[Coach Ralph]

Double circle move -natural pitch is one that I can recommend. When penetrator 1 attacks the basket, it draws help. Natural pitch forces the help defender to close out properly, a skill that is woefully in short supply even at the NBA level. Penetrator 2 takes advantage of that, executing a draft drive move. Make sure Penetrator 1 fills out and doesn’t stop to admire their work. Very simple yet effective.

Any action which forces a quality close out should be explored. In the zone attack, a pass from the wing to the top guard position could force a close out by the top side help defender in an aggressive 2-3. Voila, you could be in the lane which is dead-man-walking against the zone.

[Coach Rick]

Check out the R&R 5-player Rehearsals that make up the FUSION PRACTICE PROJECT. There are 32 of them located in the REFERENCE chapter. I’ve listed them below. Not all of them are combinations, but many of them are. These are combinations that I’ve drawn from watching successful game possessions.

Many of the combinations (starting with #16) begin with a Dribble-At, but you could replace the Dribble-At with a Pass & Cut and accomplish the same combination. You simply have to figure out where the cutter goes, but that’s usually obvious.

1. Pass & Cut for a Lay-Up
2. Pass, Cut, & Back-Screen
3. Pass, Cut, & Draft Drive
4. Read Line Reads + WILD SCRIMMAGE
5. Real Estate
6. Killing Close-Outs + WILD SCRIMMAGE
Extra: Oops Screen Draft Drive
Summary of Pass & Cut + How long does it take for my team?
Intro to Layer 2 Feed the Post
7. Pass, Cut, Post-Up, Laker Cut
8. Pass, Cut, Post-Up, Post Move
9. Pass, Cut, Post-Up, Inside-Out shots
10. Post up & Choose + WILD SCRIMMAGE
Intro to Layer 3 Dribble-At
11. Dribble At lay-up
12. Dribble At Draft Drive
13. Double Dribble-At
14. Double Dribble-At Draft Drive + WILD SCRIMMAGE
15. Shuffle the Deck
Intro to Dribble-At-Post-Up
16. Dribble-At-Post-Up: Clear the Corner: feed post & choose
17. Dribble-At-Post-Up: feed the post & X-cut either direction
18. Dribble-At-Post-Up not open, pass uphill, post-screen-shape-up
19. Dribble-At-Post-Up not open, pass uphill, post-screen + downscreen & shape-up
Defensive Note regarding Screens and Defensive Situations
20. Dribble-At-Post-Up-Weak-side-Mid-Post: pass uphill & set Invite screen
21. Dribble-At-Post-Up-Weak-side-High-Post: pass downhill & set Utah screen
22. Dribble-At-Post-Up-Weakside-Short-Corner, pass, cut & set Invite Screen
Intro to Layer 4 Dribble Penetration Circle Movement
23. Dribble-At-Post-Up not open; wing drives middle and choose
24. Dribble-At-Post-Up not open; wing drives baseline and choose
25. Bounce Off Circle Move – Escape from failure without turnover
26. Multiple Back-Screens
Intro to Pin & Skip
27. Dribble-At-Post-Up not open – Pin & Skip to the weak-side
28. Pass-Cut-Post-Up-ball-side: Feed the post + Pin Screen & post skips the pass
Extra: Dribble-At-Post-Up: Pin & Skip followed by Pin & Skip by the post player
29. Dribble-At either wing & Pin & Skip for the cutter
30. Double Baby Pin & Skips: choose side and choose how to score
Intro to Ball Screens
31. Reverse Dribble Ball Screen & Choose Your Pass
32. Power Dribble Ball Screen & Choose Your Pass