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How do you read a basketball offense?
To recap here’s the legend:
- Numbers 1 through 5 = Offensive players.
- Circle around a number = The ball-handler.
- Numbers x1 through x5 = Defenders (numbers 1-5 can be put in triangles to indicate defenders too)
- Solid line = Player movement.
- Squiggly line = Dribbling.
- Dotted line = Pass.
- Perpendicular line = Screen.
How many layers are there in basketball?
A successful college team may only use the first 6 layers. But there are 20 layers if you need them. For every action the ball can take, the players without the ball have one and only one reaction.
What is the read line in basketball?
The first player in line without a ball (2), starts filling the top spot and as soon as the coach puts their foot across the Read Line (3-pt line), the players is trained to know that requires an immediate rear cut behind the defense. A bounce pass right behind the defense is preferred to keep the ball out of traffic.
What is a Laker cut?
Term: Laker Cut. Definition: a basket cut made by the player who passed the ball into the post. Origin: The Showtime Lakers, which used the Laker Cut a lot, especially with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
What is Xs and Os in basketball?
The playbook starts as a canvas picture of the basketball court with all its boundaries and lines. On top of that, the playmaker can draw O’s for players on offense, and X’s for players on defense.
Does read and react work against zone?
We modify the man-to-man Read and React offense for attacking zones. All the basic Read and React rules apply, with the following modifications: Pass and Cut – becomes “hook and look (and hold)”. Our perimeter passer cuts, but instead of a basket cut, makes a button-hook cut into a seam or gap in the zone.
What is a backdoor cut in basketball?
A backdoor cut in basketball is a type of cut where an offensive player moves quickly away from the basket and then towards it to be open on the court. The idea is to lose the defender and be wide open for the easiest shot in basketball, a layup.
What is a flare cut?
If the defender moves under the screen, in order to beat the cutter to the “other side” of the screen, the cutter should move toward the screen and then move away from the screen, so that the screener is between them and their defender. The screener may also turn to face the defender and “re-screen”. WABC.
What is read and React Defense in basketball?
Much like any good offense, coaches want players dribble penetrate the defense if they can. In this layer of Read and React, players learn what to do when this happens. It is quite simple. When a player drives the ball to the hoop, every other player moves up one spot in the same direction as the ball.
Why is the read and react offense so hard to master?
The many layers of the offense can sometimes take a while to get through depending on the skill level of your team. Players may get frustrated and want to move onto the next layer of movement before they have mastered the previous ones. As a coach in the Read and React offense you have to let go of the reigns a little bit, but not completely.
How many layers are there in the read and react offense?
The Read and React offense consists of 20 layers. While this may seem overwhelming, it is important to remember that coaches can pick and choose which layers best fit their team. Very few teams will incorporate all 20 layers.
What is the read and react in football?
Rick Torbett sums up the Read and React as follows: “Ultimately the Read and React is just offense. It is a principled framework out of which players can play. It is a series of two man reads that can be drilled into habit, and those two man reads can be built seamlessly into a five man offense.”