Tight Stack Offense Playbook by Wes Kosel
Here is a playbook with several options using a tight stack formation. The first chapter includes 3 options using a double tight stack, and the second chapter details 4 options out of a single tight stack. The single tight stack plays can also be ran by first setting up in a double tight stack with one of the stacks separating as the play initiates. With this action all of the options look similar at the start of the play.
Double Tight Stack Offense – Option 1
1 picks a side and dribbles to the wing. As this happens, 2 sets up his man and cuts off of a double screen from 3 and 5. 1 looks to pass to 2 for an open shot in the corner. This is a good option if you need a quick shot.
Double Tight Stack Offense – Option 2
If 2 isn’t open in the corner, 1 looks to pass to 3 who looks to pass to 2 making a flex cut to the basket. 4 clears out to the corner to open up the lane.
Double Tight Stack Offense – Option 3
In this option, 4 stays in the lane and sets a staggered screen for 2 instead of clearing to the corner. After setting the screen, 4 pops to the elbow. 3 has the option to pass to 2 or 4 for a shot. 4 will be wide open if 4’s defender helps check 2 cutting on the screen.
Single Tight Stack Offense – Option 1
5 and 4 set up in a single tight stack, while 2 and 3 are on the perimeter. However, as mentioned before 3 and 2 can start in a stack and simply move to the wing to start the play. 1 dribbles to the stack-side wing and 3 cuts off of the stack to the corner. 4 pops to the elbow after 3 clears the screen. If 3 isn’t open for a shot, 1 looks to pass to 4 at the elbow. Once 4 has the ball, 3 makes a flex cut to the basket off of 5.
Single Tight Stack Offense – Option 2
This option is initiated by passing the ball to 2. Instead of having a player in the corner, 5 is in the free-throw area and sets a screen for 1 after the ball is reversed to 2. 1 cuts to the opposite wing and if open can receive the pass from 2 and score. If not, 1 can pass to 3 cutting off of a staggered screen from 4 and 5.
Single Tight Stack Offense – Option 3
This play starts the same as option 2, but instead of cutting over the screen 1 cuts under the screen toward the low post. If 1 isn’t open, 5 turns toward the ball to receive the pass from 2. Once 5 has the ball, 1 cuts off of a screen from 3 and 4 looking for a shot. If 1 doesn’t have a shot, he clears to the low post and 3 curls off the same screen from 4.
Single Tight Stack Offense – Option 4
Instead of passing to 2, 1 dribbles at 2 and 2 makes a cut to the basket. 2 then cuts off of a screen from 3, 4, and 5 looking for a shot in the lane. If 2 doesn’t have room to curl, 2 catches the ball at the free-throw area and looks to pass to 5 diving to the basket or 3 cutting to the wing.
Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Tommy Jones at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, TX. 2013-2014 marks the second year for Kosel at TLU. Prior to arriving at TLU, Kosel served as a student assistant coach under Head Coach Chad Killscrow at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and teaches weight training and aerobic fitness courses at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi
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