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Front cut layup
I have a 6th grade girls travel team. When a Layer 1 Front Cut layup opportunity gets stopped, do you have the girl passing it to them do a Layer 2 Laker Cut? (That would follow the “when you pass, make a basket cut” mantra. It would also provide an additional rebounder crashing in.
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Hey Daryl!
Absolutely! You just described how the Laker Cut (Layer 2) came about organically. We passed to the cutter, but the cutter got stopped for some reason. The players asked what they should do. I said, “The receiver is in trouble and needs passing opportunities inside and outside. So, whoever passes must cut around this “post player” and everyone else must fill the empty spots along the perimeter. This was such a good action, that we decided to make it intentional – it’s what we do when anyone posts up intentionally. -
Villanova calls them secondary cuts. It’s a rule right, that when you pass you cut? I make my kids cut when they pass to a cutter. We get our easiest buckets that way, they either become Laker cuts or offensive rebounds. 4th graders don’t always make layups.
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Thank you guys, very much appreciated! I would like your thoughts on a few more ideas that my assistant coach and I have been throwing around. I’ll create a new topic for that though. 🙂
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