Matt Hackenberg Basketball

Baseline overload

"Make the zone guard air"

The strong side is endless combinations of two-man games and confusion

The weak side is constant movement and cutting opportunities

The "5-High Ghost Offense"

Tandem 2-3 Zone

When the ball hits the high post, it becomes 1v1 with x5

Excellent slide by the wing to cover down

My "call sheet" from an actual game

What I keep on me during the game with substitution plans, minutes projections, and all our schemes

The numbers at the top are the minutes on the clock counting down - Q3 repeats, then Q4 is all feel

I don't see enough plays where the slip is the primary option

Most of the time it's just read embedded amongst another option

Easy to get into and there is just no help if 4 wins on the backdoor cut

A little outside hand pocket bounce pass off the dribble will do the trick

7 | A shooter setting a rip screen often causes panic on defense

6 | Chris Beard is criminally underrated

5 | Inside OR outside options

Let the defense tell you which option

4 | A unique STS action to spring your shooter

3 | Twirl, STS, and dives to both the front and back side of the rim

Gorgeous

2 | STS to occupy the strong side, and a sneaky back screen on the weak side

Screen-the-Screener BLOBs require the defense to navigate consecutive screens AND present both inside and outside options

Here's 7 different styles

1 | A twist on the classic STS action by Coach Sampson, sending the scoring option to the back side

Post Breakdown Drill

Developing synergy in the HILO game

“Jayhawk” | Zone Set

When timed right, you get the lob or a floater

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After teaching all the pivoting techniques, put them to the test against live defense in a small sided game

Encourage players not to script their moves, but instead try to read the defensive cues in real time

7\ Outside foot front pivot (the foot farthest from the 🗑️ ) ➡️ turnaround jumper
Create space to shoot over the top (see film)

8\ Outside foot front pivot, turnaround, step through
If the defender bites on the turnaround, step around him to the rim

6\ Inside foot, fake the reverse pivot, shoot over the top
See: Hakeem Olajuwon “Dream Shake”

See the last two pivots in the tweet below, and more on this jump stop pivoting breakdown right here: youtu.be/hBRJF-fMZVo...

3\ Inside foot front pivot (the foot closest to the 🗑️ ) ➡️ step through
When the defender over pursues

4\ Inside foot front pivot ➡️ step through ➡️ turn around J
Create space if the defender closes on the step through

5\ Inside foot reverse pivot, drop step - “Kobe Pivot”

The FULL pivot series to play off a jump stop:

👀 to the rim & show the 🏀 on ALL stops and pivots

1\ Shoot over the top
Get to the spot and shoot over a smaller defender

2\ Shot fake, shoot over the top
Get to the spot and disrupt the timing of the defender with a fake

Press Virginia
✅ Perfect timing
✅ Relentless energy
✅ Unpredictable traps

It looked chaotic, but it was also calculated - a system designed to break your will

"Rocket" action exploits teams trying to trap or hard hedge the ball screens

Rocket = quick swing and rocket pass down to the roll man

As seen in the Euro Ball Screen Offense

Free Throw “Plays"

The cross pick action steals buckets 💯

From the *BLOB Specials File*

Baylor curling the stagger and bringing the shooter right back - clever stuff

Bear Offense.. A flex variation

Using your best shooter to set the low back screen forces the defense to make tough decisions

UConn is great burning the defense whenever they don’t play the action honestly

"FIRE Cycles"

The most basic way to ingrain the rules of a coordinated fast break on a rebound or turnover

The 1-3-1 half court trap forces teams to slow down

If the offense rushes into it, bad things often happen

Post split:

I love the screen in and slip option the best, but here are few other split options

Split action is featured prominently in the “5-Out Upscreen Continuity"