04 - Half-Court Offense

What's up berasap, y'all? Welcome to the fourth installment of "10 Things You Need To Know Before Playing In NCBL 2K11". Since we've already covered half-court defense, transition offense and transition defense, the next step is learning a proper half-court offense. A proper team should have one "offensive system" that they can be most comfortable with. Offensive system, in this context, refers to a team's designated ball movement and player movement during a half-court set.

Saranan afiqPG: Most teams in Division I play "high-post/low-post" although there are some teams who start out with four players on the perimeter instead of three. Most teams in Division II pulak cuma reti rotate bola kat 3-point line, tak yakin pass ke inside/post-player bila ada hanya sedikit pressure, ending up taking long jumpers and not playing more in the paint. Kesimpulannya, the team needs to learn how to play in an offensive system (or simply put, belajar a proper way to move the ball) so that the ball can rotate in and out and make the defense move. 

Okay, out of the 10 things that I'll discuss in the list, Part 4 is the most complicated for me because there are a whooooooooooooooole lot of different offensive systems that teams can learn and try. So, I'm going to take the easy way out and just give the basic guideline for what you need to be aware of when you're playing in a "high-post/low-post" system. Remember that this is not the only way to play, it's just an example:

1. Start out with three players outside (one middle, two at 45s) and two inside (both at low posts). The two inside players should wait for the point guard to pass the ball to either wing and determine the weak-side. Once the ball is passed, the inside player from the weakside have to go the high-post. This is what creates the first "high-post/low-post"passing opportunity. 
2. The player at 45 that receives the ball will decide between passing to the high-post or low-post. Whoever gets the ball should immediately face the rim and get in a thriple-threat position. The other post-player should then cut to the basket.
3. The post-player who gets the pass then would have three main options - finish at his position (low-post), pass to the cutter from high-post or dish the ball back to the perimeter player.

Seperti biasa, lukisan tadika afiqPG!

So the ball gets passed to the left. The inside player at the right (weak-side) then comes up to the high-post.

In this example, the ball gets passed to the low-post. In this case, the player at the high-post immediately cuts to the basket after the perimeter player passes the ball.

Now the player at the low-post has three options, to finish by himself, dish to the cutter or ditch outside.

Anyways, aku rasa dah cukup untuk instalment ni. Watch out for Part 5!

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