[jnolte]

The pass and cut action can be extended all the way to the full court and if you really look at any pressbreaker it is essentially a pass and cut anyway. You will need to work on getting your players to extend the 5 spots out and eventually flow into their 5 out motion.

As far as the trap teach your players to fill these spots as soon as they recognize someone being trapped: middle first, horizontal (side to side pass we call it lag), sideline, and someone long diagonal.

Hope that helps!

[Coach Rick]

For the most part, “yes” although if they are trapping just across half-court, I would start with a player flashing to the middle (between the top of the key and the jump circle) and try to enter the half-court with a pass to the middle. That player should pivot to the goal and pass to the open player. The trap will scramble to get to the lane and recover their defense. You should be cutting an filling and attacking the rim. This will discourage them from re-trapping.

[troymooney88]

Appreciate all of the advice! Thanks again!

[Nelson]

Rick is right, of course, but this is how I explain it to my players: The 2nd defender trapping at half court is over the read line. The wing spot on that side, therefore, must back cut to get open, which in this case means cutting to the middle as Rick describes. This gives you movement to the middle AND a filler to the wing. One of those guys are going to be open.

More importantly, speak to whoever runs your league. Coaches who send half-court traps to young players are idiots out for wins at all costs, and know nothing about developing young players or teaching the game. Your league president should speak to them about their tactics and goals in coaching, and reinforce that the grown-ups are there to tech the game and make it fun for the players. If they disagree, they should be banned from youth coaching. IMHO 😉

[dlong]

I have a 5 out R&R question/clarification about rotations during a draft drive. Ball is up top & passed to right wing, passer rim cuts and receiver drafts drives to his left. ON the original pass the left wing and left corner are starting to fill up to point and wing. What are these 2 players actions when they see the draft drive? I am caught between both players returning to their original spots follwoing rule to reloacate to next spot in the directions of the drive OR should the player that started in the corner baseline basket cut when they see the draft drive?

Coach DLong

[Stuart Dezellem]

Circle movement would come into play once the player with the ball drives to the basket.

[Bob C]

In theory yes but that might be a little much for a youth team, I would at least make sure they are getting to their spots so that the ball handler knows where his passing options are.

[Coach Lambeth]

I have a 5 out R&R question/clarification about rotations during a draft drive. Ball is up top & passed to right wing, passer rim cuts and receiver drafts drives to his left. ON the original pass the left wing and left corner are starting to fill up to point and wing. What are these 2 players actions when they see the draft drive? I am caught between both players returning to their original spots follwoing rule to reloacate to next spot in the directions of the drive OR should the player that started in the corner baseline basket cut when they see the draft drive?

I’m not a fan of having that formerly corner player cutting to the basket, taking his defender right into the path of the drive. I’d rather the defender of the corner either leave the corner 3 open or stick with the corner (which they’ll probably do in youth), allowing the drive.

If the player returns to the corner, they’re breaking nothing because nobody else is going to the corner (as the player in between wing and top is going to the wing). Also, getting all the way to the corner from near the top would be a difficult move on the drive. I believe the momentum change (going to the top then turning around and going back to the wing or going from corner to wing, back to corner) takes enough time that putting the player back to wing (or corner) maintains that natural pitch timing.