoln Middle School.
Goals:
To become a head coach at the varsity level or an assistant coach at the college level.
To continue to build my skill instruction organization Better Basketball Performance.
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