Horns Fist (Pick and Roll)

Court: Half court
Length: 6 steps

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The base Horns set: 1 picks a side, the screener rolls and the opposite big pops. Teach this first and run it until the reads are automatic. Personnel: the better shooter of your two bigs is the one who pops, the stronger finisher is the one who rolls. 2 and 3 must be real shooters or the help defenders leave them. The Basketball Dictionary's Horns explainer and Coach's Clipboard's Horns offense page are where I learned to teach the roll-and-pop reads; give both a look.

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