Dana Altman High Post Offense vs. Any Defense

ADVANTAGES FOR THE HIGH POST OFFENSE | Dana Altman High Post Offense
Team doesn’t have dominant post man
Spacing creates many options
Allows for penetration-getting to the rim
Back cuts
Low block area available for other players
Very good against pressure
Because of the spacing
Flexible, allowing many options in varied situations
Uses against zone or man
Uses against box and one (ex. Kyle Korver vs. box-and-1)
An offense should be flexible to take advantage of your special players
Only limited by your imagination
Establishes set moves for many situations
Better idea of where your shots are coming from
Know who your 1st and 2nd options are
Helps rebounding
Because floor is spread and they take a lot of 3’s…long rebounds
Train tough players who go after the ball
Perimeter spots are interchangeable
Tough to scout
Flows right into spread offense
Without bringing it back and setting it up which would allow defense to reset

DISADVANTAGES | Dana Altman High Post Offense
Need 4 guys who can really pass and catch the ball well
Post who can shoot from 15 feet or can put it on the floor

Base Set (Continuity) | Dana Altman High Post Offense
Run by point guard
Guards should be 15 to 18 feet apart
Guards and wings are high and wide
Wings are FT LINE EXTENDED
PG can switch sides of floor anytime by dribbling “over”
4 switches sides by v-cutting off of the 5 (5 doesn’t move)

1 pass to wing; 4 can go over or under the 5 for the first cut (usually gets 1 or 2 easy buckets a game from this cut)
5 sets the screen for the 3 who can go over or under for the second cut (if defense opens to help, look at 5 near the rim)
If first or second cuts aren’t open 2 skips to 5
PG rim cuts for a handoff from the 5
PG can reverse dribble to look for post or can skip it back to the top
Take advantage of smaller bigs who can shoot by bringing them out with this offense

PLAYS PART ONE- SPECIALS | Dana Altman High Post Offense
Flare Pick

Look at 3 in the post(should be a good wing who can post up) if the shot for the 4 (shooter) is not there
Pick on the ball

Can do the same play for the 4 man (Pick on the ball-4 man)
1 passes to 2; 4 sets the on ball screen for the 2; 5 and 3 screen down for the 1; now the 2 can look at 4 for the pick and roll or still has 1 coming off of the double screen
Drive Play for Forward

3 can also go on the inside of the screen and set a pick on the 5’s defender so that the lob is there…read the defense and react
GO
Get their best post in foul trouble quickly

Look to Post
We want ball to get to basket

Bumping out the Post Man | Dana Altman High Post Offense

You can put anyone in that 3 spot who you want to drive at the basket instead of the 5
You can also run a lob play out of this for the 5 by splitting the screen
Drive to basket
When you are taking too many jump shots
Lets your athletes take it in and make a play
All spots are interchangeable- you can run an over cut to switch the guards

What’s hard to guard for us?
Dribble penetration
Refs calling fouls
Use what is hard to guard in your offense
Get guards who can post up-defenses don’t practice for it
Dribble Option

Dribbles are just like passes for this-cutters go when dribbling at someone
Dribble Back pick
Same as above except instead of 5 screening down for the 3, the 3 sets a back pick for the 5 looking for the lob
If defense bites on the lob; 3 for jump shot

V.S. ZONE | Dana Altman High Post Offense
“Get underneath the zone”
Runs the base continuity set a lot- looking for gaps
Don’t get caught standing looking for gaps

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Dana Altman High Post Offense vs. Any Defense