Playbook Vault
Use the vault to find a play, drill, or concept by topic. Each article keeps the source page close and translates the idea into setup, reads, counters, and practice-install notes.
Kevin Pigott's high-school Princeton Offense at Fordham Prep — a patient half-court motion system built on backdoor cuts, spacing, post reads, and named automatics that turn patience into easy layups.
Kerry Brown's clinic on developing a low-post scorer — the five areas, getting open and sealing, the six-step catch, and the moves that finish at the rim.
Ben Davis's open-post delay-and-spread package — the 5-out alignment, the backdoor and clearing rules, the drive-and-kick spread, and the diagonal delay you run to milk clock and still score.
Zionsville changes defenses on purpose to tax an opponent's prep time — the 33 three-quarter 1-3-1, the 22 half-court trap, and a Run & Jump variant that ends in deny-everywhere.
Andy Weaver's man-to-man drills from Western High School all share one idea — a stop, a deflection, or a rebound is the only way for the defense to score.
Two half-court offenses from Plano West's Don Patterson — TRIPLE, a three-option set built to punish size against man and zone, and West, a pick-and-roll-into-screens set he has run for years.
A handoff-action quick-hitter and two counters — Baseline Push and Baseline Dive — built to attack a zone to the weak side and get clean, makeable shots.
Chip Mehaffey builds Winchester into a pressing team with one identity goal — trap the backcourt every possession — plus the rules, daily skills, and drills that make it hold up.
Constant full-court pressure that sets the pace, forces second-half runs, and wears teams down — without fouling your way to the free-throw line.
Andrean's continuity offense — keep five spots filled, cut hard to the rim, and run a numbered menu of cuts and screens any team can learn.
A zone-attack philosophy that keeps all five players moving, gets shooters to open spots, and feeds the post against any front.
A complete individual-defense drill menu — stance, closeouts, denial, and help — that builds a defense one rep at a time.
A complete full-court press from the Tri-West Bruins — the alignment, the eleven rules that make it trap without fouling, and how to install it so it creates points instead of giving up layups.
Two drills from Steve Combs' Vincennes Lincoln program that make a defensive stop the only way to score — so players finally compete for stops in practice.
Two 2-on-2 drills from Messina's clinic notes that fix the biggest reason teams give up easy buckets in transition: letting the ball handler reach the arc before the screen arrives.
A brilliant competitive scrimmage that makes points only count when followed by a defensive stop — putting the emphasis on defense without ever saying the word "defense."
A four-time Euroleague champion and longtime Popovich assistant explains the three non-negotiable rules that have anchored his defenses for 30 years — and the off-ball positioning system that makes them work.
