Yeah i looked at the dribble entry. I worry that it would take too long and the wing has to keep her dribble active while the cutter runs that zipper cut. Has that not been an issue?

@@billabner It does take a little while. But if your point guard is good at seeing that denial in transition they can wave them through quickly to start the possession. We got a lot of drives when that player would back cut, their defender would turn their head and our point guard would just attack 1 v 1 with no help. You are right though.... waiting for the player to dive through and come up through the screens takes a while. It's great to exploit tough matchups though.

Great video and coaching points. We've been running a Pistol offense for the past two seasons, and we've seen improvements. We'll use this concept this season. Best of luck this season!

Awesome break down video as well. This is my 7th year coaching, and 5th has a head coach in Texas (UIL).

100% we do breakdowns. A lot of them. We use them as warmups. 1st cut, 2nd cut, 2-man shooting, etc. We then do a lot of 3x3 live small-sided games out of 2-man game. Start with a skip, then play it 3x3 live. Then start with a pass to the slot guard (assuming skip isn't open) and play from there. For the AAU teams we only met 2x a week so we were rushed to get it in. And these are higher bball IQ kids than your typical HS team so we could afford to do that. There are reads to make in this offense that really make it click, even though it's technically a continuity so the 3x3 stuff I think is critical to maximize those reps to learn what the reads are. End of the day your offense is only as good as your players, but this really does give kids a lot of ways to score.

Thanks for the response coach!@@billabner

Chad everything for me is based on personnel. I really, really like all of the scoring ops Spread gives you. But if I have 3 or 4 elite ball handlers/decision makers with a mobile post, Pistol is still a fantastic offense. Simple to learn, but extremely hard to guard but you need the right kids to run it. Circle is good but it gets predictable unless you add a lot to it. Euro is a great, great offense but you really need the 4 and 5 to be able to shoot to make it really go. Otherwise they'll just zone off the bad post shooter. All of them can work (Blocker/Mover as well). It just depends on WHO is operating it.

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