COACH MAC s: Drive & Pitch Offense A Dribble Drive Approach 2009, Forrest McKinnis

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2 COACH MAC s: Drive & Pitch Offense A Dribble Drive Approach 2009, Forrest McKinnis All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions No part of this book may b reproduced, stored in a data base or other retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means, including mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. 2

3 Table of Contents Drive and Pitch Position Profile pg 4 Memphis Dribble Drive Rules pg 5 Dribble Drive Entry Set pg 12 Dribble Drive City Entry pg 15 Memphis Breakdown Drills pg 20 3

4 Drive & Pitch Position Profiles 1) Point Guard: Attacks off the dribble well, good playmaking ability, and able to get to the rim out of transition. 2) Shooting guard: Decent shooter, but real good about getting to the rim off of penetration. Almost a slasher type of player, but can hit an occasional 3 on a kick out. 3) Off guard: Terminology is probably backwards but this needs to be your best shooter, as they get a lot of skips on penetration over the top. 4) Trail: Usually a decent post player who can handle the ball. Bigger person, but one you feel confident can take a defender off of the dribble. 5) Post: Doesn t have to be a great back to the basket player, just someone who is big, physical, and has a soft touch around the basket. Needs to be your best rebounder 4

5 MEMPHIS DRIBBLE DRIVE RULES 5

6 I began researching the drive and pitch offense after its popularity and success in the Memphis program. Here is our basic alignment after a transition on a made basket. You ll see the post is on ball side which is the only time this happens. If the ball is pushed down the floor in transition and does not enter into the post, the post will set up opposite ball side. 6

7 Guard Rules Any penetration to the basket, needs to be just that, penetration with the mindset that you are going to get to the rim. Players will want to try to go side to side with the dribble at first. The key to this is to get the guard in the mindset that they are getting to point A from B in a straight line. It is the person with the ball responsible for getting their teammate open. This is different from traditional methods when it is the cutters responsibility to get open. We want guards to create a helping situation with the defense. More Guard Rules On penetration, penetrate until you are cut off by a help defender. The help defender needs to CUT you off, almost to where they are going to take a charge if you keep going. Reason being is that we are trying to put pressure on the defense by attacking the rim. The results should be the following, either a lay up, or get fouled shooting the layup. Notice how in this we show how much help is needed before a guard stops their dribble. 7

8 More Guard Rules On penetration, as soon as the help goes, the nearest guard will rotate over the top of the ball. We make sure to tell them to stay outside of the perimeter on this to create spacing, and a longer recovery on help. On the kick out we tell the 2 one of two things. If they are a shooter, who you feel confident shooting the ball, tell them to fire away. If they are not a great shooter, as soon as they catch the ball, tell them to rip, and drive right back over the top looking to get to the rim. The two players who are backside (4 and 3) are just to stand there to help tie down help side. More Guard Rules As soon as the 1 kicks the ball out, their job is to head to one of the corners. They can either head to the play side corner, (as shown here), or the weak side corner shown in the next sequence. Make sure they are sprinting out to the corner to help clear a lane, and that they are getting width on this. We are seeing a lot that the 2 on penetration has been able to kick back out to the 1. We don t mind this our 1 can shoot pretty well, and gives us another look. Notice here that the guard rules stay the same on penetration. 2 is attacking the rim, the 4 will rotate over the top of the 2, to make a longer recovery for the defender. What we are telling our 2 to do here, is mainly keep your head up and your goal is to get to the rim, draw help from 5, and third option is kick back out to the 4. 8

9 More Guard Rules Here you see what happens if the 1 had cycled out to the weak side. In this case to keep spacing integrity, the 4, and 3 would replace each other, and the 1 would sprint to replace the 3. Reversals We get this a lot during our secondary where we have a slot to slot pass. We will also do this most times in our offense once we get into it. This screen is very effective just because of the misdirection that it causes. 9

10 Reversal Continued After the ball has been reversed to the 4, the 1 will dive to the middle of the free throw line. Timing is the key element to this, as the 4 must time this out to where they are rubbing off of the 1's butt as they attack the rim off of the dribble. As soon as the 4 clears the 1 with the dribble, the 1 will flare out to the backside slot. The 4 is rounding the corner heading downhill trying to get to the rim or draw help. Notice we are still following our rules here as the 2 is coming over the top of the 4, because they are the nearest guard. Post Rules It is very important for your 5 to understand two things. First where the penetration is coming from, is it over the top, or is it baseline penetration. And second would I be better to stay put, or should I follow circle shooting rules that you will see in the next few sequences. On penetration over the top, the rule of the 5 is simple, circle under the basket to the opposite block. We are still following our basic concepts of make the defense have a longer recovery, and also give the ball a lane to the rim. Where the 5 has to read this is that if their defender leaves early, they may be better suited to just sit and stay, and receive the dump off from the 1. 10

