Baseline Out of Bounds
One box, many looks, including the low-clock plays and the zone version.
This play is effective if you have a three pointer specialist on the floor, simply because they are used as a distraction. The goal here is to get an easy look…
The first play from the box and the one every other baseline look is disguised as: Coach's Clipboard's "Box-1". On the handoff, not the slap, the ball-side post…
The three-point look from the same box, Coach's Clipboard's "Gator" and Teach Hoops' elevator with its counter. On the handoff the ball-side elbow back-screens…
The lob from the box, Coach's Clipboard's "Box-54" with its switch counter built in. The two elbows pop first, the shooter to the ball-side corner and the point…
The same box against a 2-3 zone, from Basketball For Coaches' box zone plays and Coach's Clipboard's Box-2 zone version. The box shifts a step toward the ball…
The box with under three seconds on the clock, when there is no time for a dribble or a second pass: Coach's Clipboard's five-second baseline play and Mike…
The sixth look from the box and the one you call after the defense has started showing on the cross screen: Breakthrough's "Fake Diagonal" and Coach's…
The full-court play when the game needs a three with three or four seconds left, drawn from half court: Coach's Clipboard's "Maryland" and the Valparaiso…
The full-court play when the game needs two points with two or three seconds left, drawn from half court: Coach's Clipboard's "Duke", the Laettner play, with…
The baseline play for three tenths to seven tenths of a second, when the rule itself decides the shot: with 0.3 or less a player cannot catch and shoot, so only…
A baseline play that a dozen European teams picked up in the fall of 2026, and it keeps scoring even though there is nothing fancy about it. It revolves around…
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