Flex
The continuity built on a flex screen and a down screen, with the entries and the counters.
The whole offense in one cycle, run twice. Every guard-to-guard pass triggers a baseline flex cut off a flat screen, then a downscreen for the screener, who…
Start in Horns and arrive in Flex spots with the first action already run. The elbow entry hides the flex cut: defenders watch the ball go to the elbow while 1…
A box set that unfolds into Flex: the elbows step out to the slots, the point guard enters and fills a corner, and the weak-side downscreen puts a second guard…
The pressure release when the guard-to-guard pass is denied. Instead of forcing the reversal, 1 dribbles at the corner, the corner player loops up to the…
The first counter off the downscreen. When the screener's defender trails him tightly over the downscreen, the screener curls into the lane for a layup or short…
The opposite read off the downscreen: when the screener's defender cheats under the screen or sits in the lane waiting for the pop, the screener fades toward…
The answer to a defense that switches the downscreen. When the downscreener's defender jumps out to take the screener, the downscreener never sets the screen…
Maryland's roll-back: when the defense switches the flex screen, the screener does not go looking for the downscreen. He pivots, seals the smaller defender who…
A quick hitter for the moment the defense has learned to jump out and take away the screener's pop. The downscreen is set as usual, the screener fakes the pop…
When the guard-to-guard pass is denied, the ball goes to the corner instead and both guards set a double screen for the weak corner, who cuts to the ball-side…
The other answer to a denied reversal: the overplayed guard back-cuts to the rim and the weak corner lifts to replace him. Teach it on day one, because a…
Flex is a man offense; zone defenders tag cutters instead of chasing them. The adaptation: keep the two guards up, let only the three low players rotate, aim…