11 More Post Rules In this sequence you can see that we are having a baseline penetration. Normally I hate this move offensively, we either get trapped or kick the ball out of bounds. However, with this offense I am starting to allow my guards to do this because of the rules of the 5.In the case of baseline penetration, the rule of the 5 is to circle over the top, and get to the bottom of the dots, hands ready for any quick pass. We try to make this pass quick, and high so the post can go get it and score. More Post Rules We will tell the 5 on a skip duck in and pin. We will try to get you the ball, but if we don't, as soon as penetration inside the perimeter happens get to the backside block quickly. Those are the basic rules to the offense. We try to make sure of the following things. 1) Get to the rim, either get the lay up or get fouled. This will put pressure on the defense constantly 2) 2) If you are a shooter on the kick out, then shoot. We don t mind it, we have plenty of people for backside rebounding purposes. 3) 3) If you are not shooting attack on the kick out, don t hesitate, drive the helper over the top. 11

12 DRIBBLE DRIVE ENTRY 12

13 Initial Dribble Drive Entry Set The forward (4) will move up and set a high screen and role or pick and pop for guard (1). If screen is set on post side, post (5) should move across the key. 13

14 After high screen is set by forward (4) the initial Memphis dribble drive alignment is set and the play continues as would have without the entry. 14

15 DRIBBLE DRIVE CITY ENTRY 15

16 Guard (2) and Forward (4) exchange looking to get open. This option can be a pressure release if the defense is over playing. Guard (1) passes to forward (4) After passing to forward (4), guard (1) will then exchange with forward (3). 16

17 Forward (4) will then begin ball reversal by passing to forward (3) who then moves the ball with the pass to the guard (1). Guard (1) can look into the low post at this point if its open. After forward (4) passes the reversal he cuts through and away to ball side corner. Forward (3) then cuts through key and out to opposite corner. Guard (2) fills forward (3) spot. 17

18 Guard (1) passes to guard (2) and now the offense is set in the traditional Memphis dribble drive alignment. Guard (2) looks to penetrate. The drive and pitch option is in play with forward (3) who is in the corner. 18

19 NO PENTRATION OPTION If guard (2) can not penetrate or chooses not to, then guard (2) passes to forward (3). NO PENTRATION OPTION CONTINUED Forward (3) will look to pass to post (5) who cuts through the key to ball side. 19

20 MEMPHIS BREAKDOWN DRILLS 20

21 RIP DRILL Rip drill is something we will do daily in order to get the kids used to attacking the rim. During this drill things you will need are a ball, a passer, and a chair. Here the circle near the top of the key is a coach who will be our passer. The circle near the seam is where the chair needs to be. We start this drill with the passer, passing down the floor to the first person in line. We make sure the receiver has their hands in ready position to catch andshoot, or in this case drive over the top. We will work three footwork moves on this side of the floor. 1) Rip over, 2) Rip Under 3) Jab Cross Over. On the catch we work in that order. First time through catch rip over the top, big first cross over step, and attack the rim for the layup. After all have gone, we will go to the rip under, and then the Jab Cross Over. 21

22 RIP DRILL CONTINUED Usually try to speed up the pace by telling the passer to get the next pass moving when the 1st person starts their dribble. We want a layup here Make sure the guards are attacking hard, and getting to the rim in as few dribbles as possible. 22

23 CIRCLE SHOOTING Circle shooting is a post drill, and the first one that we work on. We try to work on our kids getting used to looping under or over to get used to penetration rules for posts. The first few minutes we will work on looping under the basket, as we tell them this is what they will do in the case of a guard penetrating over the top. The passer will be right below the free throw line where the guard should be, and will just dump the ball to the post. In this case we will give them all kind of passes. Bounce, direct, and lobs. This is just so they can get used to catching in different surroundings. To speed up we tell second person to go as soon as the pass is in the air to the person in front of them. We will usually do this for about 5 minutes working both sides of the floor. 23

24 ONE on ONE CLOSE OUT DRILL WORK We will work this drill with everyone but the 5's. All we are working on here is dribble penetration 1 on 1 with a closeout coming at them. We will run this on both sides of the floor. here 1 would be working with the 2, while 3 would be working with 4. What we will start with is to tell the defender, in this case the 1 to pass the ball out to the 2, and then close out hard. When the season gets here we will try to do what the opponents do on closeouts. (Are they aggressive, do they lay off, do they run and jump to block the shot), but early we just work on getting the defender out there and putting a lot of pressure on the ball. Early we will tell the defender to handcheck, foul slap, and body up so we can get into the mindset of attacking through physical play. Offense Once the guard on the perimeter catches the ball in this we tell them to attack the rim. Don t wait on the closeout to get there. This does two things. A it works on our offense, we want to go on the catch. B it works on our defense as we work closeouts, and recovering to defend penetration. As you can see here we show two different types of penetration. The 2 is driving over the top, while the 4 is utilizing baseline penetration. I don t care what they do, but I do tell them don t do the same thing every time. Switch it up, and get to the rim. They can go at the same time. Have defense go to offense, and offense step off. New person rotating in will be a defender. the pressure, and keep attacking. Stay lower than the defender. 24

25 ONE on ONE CLOSE OUT DRILL WORK Things to look for in 1 on 1 Closeout Make your guards take an explosive first step, always beat your defender with this step. When they feel pressure don t let them dribble spin, just get lower than the pressure, and keep attacking. Stay lower than the defender. Get to the rim, either take a lay up or get fouled. As a coach get excited, when they get fouled if they miss the layup just reconfirm "good now go beat them from the line" if they get the And 1, let them know. Kids will do what they think pleases you Don t stop until you get there. This will look ugly at first but let them know they are getting better Created 25

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