so what are we doing on offense?
bama's fans often wonder what are we doing...
Well, the obvious answer is I wish we all knew. LOL. I have no idea what our offense is named but a lot of coaches one in and four out, or single post and four out. Here's the way bmost effective basketball offenses work or what they hope to cause to happen. Every offense is based on the belief that closer to basket is better. So is ours. In the old days it was a pretty straight forward - rotate the ball around the key, try to draw the offense to one side, and then quickly reverse that to side the rotation began. This ball movement should give you an open space for a mid range shot, the option to penetrate, or the big man is either opened or posted inside with with position. If this doesn't work another player (the forward usually) uses a back screen off the weak side defender and hopefully pops open in the lane. The premise is that some on defense will be out of place, overplay a passing lane, or get sloppy underneath in allowing someone to post up, or some sneaks through on a back screen. The object is to get the inside.
If the ball can find its way to the post, the offensive player will try to score with a drop step, look for the other inside player coming from the weak side, or if he can't shot or pass under the basket be will then look for guard trying flash down the lane for a layup. If none of that works, and a result of all that movement the post player will try once more maintain his post position and possibly score. If the defense has held its ground, the ball is passed to the outside and the whole process starts over. It can either go left to right, but more likely to the right to the left because most shooters are right handed. We frequently go the opposite direction because Jacobs and Pollard are left handed.
This is a great offense, ask Wimp Sanderson, CM Newton, Bobby Knight, etc. Oh yeah, and a guy named Wooden although he modified the rotation to pull a man on the high post to add an additional shooting option and he had a guy named Walton who was the greatest high post passer in basketball history to date. But theory is the same. If Walton did not shoot or find the back screen open he pass it to the next player in the perimeter rotation. All of this is done to get a 2 on 1, or 1 on 1 if you have superior post player. The reason you want a great point that can penetrate is that if he can get the ball in the lane he has four options.- Continue to penetrate to the basket and if no one stops you shot the ball. Sometimes the point can pull and take a short jump shot. The second thing that could have is the when one or both of the inside defenders switch over to cut off the land, the guard pass. to the open man. Or now the fourth option which has come into vogue. Dribble, stop, and look for an open outside man because 2 men are open because the defense has collapsed in the lane.
What happens if you are not blessed with a great inside player, either a center or power forward,what do you do.?The easy answer is worry a great deal. And that is what Anthony Grant has been doing. How do score when you have no real inside player. There are two ways. Great outside shooting on reverse rotation, or keep the lane open a drive the lane.Dribble penetration is what most people call the strategy. In order for this style to work you have to have good outside players shooters to draw defenders away from the lane, and a minium of three players who can dribble drive. (Trevor, Levi, and Trevor L.) Alabama has three in the starting lineup and two on the bench. The reason that most teams play us zone at times is that the defense want to keep one man in front of each dribble driver and protect the lane. It that it so disrupts outside shooting.
We use all three of our post players to get the ball inside, but it is less about scoring than it is to draw defenders away from our shooters. When we pass the ball inside to Jacobs he might take a shot. Engstrom and Geuye pass it out and clear the lane, turn around and get ready to rebound.
bama's fans often wonder what are we doing...
If the ball can find its way to the post, the offensive player will try to score with a drop step, look for the other inside player coming from the weak side, or if he can't shot or pass under the basket be will then look for guard trying flash down the lane for a layup. If none of that works, and a result of all that movement the post player will try once more maintain his post position and possibly score. If the defense has held its ground, the ball is passed to the outside and the whole process starts over. It can either go left to right, but more likely to the right to the left because most shooters are right handed. We frequently go the opposite direction because Jacobs and Pollard are left handed.
This is a great offense, ask Wimp Sanderson, CM Newton, Bobby Knight, etc. Oh yeah, and a guy named Wooden although he modified the rotation to pull a man on the high post to add an additional shooting option and he had a guy named Walton who was the greatest high post passer in basketball history to date. But theory is the same. If Walton did not shoot or find the back screen open he pass it to the next player in the perimeter rotation. All of this is done to get a 2 on 1, or 1 on 1 if you have superior post player. The reason you want a great point that can penetrate is that if he can get the ball in the lane he has four options.- Continue to penetrate to the basket and if no one stops you shot the ball. Sometimes the point can pull and take a short jump shot. The second thing that could have is the when one or both of the inside defenders switch over to cut off the land, the guard pass. to the open man. Or now the fourth option which has come into vogue. Dribble, stop, and look for an open outside man because 2 men are open because the defense has collapsed in the lane.
What happens if you are not blessed with a great inside player, either a center or power forward,what do you do.?The easy answer is worry a great deal. And that is what Anthony Grant has been doing. How do score when you have no real inside player. There are two ways. Great outside shooting on reverse rotation, or keep the lane open a drive the lane.Dribble penetration is what most people call the strategy. In order for this style to work you have to have good outside players shooters to draw defenders away from the lane, and a minium of three players who can dribble drive. (Trevor, Levi, and Trevor L.) Alabama has three in the starting lineup and two on the bench. The reason that most teams play us zone at times is that the defense want to keep one man in front of each dribble driver and protect the lane. It that it so disrupts outside shooting.
We use all three of our post players to get the ball inside, but it is less about scoring than it is to draw defenders away from our shooters. When we pass the ball inside to Jacobs he might take a shot. Engstrom and Geuye pass it out and clear the lane, turn around and get ready to rebound.
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