Plays/Sets
This play starts with a Baseline inbounder and a Flag formation.
What is Circle?
In relation to the ball, this is where we deny passes.
What is one pass away to the left?
This moves faster than any player on the court.
What is the ball?
This is the phrase that refers to what you need to do when your team has a decent lead with a few minutes left.
What is milk the clock?
This is Coach Austin’s favorite basketball move.
What is the pumpfake?
This set begins with a 4-1 nail formation triggered by a drive and replace
What is Fill?
This is how we guard the ball when a screen is being set on our right shoulder.
What is Over and Drop?
This action occurs when you receive a back screen and then a consecutive pin down.
What is a Ricky screen?
These are three things you should do when your teammate is dribbling at you.
What is a handoff, space out, or back cut?
This is Coach Austin’s biggest fear.
What is anything with a stinger?
These plays/sets begin in a 5-out formation.
What are 5-out, Horns 1, and Short?
These are the 5 priorities of transition defense in order.
What are Ball, Rim/Basket, One pass away, I got two, last man/weakside?
These are the general areas to space out to.
What is the deep corner and wing?
These are the 3 instances where a team will likely have something drawn up for the possession.
What is ATO, Jump ball/halftime, dead ball?
This is Coach Austin’s favorite basketball team.
Who is no one?
These plays/sets involve a flare screen
What are Power, Horns 1, Short, and Iverson?
These are the names of positional help defenders when someone drives to the basket.
What are Rim, Sink, Rover, Peel, and Stunt?
This is the area I prefer our ball handlers to start from before receiving an inbounds pass while in press break.
What is the free throw line?
Two things to avoid when getting pressed
What is over dribbling and trap zones?
This is the basketball player that got Coach Austin into basketball
Who is Allen Iverson?
These plays/sets involve an intentional slip.
What are Short, Power, Down, Iverson, Fill, Box
These are the three things the on-ball defender must do when the offense has picked up their dribble away from the basket.
What is mirror the ball, make them stand straight/get in their space, make them turn around?
This should be used to try to create an advantage when setting a ball screen.
What is a zoom action?
These are the major responsibilities of the two defenders involved in icing
What is Ball man not allowing the screen to be used and screen man staying flat and forcing sideline/baseline?
These are the schools that Coach Austin has or will have gotten a diploma/degree from.
What are Oak Grove, Foothill, SFSU, and UCSF?